Forest of Hands and Teeth: The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Hardcover)

from delphica

(#30 in the 2009 Book Challenge) YA novel, set in a post zombie apocalypse world. Mary is a teenager living a Medieval Times-esque village that is entirely surrounded by both a forest, and a fence, which serves to keep out the roving undead. The villagers have no sense at all of the world beyond ...

from SavvyEscapades

I have never read a more hauntingly poetic horror story than this novel. I think zombies are interesting from a symbolic standpoint, but I have never been adamantly on Team Zombie. I'm not a super blood and guts horror girl. The good news is that you don't have to be in order to enjoy this book. ...

from lenoreva

Mary lives in a village cut off from the rest of the world by a fence surrounded by the Unconsecrated filled forest. The sounds of their hands scraping and their teeth gnashing is so familiar, that although it serves as a constant reminder of their isolation and uncertain future, it fades into th...

from br13evbi

When I first heard of this book, it gave me a certain spark within myself. My ELA teacher recommended it to the 8th Grade at my school. He said "it might sound lame", but really, I was just thinking about running to grab it before anyone else would!! A book of zombies, survival, love, hope, and a...

from red_dianthus

It felt like this book was trying too hard to both be a good zombie book and have meaningful character development as well as deep symbolism. Often it just feels forced and one or more of the aspects disappear into the background to suddenly re-appear pages later. The inconsistency annoyed me, an...