mehsi's review
4.0
Flotsam & Jetsam is another story in the world of The Forest of Hands and Teeth. This time it is about the time when everything started. When people started to get eaten, when the world was still for most part alive and filled with people. This time we are on the ocean, in a raft, all alone.
We have 2 characters, one infected, one healthy. They are stuck on a raft after their cruise ship got attacked by the illness/zombies. They have seen their friends getting eaten, getting killed. Most of the time they talk about pre-raft time, about kisses and love.
They also talk about what our healthy guy should do when the infection will spread and turn his fellow raftfriend. Of course, like always it is a simple promise to make. Sure I will kill you, but through the story and as things progress you will find out that it isn't an easy choice to make, to just kill someone, even if they aren't human. And while the story was quite short, I think that part was really well done.
The ending, mm I am not so sure what I thought about that. It was ok, but also a bit disappointed, though again, also expected. We know what happened to the world and how many people are still left.
All in all, a good short story, and really recommend to those who enjoyed the Forest of Hands and Teeth books, or those who want to start with the series.
We have 2 characters, one infected, one healthy. They are stuck on a raft after their cruise ship got attacked by the illness/zombies. They have seen their friends getting eaten, getting killed. Most of the time they talk about pre-raft time, about kisses and love.
They also talk about what our healthy guy should do when the infection will spread and turn his fellow raftfriend. Of course, like always it is a simple promise to make. Sure I will kill you, but through the story and as things progress you will find out that it isn't an easy choice to make, to just kill someone, even if they aren't human. And while the story was quite short, I think that part was really well done.
The ending, mm I am not so sure what I thought about that. It was ok, but also a bit disappointed, though again, also expected. We know what happened to the world and how many people are still left.
All in all, a good short story, and really recommend to those who enjoyed the Forest of Hands and Teeth books, or those who want to start with the series.
julaliciousbookparadise's review
3.0
I really found it interesting to see how humans want to survive, but also, how they fear to be alone and it's so true. I feel this story shows that not everything is as easy as we think even if the logic of the situation would tell us exactly what we need to do, our emotions can contradict this logic.
lyssamarie's review
4.0
Really makes you think about how far you'll go to survive...and how none of us want to die alone.
persypie's review
3.0
A cruise ship overrun by the dead and two friends set adrift on a life raft. One is bitten. The other promises to throw him overboard when the time comes. But is that choice as easily done as it is said?
Pretty good! I am a die hard zombie fan so this was a fun read.
Pretty good! I am a die hard zombie fan so this was a fun read.
synne's review
3.0
After reading all three shorts, I am definitely reading The Forest of Hands and Teeth.
georgiedawn's review
4.0
For such a short story, Flotsam & Jetsam has a lot of emotion packed into it. I usually find Carrie Ryan's writing in this series to be quite separated and void of emotions - which works perfectly, since they're zombies and all - but this felt different. It was interesting to see how somebody would react to a zombie bite; thinking they would die whether they were bitten or not, and losing all hope. This story is about friendship, really, and not wanting to be alone.
This would have been a really good beginning to a full length book, and with what happens at the end, I wish it was!
This would have been a really good beginning to a full length book, and with what happens at the end, I wish it was!
ogrezed's review
3.0
Given how many recommendations I've seen for this series, I was disappointed with the short story. It certainly was a unique setting and a unique story, but most of the time I was just bored with it. But there was very little zombie action.
prationality's review
3.0
Two guys, one lifeboat and hey the zombie apocalypse came a-knocking...I'm more than certain this is set before Ryan's short story "[b:Bougainvillea|22005787|Bougainvillea (The Forest of Hands and Teeth)|Carrie Ryan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1445178624s/22005787.jpg|41316718]" (from [b:Zombies Vs. Unicorns|7171748|Zombies Vs. Unicorns|Holly Black|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1287515911s/7171748.jpg|7589446]), which in and of itself is set a decade or so after the mudo rose up. The intro claims that its set several hundred years before [b:The Forest of Hands and Teeth|3432478|The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1)|Carrie Ryan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320633297s/3432478.jpg|3473471] (which helps my theory that there are many generations between when the mudo first came to be and when we first meet Mary). If nothing else, the characters are still in shock about the dead rising and call them zombies. This is a worrisome little story about one guy who isn't bitten, one guy who is and what complete despair and desperation does to a person. Its bleak (like all of Ryan's works) and offers no comfort unless you are lucky enough to be one of the dead-dead.
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