The Forest of Hands and Teeth
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Place yourself being controlled by meticulous lies and rules set by deceitful women of God. Trapped in a post-apocalyptic village where the very foundation is built upon stories, paranoia, drills, and chain linked fences swarmed by the undead reaching out with decaying fingers. The New York Times best-selling acclaimed novel, The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan, transports you to the world of a young teen named Mary who is surrounded by misconception, agony, rejection, and death. Also, a deadly love triangle that almost destroys the life she is desperately searching for. I chose this novel because I am a fanatic about zombies in general and was interested by what type of story someone could create about them. The story begins in a post-apocalyptic woodland area. The main character, Mary, who is known for being an outcast of sorts, starts doing her daily chores, worrying about her grieving mother after her father went missing in a hunting trip. Many of the townspeople believe that he had been succumbed into the forest of the Unconsecrated and will only return looking for his next meal of human flesh. She was accompanied by Harry, her childhood friend while at the river where he first implied his true feelings toward her. Suddenly, the siren went off alerting that something had gone wrong or there was a breach in the fence. Mary had a sick feeling in her stomach and ran to find her mother on the ground and had been bitten by one of the Unconsecrated. The procedure following an incident like this is to separate the infected individual from the rest of the townspeople. Her mother was then tied down with ropes and had to wait for the infection to spread until her caretaker, a relative or spouse, decided what to do with her. Kill her or let her become one of the Unconsecrated. Her mother’s health quickly began to deteriorate as the hours dragged on with Mary a few feet away. Mary, now knowing that she needed her brother to
Place yourself being controlled by meticulous lies and rules set by deceitful women of God. Trapped in a post-apocalyptic village where the very foundation is built upon stories, paranoia, drills, and chain linked fences swarmed by the undead reaching out with decaying fingers. The New York Times best-selling acclaimed novel, The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan, transports you to the world of a young teen named Mary who is surrounded by misconception, agony, rejection, and death. Also, a deadly love triangle that almost destroys the life she is desperately searching for. I chose this novel because I am a fanatic about zombies in general and was interested by what type of story someone could create about them. The story begins in a post-apocalyptic woodland area. The main character, Mary, who is known for being an outcast of sorts, starts doing her daily chores, worrying about her grieving mother after her father went missing in a hunting trip. Many of the townspeople believe that he had been succumbed into the forest of the Unconsecrated and will only return looking for his next meal of human flesh. She was accompanied by Harry, her childhood friend while at the river where he first implied his true feelings toward her. Suddenly, the siren went off alerting that something had gone wrong or there was a breach in the fence. Mary had a sick feeling in her stomach and ran to find her mother on the ground and had been bitten by one of the Unconsecrated. The procedure following an incident like this is to separate the infected individual from the rest of the townspeople. Her mother was then tied down with ropes and had to wait for the infection to spread until her caretaker, a relative or spouse, decided what to do with her. Kill her or let her become one of the Unconsecrated. Her mother’s health quickly began to deteriorate as the hours dragged on with Mary a few feet away. Mary, now knowing that she needed her brother to