** There will be no spoilers for the entire series in this review ***
Synopsis for The Forest of Hands and Teeth: In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future—between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so much death?
My review: The series takes place in
the future, after the
disease started to spread, the only thing in people’s mind was to survive and
therefore, the cities became war zone, eventually there were no electricity, no
cars, no phones, they had to live like our ancestors with no technology at all.
Mary, the protagonist in The Forest of Hands and Teeth, is living in the woods
with her family a few hundred years after the world as we know it came to an
end. To be honest, I was far from being a zombie fan. Everything that had to do
with them scared the crap out of me and that is why I usually didn’t like
anything zombie themed . But after reading the series, I must admit I am now a
fan. Don’t get me wrong, those walking corpses still terrify me, but now
I just can’t get enough of zombies. There are three books total in
the series, the first book being The forest of hands and teeth, the second The
Dead-Tossed Waves, the third The Dark and Hallow Places and there are a few
novellas (which I will eventually review separately).The first book was a bit slow at
first and I briefly thought
of putting it aside and move on to something else but I hate not finishing a
book so I gave it another chance and oh boy I am so glad I did! When the story
picks up, it is amazing. I could not put it down. In each novel, there is a
different protagonist but the stories are all intertwined in some way. Speaking
of which, I highly suggest not reading the synopsis of book two and three if
you don’t want to get spoiled. I got very attached to the protagonists in the
first two books, but I had a little trouble caring for the third one. Maybe
it’s because the girl was so different from the first two, she was cold and
detached but then again if I had gone through what she has, I probably
would try to detach myself from all this darkness. Rest assured, It doesn’t take away
from the story . The supporting characters were well developed as well, they each had their own voice and you learn to care for them
throughout the books. Apart from the zombies,
there were despicable villains . It was sad to see that even with the undead making it practically impossible
to live a ‘’normal’’ life, the antagonists made it even harder for the
survivors to live. As for the plot, I loved what the author did with the
series. You can’t guess the ending of any of the books, there are
twists and turns you really don’t see coming, and I
just wanted to jump in the story and help them out because the things they went
through... Let’s just say I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy.. On Goodreads I gave The forest of hands and
teeth 4/5 stars, The Dead-Tossed Waves 5/5 stars, The Dark and Hallow
Places 5/5 stars and I am definitely planning on rereading The Forest oh
Hands and Teeth trilogy someday.
Nina XX
