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

[delphipsmith]

Yikes. Also wow. Zombies, zombies everywhere!! In the end of course the book's not about them -- explaining them or fighting them or curing them -- it's very much about life. And yet there's a doomed quality about the characters; you sense that theirs will not be a happy ending. Even -- perhaps most clearly -- on the bright sunny days at the beginning, darkness hovers around the edges of the scene, waiting to close in. Post-(zombie) apocalypse, clearly; the clipping from the New York Times makes that clear. But lots of unanswered questions: who are the Sisterhood, how much do/did they know, how did they gain power, why did they do what they did to Gabrielle, why are the other villages different, why is there no travel/communication between villages, who built the fences, etc. Want more!! Sadly, I doubt there will be a sequel. Then again, the main character's still alive so perhaps...

Comments

[nursedarry.livejournal.com]

You know, if it weren't for your EAs, I really would question your taste.

Course, look who's talking.

[delphipsmith]

What, you have some kind of problem with zombies? In my own defense, I didn't know it was zombies when I bought it. And I'm not normally a zombie fan (though World War Z was excellent, and I'm quite looking forward to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies).

Notice that (unlike SOME people) none of my EAs are, or have ever been, dead.

[nursedarry.livejournal.com]

WHAT? Hey, only half of the people I cavort with at HSU are dead. (I don't count the General among them cause I shag the Padawan version, not the older model.)