Search this site

Book Search‎ > ‎

Content Review: The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

By Carrie Ryan                                                                                                  Review by Andye

Intended Audience:  YA

In Mary's world, there are simple truths. 

The Sisterhood always knows best. 

The Guardians will protect and serve. 

The Unconsecrated will never relent. 

And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village. The fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. 

But slowly, Mary's truths are failing her. She's learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power. And, when the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. 

Now she must choose between her village and her future, between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded by so much death?

 

Sexual Content:

Mild

 

Language:

Minor

     -

2 God

 

Violence:

Heavy


 

Other:

     

-After her mother turns into an “Unconsecrated”, Mary stops believing in God.

    -The “Sisters” in the Sisterhood use fear of the “Unconsecrated” to persuade Mary to join the Sisterhood.

    -Mary learns to separate the Sisterhood from God, and starts to think that maybe she does believe in God, just not the Sisterhood.

 

Was it any good?

This book was fantastic!  One of my favorites!  It was intense, scary, heart-breaking, thrilling, and the love story was compelling.  I would recommend this to older teens with a strong stomach!  Blog Review

 

Rating:

9 out of 10

 

·       Reading level: Young Adult

·       Paperback: 336 pages

·       Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (February 9, 2010)

·       Language: English

·       ISBN-10: 0385736827

·       ISBN-13: 978-0385736824

 

Subpages (2): the forest of hands and teeth sexual content the forest of hands and violence