A review by koalathebear
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
3.0
1. Ryan's a talented writer and even though I can't say I liked the book, as with the first I felt the same feeling of dread/anxiety/hopefulness and anticipation as I read.
2. Ryan's greatest weakness is that her female characters are incredibly unlikable. Gabry, like her mother, is really a bit too stupid to live. Like her mother (Bella from Twilight :p and most other teen supernatural novels), Gabry's caught in a love triangle. Seriously, you have a scary book all about terrifying zombies - you don't need a love triangle to add tension!!! I did not like Gabry at all - she came across as irrational, stupid and a real brat ... not to mention very ungrateful towards her mother for no reason at all except to add tension to the book.
3. Ryan's male characters, strangely enough, come across much more sympathetically.
4. We learn more about the backstory of the Unconsecrated/Mudo a.k.a. Zombies and it's fascinating. It's probably the best parts of Ryan's writing - the science, mythology and history she describes about these terrifying yet incredibly tragic beings.
As with the first novel, "The Dead Tossed Waves" is very frightening and bleak. It's a little weaker than the first in terms of plotting but I thought it rather better in terms of overall progression of the overall story arc. I'm going to read the third one
2. Ryan's greatest weakness is that her female characters are incredibly unlikable. Gabry, like her mother, is really a bit too stupid to live. Like her mother (Bella from Twilight :p and most other teen supernatural novels), Gabry's caught in a love triangle. Seriously, you have a scary book all about terrifying zombies - you don't need a love triangle to add tension!!! I did not like Gabry at all - she came across as irrational, stupid and a real brat ... not to mention very ungrateful towards her mother for no reason at all except to add tension to the book.
3. Ryan's male characters, strangely enough, come across much more sympathetically.
4. We learn more about the backstory of the Unconsecrated/Mudo a.k.a. Zombies and it's fascinating. It's probably the best parts of Ryan's writing - the science, mythology and history she describes about these terrifying yet incredibly tragic beings.
As with the first novel, "The Dead Tossed Waves" is very frightening and bleak. It's a little weaker than the first in terms of plotting but I thought it rather better in terms of overall progression of the overall story arc. I'm going to read the third one