The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED. Now, twenty years after the Rising, bloggers Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives—the dark conspiracy behind the infected.
The truth will get out, even if it kills them.
So the one thing that I didn't expect from this book was that it got political. I mean these characters are following someone they believe who will be the next future president and blogging about it. If I had known that getting into this book I wouldn't have picked up this book. Now that I'm deep into this book I just can't put it down.
The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan
Stars 5 of 5
Pages: 374
Genre: Young Adult, Zombies, Dystopia, Horror, Fantasy, Romance
Summery:
At a very young age Annah and Elias left Annah's twin sister in the forest of hands and teeth by herself and when they went to go find her they managed to get lost. For many years Annah and Elias managed to roam around till the made it to the Dark City meanwhile Abigail Gabriel lived in Vista both leading different lives.
When they finally come together, they find themselves in trouble with the city being overrun by inconcecrated/Mudo (Zombies). With the help of Elias and Catcher they are sent with recruiters to a secure place where they can be safe... for a price. Since Catcher is immune to the infection he must help the recruiters gather supplies and foods and in exchange his friends have a safe place to stay. Soon enough Annah comes to realize they aren't safe as they thought they where and will try to come up with a way to get out.
My say:
Where has this book been hiding? Just perfect. Finally a great zombie book from Carrie Ryan. The first two books should be chucked out the window and this book should just be the only one left. This book had loads of zombies, a decent amount of action and suspense to keep me wanting more.
My favorite character is Annah, I love how courageous and selfless she was. She faced danger to help the ones she cares about and helps those who she doesn't even know. Shes also resourceful and smart coming up with ways to help escape when they where in trouble. Shes definitely a quick thinker and managed to narrowly escape many situations that should've left her dead. The only problem was her insecurities about how she looked. She compared her looks to her sister a lot and I just felt like screaming at her, that looks aren't important. I also loved how strong she was and how she didn't depend on any one to help her, She didn't play the victim When she was in trouble she'd face it head on and take what ever consequence that came with it. She didn't like when she guys tried to fight her battles and defend her, she fought for herself.
So to those who haven't read this trilogy or what ever you'd call it, don't bother reading the first two just skip ahead to this book. The great thing about that too is if you ever do actually take my advice and do just that you wouldn't be missing anything because there is pretty much a recap of what happens in the past books when they talk about old memories.
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
3 of 5 Stars
Genre: Young Adult, Fiction, Dystopia, Horror, Zombies, Romance
Pages: 404
Summery:
Gabry has lived her life safe in a light house between the forest of hands and teeth and the ocean. Happy with her life in the the town that she grew up in, leaving the town was never something wanted. One day her friends decide they want to cross the barriers to have a little fun and visit an abandoned amusement park. They managed to convince Gabry to join them despite her objections. They knew of the dangers and still chose to go and end up finding themselves in trouble. Friends were bitten and turned, some friends were caught by the officials but Gabry ran abandoning her friends. From that day on Gabrys life has changes as one after another things are turning for the worse, then she meets a stranger and ends up running from the life she once knew.
My Say
If I had to compare The forest of hands and teeth and this book I would have to say that the first book to this series is the best. This book really was a disappointment. The first book I liked, its wasn't that big of a deal though. I was hoping for the best when I came to read this book and I found that this book isn't even something I would recommend to another or read again. I'm the type of person that when I start a series I don't stop till the end and this book has got me thinking whether I should trudge forth and get to the the last book of this trilogy (If this is a trilogy). I keep hearing good things about the third book so I might read it and hopefully it'll be good.
First of all I didn't like Gabry I thought that she was coward and she made a lot of stupid choices and could've helped save her friends from this situation. There wasn't enough conflict to keep me interested There was no suspense. A lot of things were predictable that I kept getting bored and putting it down. I felt like it was a book I've read before, and if you've read the first book you'll pretty much know what happens in the second book because everything is pretty much the same just different names and places. Both stories had the love triangle an equally annoying main character who is a coward or selfish, they both and both are chased into a another town by either the dead or living. It just felt like there could've been more I enjoyed the first because it was unique but it was still a good but but the second is OK.
If you want a summery of the book check out this review its the greatest. I couldn't help but laugh because this review is true. Architeuthis's review.
If you are reading this series or considering it I don't recommend you read this book. Its not that interesting and there are thousands of other books that are like 100x better then this.
If you still want to get a copy of the book to see for yourself you can get it on: Amazon Paperback or Kindle
The Forest Of Hands And Teeth by Carrie Ryan
4 of 5 Stars
Pages: 223
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia, Zombie, Horror, Romance
Goodreads Summery
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 Say
I've had this book for a while and just never could find the time to pick it up. Then when I did I could only get a couple pages in before I got disinterested. Little did I know that if I had red a couple pages more I would've had a hard time to put it down. The book was well written, gruesome and very intense. I had no problem pretty much devouring the book, the fact that it was a Inconsecrated (zombie) book and had loads of action and the suspense of what happens next kept me hooked. One problem I had was the main character Mary. Mary is selfish, immature, and very annoying at some points. Yea I get that she has dreams but at what expense? Loved ones have suffered for her dreams that lead to her making stupid and dangerous choices. Some other points that kind of annoyed me about Mary is that when it came to dangerous situations happening she'd be all I wonder what Travis doing. Death and destruction is happening, that's not exactly the time to think about love and what the guy shes crushing on is doing. The end I didn't like too much, it was good but I wanted to know more. The ending just kind of fell flat. At first I thought it was just because the author might pick up where she left off with this book to the next but no its a different characters point of view from the same time. So I'm curious of what happens next. Hopefully they will be more interesting then Mary was.
