Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan

I just saw an advertisement for this in a book catalogue.
What is is about? And is it any good?

It's okay. The premise is interesting, but there's no real resolution to the problem. That bugged me a lot, because I like solutions in my books.

It's centered around a girl living in a small religious community fenced in to keep zombies (the 'Unconsecrated') out. The world has succumbed to a plague that turns people into undead zombies, and the metal fences surrounding the community are the only things keeping the small agrarian community alive. (Spoiler for middle of the book) When the fences are breached in the middle of the book, the girl and her family along with the two guys who are competing for her affections get into a fenced-in path leading away from the village and into the unknown. (END Spoiler)

Themes include the meaning of freedom, individual versus community, what life is really about, and escape into the unknown.

So yeah, it was okay-good. I would get it from the library, though, unless you really like dark-themed books with slightly unsatisfying, life-like endings.

I might give this one a pass for now.
Been reading too much sci fi / fantasy this yr.

I loved this book. I couldn't put it down. I cried almost the entire way through it.

I really want to read book 2, but when I picked it up I was going through a depressing time and had to put it on hold. This kind of book really makes you appreciate our world a bit more. For all its flaws, we aren't living fenced up afraid of zombies.