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That being said the writing never get’s in the way of the story and it was nice to have a light read for a change, so all in all I’m pleased. There are some (my favorite quote for instance, see further down) lines here and there, but this is a kind of universe that gives room for reflection and thoughts, so I wish there was a bit more of that. That paragraph that makes me want to open a word-document and start writing myself. That one reflecting thought that comes along where I just sit back and think “shit, that’s the most accurate thought someone could have had in that situation”. I miss that one sentence I just feel the urge to write down in my quote-book.

But, a part of me thinks that the language was a bit too easy. I like it when I don’t have to spend time on unnecessary long sentences and descriptions. That was a really big relief for me, especially since I just finished The Picture Of Dorian Gray and needed to something light. The language of the book is easy and made me read the pages in seconds. When I read these sort of books, it’s important for me that the plot is believeable, that this is something I imagine could have happened in an actual zombie-apocalypse. The idea of this little village, believing they’re the only ones left and being controlled by a Sisterhood that “knows everything” and tells about God’s will is a really amazing version of a dystopia. It’s just an amazing consept, and a version of the zombie-apocalypse that I actually haven’t read or seen before (and I’ve read and seen a lot). The plot of this book is what got to me so badly, and why I really had to read the book, and why I finished it in like two days. Then it came out in the e-library and I just had to start reding it. It looked so interesting that I immediatly put it on my e-book list. I actually found this one on a random “Top 10 Zombie Books” list online. Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Horror, Fantasy My Edition: E-book edition in Norwegian, publieshed by Cappelen Damm in 2015. Could there be life outside a world surrounded by so much death?”įirst line of the book: “My mother used to tell me about the ocean.” And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future-between the one she loves and the one who loves her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. “In Mary’s world there are simple truths.