She is in love with Travis and is very curious about the ocean, which nobody believes is real. The first novel stars Mary, who is a teen that wishes to learn what lies beyond the village. The books are set in a post apocalyptic world where zombie “Mudo” wander around the earth, with their sole purpose being to infect all living humans. The series began publication in the year 2009, when “The Forests of Hands and Teeth”. Published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Series by Carrie Ryan)Īuthor Carrie Ryan writes the “Forest of Hands and Teeth” series of young adult fantasy novels. Was there anything to like? Well, I have to say my favorite part is that Mary and her group, running from the zombies, keep encountering Roman numerals, and can’t figure out what they mean or how they are ordered.
World-building information is barebones, with background explanations non-existent. The two boys of her triangle are both milquetoasts. Mary, the main character, is a bit too self-centered and idiotic for my taste. But things get even worse: the boundaries of the village are breached by the Unconsecrated, and those who can must find a way to escape.ĭiscussion: The author lines up the usual YA Post-Apocalyptic/Dystopia suspects: a rebellious teen girl who narrates in the first person and who exhibits both bravery and idiocy the inevitable triangle with two boys vying for her affections an evil female adult who stymies the heroine’s attempts at freedom and a host of bloody, slack-jawed, drooling and moaning Undead to act as the Greek Chorus.ĭoes this one stand out from the rest of them? Not really, in my opinion.
(Females have no say in the matter.) Mary thinks her chances of finding happiness (not to mention the ocean) are gone forever. The object of her feelings is already spoken for, however, and then, unexpectedly, a second boy speaks for her. Mary’s brother Jed blames Mary for their mother’s fate, so he refuses to take her in, and thus she is forced to join the Sisterhood. She may live with her family a man may speak for her, court her through the winter and marry her in the spring ceremonies or she may join the Sisterhood.” “In my village an unmarried woman has three choices. And when Mary’s mother is lost to the Unconsecrated, as had happened to her father, Mary’s world becomes even more restricted: The villagers call the world outside the fence “The Forest of Hands and Teeth.” Growing up, Mary’s mother told Mary stories about a wider world, with tall buildings and even an ocean, but no one believes these tales except Mary. Mary is a teenaged girl living in a small village surrounded by high fences to protect the inhabitants from the Unconsecrated, i.e., zombies.
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