Fifth Wheel

I finished reading my fifth book yesterday just as my plane was landing on my way home from Kansas. Since I started it a day before my departure, I wasn't able to read it as quickly as I would have liked. This is also the first book I am reading towards my dystopian challenge. When I began reading all I could think about was the movie The Village. In fact, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to finish it because the similarities were really bothering me. A little bit into the book it really did come into it's own. The ideas became original and I started to see that it probably would not end as the movie had.
The Forest of Hands and Teeth was the kind of book where my attention was held by the story lines and not the characters. None of the characters were extraordinary, especially Mary, I kept forgetting her name. At times I felt she was selfish and in ways that weren't worth it. She had two men, great men, that would do anything for her and she couldn't even bring herself to notice that. I'm not saying it is bad to keep reaching for more but sometimes you need to see the things you already have and be grateful for them. I find it funny that Travis had told her he was sorry for being selfish by loving her so much since I saw her as the selfish one.Though at the end she found exactly what she had been longing for, I can't help but worry about how unhappy she will be in the next book seeing as she lost everyone who mattered a long the way. The loss of Travis is very unsettling since he was my favorite character and the one I hoped to hear more about.