User blog:Headaches/Willow's Apocalypse Book Review 1

 The hardback cover

Introduction
Willow here, obviously. So, I thought I'd do a little book review blog every once in a while, possibly monthly but I'm not sure as I'm quite a slow reader. These reviews will have some spoilers, but I'll try and give my best opinion on the book with only leaking a few details. The first book I thought I'd review is a book by Carrie Ryan - The Forest of Hands and Teeth.

Review
The story is about a teenager called Mary, I don't think her age is specified. The story is set in a 'safe' village that Mary lives in with her mother, father and brother. It is set a very long time into the apocalypse, although how far in is also not specified. I could tell that it was set a very long time into the apocalypse as only Mary's great-great grandmother had stories of a time before the zombies arrived. With her ignoring brother and her depressed mother, this safeplace isn't so fun to live in. There are a lot of twists and turns in this book, things that you wouldn't expect. There are also heart-sinking moments, when characters are killed off. Nearly as worse as Dead Frontier's Issue 100, nearly.

In Mary's town, there are only three ways out - three tall gates that lead onto roads that seem to dissapear into The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Mary longs to leave the village and dreams of finding the ocean but her complicated friendship, crushes and crushee's cause problems.

This isn't your every-day zombie book, it's different and cool. But, there is a lot of gore in here too. I mean, a ''lot. ''It can be a bit extreme at times. It's a great book but it's not my favourite. I am still unsure if I should read the second in the trilogy that this book started.

Rating


Other Links
The Forest of Hands and Teeth's wikipedia page

Buy It On Amazon Here