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The Dead Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
Nov. 3rd, 2011 11:19 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Gabry lives a quiet life, secure in her town next to the sea and behind the Barrier. She’s content to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coat while she watches from the top of her lighthouse.
Home is all she’s ever known and all she needs for happiness.
But life after the Return is never safe and there are threats even the Barrier can’t hold back.
Gabry’s mother thought she left her secrets behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth but, like the dead in their world, secrets don’t stay buried. And now, Gabry’s world is crumbling.
One night beyond the Barrier …
One boy Gabry’s known forever and one veiled in mystery …
One reckless moment, and half of Gabry’s generation is dead, the other half imprisoned.
Now Gabry knows only one thing: if she has any hope of a future, she must face the forest of her mother’s past.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
More of a companion novel to THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH than a sequel, I liked the way in which Ryan expands on her zombie infested post-apocalyptic world in this book and there are some excellent set-piece action scenes that are nail-bitingly good. The problem though is that Gabry is essentially a passive character, driven by her fears so that she’s reactive more than she is proactive. I also found the love triangle to be too much of a rehash from that in THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH, as is the escape through the Forest. The set-up for a third novel is intriguing enough to make me read on given that it promises to reveal more about the Dark City.
Gabry lives a quiet life, secure in her town next to the sea and behind the Barrier. She’s content to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coat while she watches from the top of her lighthouse.
Home is all she’s ever known and all she needs for happiness.
But life after the Return is never safe and there are threats even the Barrier can’t hold back.
Gabry’s mother thought she left her secrets behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth but, like the dead in their world, secrets don’t stay buried. And now, Gabry’s world is crumbling.
One night beyond the Barrier …
One boy Gabry’s known forever and one veiled in mystery …
One reckless moment, and half of Gabry’s generation is dead, the other half imprisoned.
Now Gabry knows only one thing: if she has any hope of a future, she must face the forest of her mother’s past.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
More of a companion novel to THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH than a sequel, I liked the way in which Ryan expands on her zombie infested post-apocalyptic world in this book and there are some excellent set-piece action scenes that are nail-bitingly good. The problem though is that Gabry is essentially a passive character, driven by her fears so that she’s reactive more than she is proactive. I also found the love triangle to be too much of a rehash from that in THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH, as is the escape through the Forest. The set-up for a third novel is intriguing enough to make me read on given that it promises to reveal more about the Dark City.
