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The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2)

Carrie Ryan

Why we're reading this: Gabry lives a quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean,…more
[close] 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.

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Apr 11, 2012 Amy rated it it was ok

Shelves: series-book, 2012-books-read, post-apocalyptic, zombies, audio-book

I'm really trying to think of something good to say about this book, but I really can't. The only thing that could possibly be a plus is that the solipsistic main character from book #1 has grown up and realized what a selfish person she was in her teen years. And her teenaged daughter provides her with much karmic payback. In a world where zombies (a.k.a. mudo) are on the other side of the city walls, you really hope that your daughter's friends don't dare each other to live a little and jump t ...more

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Apr 09, 2011 Cheer Papworth rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dystopian, zombies, ya, top-5-of-2011

BRILLIANT!!! I wasn't expecting to completely become obsessed with this series after reading The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Although I enjoyed the first book, it had that twisted, puritanical feel to it...sort of like The Scarlett Letter with Mary being a modern day Hester Prim. It was one of those books that you never forget and I did feel like reading the second book would be worthwhile, but I wasn't rushing out to buy it or dying of anticipation.

About 50 pages into The Dead-Tossed Waves, I w ...more

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Mar 30, 2011 🥀 Rose 🥀 rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, dystopian-speculative-fiction, zombies, apocalypse

I am actually giving this book 3.5 stars. It deserves more than 3 but not quite up to a 4. Perhaps with the next installment. I was luke warm to Forest of Hands and Teeth, but there was something there that inticed me enough to go back for more.

This story picks up many years after Mary finds her way to the ocean. She is now a mother and a part of another community that she has lived in since she emerged from her long trek through the forest.

Gabry is our protaganist this time around, Mary's daug I am actually giving this book 3.5 stars. It deserves more than 3 but not quite up to a 4. Perhaps with the next installment. I was luke warm to Forest of Hands and Teeth, but there was something there that inticed me enough to go back for more.

This story picks up many years after Mary finds her way to the ocean. She is now a mother and a part of another community that she has lived in since she emerged from her long trek through the forest.

Gabry is our protaganist this time around, Mary's daughter. This is the story of her adventure through the same forest back away from the ocean.

Positives:
I must acknowledge Carrie Ryan's ability to create a world that is "no-longer" a world "gone". The world she has created is dark, lonely and has so much feel of melonchalia about it that the sadness is quite penetrating. I feel that developing atmosphere is not an easy thing to do and she does this extremely well. The way the zombies crowd the fences also gives you this feeling of chlosterphopbia. There is nothing new about zombies however, this author brings a fresh look to a old familiar story. I also like that the author is using the fences that keep the zombies out and uses fear as metaphores. In teaching the young girl about pushing through your fears and overcoming your obsticles. There is much personal growth on this path this time with Gabry more so than Mary in the first one. I do like that and am hoping for more growth. Which keeps me reading this series. I believe she is improving.

Negatives:
However, the author needs to learn how to develop her characters better. I felt too many similarities between the people in her first book and this one. Quite frankly there is nothing appealing about weak, whiny females being all love-sick over some boy let alone two. The love triangles are old. Twilight did it and so did Forest of Hands and Teeth. She needs to move on from that. We need strong females in YA books, like Graceing for example, or even Hunger Games. From the beginning of the book when things started going south for Gabry, it seemed like everything bad that happend to her or anyone around her, was her fault. She threw herself a pity party every damn chance she got. This just made me not like this girl at all. I could not see the attraction for her with these two guys. An example is when one of her love interests reaches his hand to her, in a gesture, but then is gone because he slips and falls back into a crevass, what goes on in her head is the following:

"I should have pulled him to me. I should have grabbed him and kissed him again. He wouldn't have fallen otherwise."

This goes on way too much in the book. If only I did A instead of B, all would be well, therefore all is my fault. Arrg!!!

With all that said, I believe less pity parties and repetitive storylines, this series can grow. I have faith in the author.

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Sep 29, 2011 Elizabeth rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, ya, horror_zombie, audiobooks-library, did-not-finish

I did not finish this book because I couldn't get past the weak and sniveling personality of the narrator, Gabry. The writing of her internal monologue was histrionic and overwrought. (I do concede that listening to the audio version of this book might have exacerbated the issue.) I kept waiting for Gabry to grow a backbone and take control of her life instead of giving into a victim mentality of wishing that everyone around her would save her and make everything better. Everyone seemed to react ...more

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May 17, 2010 Terri rated it really liked it

Shelves: apocalyptic-dystopian-fiction, horror, young-adult

The Sequel to the Forest of Hands and Teeth. I really liked this story. Ryan develops the world after the "Return" more and the different perspective of how the different survivors coped. I liked the characters in this one more than the first book. And it was nice to have Mary acknowledge her selfishness. ...more

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Mar 29, 2010 Stephanie Denison rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, young-adult, fantasy

I liked the world better than the people who populate it. I found Gabry quite annoying. While I kept telling myself, she's only 16; that's not how I was at 16. I was fierce and not ruled by fear. Of course we had rednecks not zombies, but what is really the difference? ...more

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Nov 04, 2010 Cindywho rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: dark, fantasy-sf, ya

Gabry is believable as a teenager full of fear and insecurity in a world of terror, but there had to have been a less annoying way to convey it - I wanted to know what happened, but had to survive my own frequent eye-rolling at her repetitive whining and tripping every time she ran. I should've known better and read this instead of listened to the audiobook, The zombie infested world is fascinating in its own guilty pleasure sort of way - and the climax is pretty wild. I'll probably read the nex ...more

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