Forest Of Hands And Teeth Book Report

I finally found a book that I could not put down. The novel is eye catching. I always wanted to know what will happen next. The novel I read was called The Forest of Hands and Teeth by, Carrie Ryan. This novel was published in the year of 2009. The setting is deep in a forest, and focuses on the main characters: Mary, Sister Tabitha, Gabrielle, Travis, Cass, and Harry. The plot included Mary’s loved ones and their lives lost to the unconsecrated. What I often felt while reading this book, was sorrow. In my opinion, The Forest of Hands and Teeth novel was entertaining and suspenseful. The overall theme is love does not always survive because Mary loses everyone she loves.

First of all, the setting in The Forest of Hands and Teeth is deep inside

a forest. In this forest, there is a village that is surrounded by a fence to protect the people from the unconsecrated. Later in the story, they discover fences at each pathway and end up at another village that has been abandoned by a family. Near the end, the last setting was an ocean that her mother always told tales about. The ocean was the main destination!
Second of all, the main characters are Mary, Sister Tabitha, Gabrielle, Travis, Cass, and Harry. One of the main characters is Mary, who is always curious about the village and what is outside the fences. The second main character is Sister Tabitha, who is the sister of Mary and Gabrielle. Sister Tabitha is mature and tries to be a religious person of the village. The third main character is Gabrielle, who is the brother of Mary and Tabitha. He is usually depressed and sometimes tries to be a nice person. The fourth main characters are Harry and Travis, they are both brothers. Harry is more humorous, while Travis is more calm and sweet. The last main character is Cass, who was supposed to be the wife of Travis but fell in love with Mary’s brother instead. She usually freaks out when something goes wrong and is sassy.
Third of all, the main plot is about losing loved ones to the unconsecrated.

In the beginning, Mary, Gabrielle, and Tabitha lost their mother to the unconsecrated. In the middle of the novel, Sister Tabitha tries to control Mary by trying to make her religious and threatens to feed her to the unconsecrated if she does not obey, since their mother is gone. When Mary sneaks around the village, she runs into Travis and ends up falling in love with him. Near the end, Mary, Gabrielle, Harry, Travis, and Cass go on to discover life outside the village. While going on that discover, Mary ends up losing her loved ones by the unconsecrated and she is now on her own to discover safety. She ends up at the beach her mother was telling her about, and a man saves her by letting her survive in a lighthouse.

While I often felt sorrow when reading this book, my overall opinion is this novel was entertaining and I could not put this book down at all! I felt sorrow at some points because, Mary lost her loved ones to the unconsecrated. The reason this novel is attention getting is because, when Mary escapes from the unconsecrated in order to discover with her loved ones and wondering what could happen. In my opinion, this is such an entertaining book, that I could not put it

down.
In the novel of The Forest of Hands and Teeth, there was an overall theme. The theme is love does not always survive because she loses everyone she loves. In my opinion, the author was trying to say that love does not always last, but to keep your hopes up and keep going. The author made this clear in certain points. When Mary wanted her loved ones to join her, on the way she loses them and keeps on discovering life. The novel is trying to give hints for readers that there is always light at the end of the tunnel and Mary discovered what she hoped for, the ocean of the peaceful tales from her mother.
In conclusion, The Forest of Hands and Teeth had a setting inside a forest with fences around, protecting from the unconsecrated. This novel includes characters as in: Mary, Gabrielle, Sister Tabitha, Harry, Travis, and Cass. The overall plot explains Mary’s loved ones lost to the unconsecrated. My overall feeling from reading this novel was sorrow. In my mind, I thought The Forest of Hands and Teeth novel was entertaining and suspenseful. To whom who may concern, the overall theme is love does not always last because Mary lost everyone she loves. In my opinion, love can be unknown and tricky!