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I had heard a lot of mixed reviews about Forest of Hands and Teeth before reading it so I was pretty skeptical about the whole thing. I have to admit, I still have a lot of mixed feelings for this novel. On one side, it's a very captivating novel and on the other side, there's lots of things that could've been polished for a better novel.

What I enjoyed about Forest of Hands and Teeth was the plot - zombie apocalypse, I mean, hello?! I've watched so many zombie movies but this is my first time reading about an actual zombie apocalypse. The plot was very captivating as well as suspenseful and definitely drew me in.

The writing was fascinating as well. Forest of Hands and Teeth is beautifully written and I enjoyed reading about Mary and the zombies.

The character Mary is uniquely portrayed. Though at times I felt as if she was extremely selfish, there were other times when I admired her courage and her bravery.

Travis and Henry were also pretty important in the novel. I have extremely mixed feelings about Travis because sometimes he seems so brave and other times, he seemed like a wimp. He doesn't really chase after Mary despite his feelings for her and gave up in the really beginning. Henry seems more brutish and stuff and though he was more capable of expressing his feelings, I found his character lacking emotion and any depth.

What I didn't really like about Forest of Hands and Teeth was the lack of emotion throughout the entire novel. Yes, it was depressing and stuff but besides that feeling, it lacked anything else. Hope was mentioned briefly throughout the novel but it wasn't really in depth. I also didn't like the fact that were so many loose ends. No one knew what happened to the rest of the village and though there were speculations from Mary and the others, no one knew for sure. And, the history of the zombies weren't really mentioned either.

The ending was also pretty moot. It was a huge cliff-hanger and I felt like the ending killed the book. It definitely didn't feel the the book was supposed to end...but it did.

Overall, though I have mixed feelings about Forest of Hands and Teeth, I can't wait until the sequel of this novel.