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Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins
Post Americana by Steve Skroce
You've Been Cancelled by Curt Pires by Jason Wordie
V for Vendetta (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) by Alan Moore and David Lloyd
Sweet Tooth Compendium by Jeff Lemire
Sweet Tooth: The Return by Jeff Lemire
Geiger Volume 1 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank
Killtopia: The Complete Collection by Dave Cook and Clark Bint
Convoy by Kevan Stevens and Jef
The Wall by Antoine Charreyron and Mario Alberti
Coda Vol. 1 (Reissue) by Simon Spurrier and Matias Bergara
Tank Girl: Color Classics Book 1 1988-1990 by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett
The Hard Switch by Owen D. Pomery
The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Cormac McCarthy and Manu Larcenet
Any Sign of Life by Rae Carson
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
1984: 75th Anniversary by George Orwell
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Voices in the Snow by Darcy Coates
Matched by Ally Condie
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH
By Carrie Ryan
MY REVIEW: Not every great book has a great title, but it helps. I know, I know, you aren't supposed to judge literature by anything so trivial, but we all do it right? And let's face it, The Forest of Hands and Teeth is a great title and terribly evocative of the book's plot. Do you already know it's about zombies?
In this particular zombie apocalypse story, humankind has seemingly been reduced to a single medieval outpost surrounded by an endless forest filled with what the villagers call "The Unconsecrated," a gruesome hoard of cannibalistic zombies. The villagers' only protection is a high chain link fence built long before anyone was born by ancestors no one knows much about. There are two gates leading to fenced-in paths, but no one knows where these paths lead or who built them. In fact, it's been such a long time since the apocalypse took place, that no one in the village even remembers what the rest of the world is like... And absolutely no one is encouraged to find out. This dystopian order is enforced by The Sisterhood, a highly secretive all-female religious order who controls everything from vocation to reproduction. Enter Mary, our protagonist who is already a thorn in the side of nearly everyone in the village because she asks too many questions and, in typical teenage fashion, resists the edicts of The Sisterhood and the controlled order of the village.
But The Sisterhood has a citadel full of secrets, the biggest being the presence of a girl named Gabrielle, an apparent refugee from parts unknown who arrived at the village using one of the enclosed pathways. But before Mary can unlock the enigma of the newcomer, The Sisterhood sacrifices her to The Unconsecrated outside the fence. Gabrielle turns into a zombie unlike any other in the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Fast-moving and apparently more cunning, she leads the mass of undead on a successful incursion into the village.
In an almost Faustian turn of events, Mary, the girl who wanted to see the world and escape her repressive society gets both of her wishes, but at a terrible cost. There are moments in the book, especially toward the end, where the action drags, but overall the book is well-paced and engaging. One point of irritation is that the book raises more questions than it answers as an obvious set-up for the volumes to follow.
By Carrie Ryan
MY REVIEW: Not every great book has a great title, but it helps. I know, I know, you aren't supposed to judge literature by anything so trivial, but we all do it right? And let's face it, The Forest of Hands and Teeth is a great title and terribly evocative of the book's plot. Do you already know it's about zombies?
In this particular zombie apocalypse story, humankind has seemingly been reduced to a single medieval outpost surrounded by an endless forest filled with what the villagers call "The Unconsecrated," a gruesome hoard of cannibalistic zombies. The villagers' only protection is a high chain link fence built long before anyone was born by ancestors no one knows much about. There are two gates leading to fenced-in paths, but no one knows where these paths lead or who built them. In fact, it's been such a long time since the apocalypse took place, that no one in the village even remembers what the rest of the world is like... And absolutely no one is encouraged to find out. This dystopian order is enforced by The Sisterhood, a highly secretive all-female religious order who controls everything from vocation to reproduction. Enter Mary, our protagonist who is already a thorn in the side of nearly everyone in the village because she asks too many questions and, in typical teenage fashion, resists the edicts of The Sisterhood and the controlled order of the village.
But The Sisterhood has a citadel full of secrets, the biggest being the presence of a girl named Gabrielle, an apparent refugee from parts unknown who arrived at the village using one of the enclosed pathways. But before Mary can unlock the enigma of the newcomer, The Sisterhood sacrifices her to The Unconsecrated outside the fence. Gabrielle turns into a zombie unlike any other in the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Fast-moving and apparently more cunning, she leads the mass of undead on a successful incursion into the village.
In an almost Faustian turn of events, Mary, the girl who wanted to see the world and escape her repressive society gets both of her wishes, but at a terrible cost. There are moments in the book, especially toward the end, where the action drags, but overall the book is well-paced and engaging. One point of irritation is that the book raises more questions than it answers as an obvious set-up for the volumes to follow.
Nature's Labyrinth Vol. 1 by Zac Thompson and Warnia Sahadewa
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
Dry by Jarrod Shusterman and Neal Shusterman
Blindness by José Saramago
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
The 5th Wave: The First Book of the 5th Wave Series by Rick Yancey
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Knife of Never Letting Go: With Bonus Short Story by Patrick Ness
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Book One): Volume 1 by Suzanne Collins
Uglies (Reissue) by Scott Westerfeld
Unwind (Reprint) by Neal Shusterman
The Maze Runner: Book One of the Maze Runner Series by James Dashner
Angelfall by Susan Ee
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Skyhunter by Marie Lu