Carrie Ryan
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| Title | : | The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth #2) |
| Author | : | Carrie Ryan |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | March 9th 2010 by Delacorte Press |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Horror. Zombies. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fantasy |
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Gabry lives a quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, in a world teeming with the dead, who constantly hunger for those still living. She's content on her side of the Barrier, happy to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. But there are threats the Barrier cannot hold back. Threats like the secrets Gabry's mother thought she left behind when she escaped from the Sisterhood and the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Like the cult of religious zealots who worship the dead. Like the stranger from the forest who seems to know Gabry. And suddenly, everything is changing. One reckless moment, and half of Gabry's generation is dead, the other half imprisoned. Now Gabry only knows one thing: she must face the forest of her mother's past in order to save herself and the one she loves.Be Specific About Books Concering The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth #2)
| Original Title: | The Dead-Tossed Waves |
| ISBN: | 0385736843 (ISBN13: 9780385736848) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Forest of Hands and Teeth #2 |
| Characters: | Mary, Elias, Harry Adams, Gabry, Catcher, Cira |
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Ratings: 3.91 From 29674 Users | 2697 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth #2)
The Dead Tossed Waves seriously surprised me. While I still had similar problems that I had with the first book, Ryans wonderful prose kept me gripped throughout. She has a serious gift for creating fear out of the small moments and that which we find to be so normal, like the ocean (water zombies FTW!) The feeling of claustrophobia, even in the wide open spaces that Gabry lives in, is constant, and Ryan does a fantastic job of crafting a secret filled, constraining society in a situation whereOK, I'm done with this. DONE. I'm having a REAL hard time justifying even attempting to finish this. Why? Let me count the ways: (There will be spoilers. Click them at your own risk.)1) Gabry. For real, she's annoying as hell. She's cowardly and weak and useless and annoying, has a chip on her shoulder the size of an undead zombie horde, feels betrayed by everyone and everything ever and just generally pisses me off. At this point, she could do this amazing 180 turnaround and achieve RE
If anything, The Dead-Tossed Waves is as much about what it is to be a teenaged girl, as it is about the walking dead. Sure, there's no shortage of creepy corpses, and we know everything has gone to hell-on-earth, and the zombies are winning. But it isn't the mudo that kept me up past one o'clock in the morning finishing the story, it was Gabry's emotion. Reading this, not only could I remember what it was like to be 16 and in love, I could almost feel it. Remember that? When nothing else could
Considering I recently reviewed GODS OF THE JUNGLE PLANET, it's really unfortunate that THIS is the worst book I've read in a long time. Real review is under construction, below this line. It ain't finished.+ + +I'm sure some of you who made the decision to read The Forest of Hands and Teeth will decide to go ahead and read the rest of the series. DON'T. No, really: you've seen all there is to see. If book one was an iMac, this sucker right here is an early model of Windows Vista. In fact, my
The Dead-Tossed Waves isn't really a sequel to The Forest of Hands of Teeth but more of a companion novel. Still has some of the same characters as The Forest of Hands and Teeth, still set in the same world, but it's a few years later and it follows Gabry, the daughter of Mary who was the main character in The Forest of Hands and Teeth.As with it's predecessor the writing in The Dead-Tossed Waves is exemplary. Ryan's talent emanates from the pages, amidst her descriptions of the world she's
Dead Tossed Waves is a great example where the sequel outshines the first installment by far! I had no intention of reading this book as The Forrest of Hands and Teeth was a disappointment for me at least. But after reading continuous rave reviews and trusting my fellow avid readers that this book was a hit, I gave it a try and it was well worth it IMHO. I really enjoyed this story so much more than the first book, as I feel Carrie Ryan truly displayed growth in her writing abilities, as
Wow. You never think that a sequel will equal its predecessor, but Carrie Ryan has managed to do it...and I even liked it better. The Forest of Hands and Teeth blew me away with its creative setting and premise and with its strong female lead, but when I got hold of The Dead-Tossed Waves I could NOT put it down. Told from the point of view of Mary's daughter, Gabry, its about a girl who is forced to step outside of her "safe" world and learn what courage is. In contrast to her mother, Mary,
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