Comments on: The Forest of Hands and Teeth http://thehathorlegacy.com/the-forest-of-hands-and-teeth/ Fresh-baked media snark, served with love. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:47:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Maria V. http://thehathorlegacy.com/the-forest-of-hands-and-teeth/#comment-89744 Maria V. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:26:41 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=3035#comment-89744 :) I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. :D :) I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. :D

]]> By: Gategrrl http://thehathorlegacy.com/the-forest-of-hands-and-teeth/#comment-89743 Gategrrl Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:59:58 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=3035#comment-89743 It's been a while since I've read it (see the Zombies, Apocalypses, and Plagues round-up), but I can see what you mean: plainly, that means I should reread it--oh, what hardship!-and see if I think of her differently. Mary *is* if nothing else, an interesting narrator, with a unique point of view, and the book has very well-written prose as you pointed out. It was refreshing to read if only for that. Zombie fiction: the next brainfood! It’s been a while since I’ve read it (see the Zombies, Apocalypses, and Plagues round-up), but I can see what you mean: plainly, that means I should reread it–oh, what hardship!-and see if I think of her differently.

Mary *is* if nothing else, an interesting narrator, with a unique point of view, and the book has very well-written prose as you pointed out. It was refreshing to read if only for that.

Zombie fiction: the next brainfood!

]]> By: Maria V. http://thehathorlegacy.com/the-forest-of-hands-and-teeth/#comment-89742 Maria V. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:17:45 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=3035#comment-89742 I can see why she might've come across as selfish -- she certainly thought of herself as selfish! But that was actually something I liked... I liked that the thing that defined her character wasn't the love triangle, but that she really, really wanted to see the ocean and learn more about the world before the Unconsecrated. What made her seem selfish (and feel selfish, to herself) was that she had two good men who wanted her, but being with them wasn't what she wanted and couldn't actually satisfy her. That bit where they were in the second village and she got to chill with Travis but didn't want to? I felt then that for her being w. Travis wasn't actually about him -- it was about the unattainable. I can see why she might’ve come across as selfish — she certainly thought of herself as selfish! But that was actually something I liked… I liked that the thing that defined her character wasn’t the love triangle, but that she really, really wanted to see the ocean and learn more about the world before the Unconsecrated.

What made her seem selfish (and feel selfish, to herself) was that she had two good men who wanted her, but being with them wasn’t what she wanted and couldn’t actually satisfy her.

That bit where they were in the second village and she got to chill with Travis but didn’t want to? I felt then that for her being w. Travis wasn’t actually about him — it was about the unattainable.

]]> By: Gategrrl http://thehathorlegacy.com/the-forest-of-hands-and-teeth/#comment-89741 Gategrrl Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:10:06 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=3035#comment-89741 I liked this book too, but I have to admit--by the end of the book I was growing more and more annoyed with Mary. I also couldn't quite understand her reluctance to finally share some time with her dreamed of beau earlier in the book, and unfortunately, she came across as incredibly, obsessively selfish. However, I am looking forward to the next book in the series. I'd like some answers to the unanswered plot threads left hanging at the end of this one! I liked this book too, but I have to admit–by the end of the book I was growing more and more annoyed with Mary. I also couldn’t quite understand her reluctance to finally share some time with her dreamed of beau earlier in the book, and unfortunately, she came across as incredibly, obsessively selfish.

However, I am looking forward to the next book in the series. I’d like some answers to the unanswered plot threads left hanging at the end of this one!

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