Related Posts. Search for:. Login Login Lost my Password. Follow Us Facebook Youtube Twitter. Our Columnists Cindy Matthews Doris Booth Warm Bodies is romance novel with post-apocalyptic and zombie themes, written by Isaac Mario. The book was released on October 14, by Atria Books. He soon manages to consume the memories of another, and develops romantic feelings for human, Julie, which leaves him at conflict with not only himself, but the rest of the zombies.

The novel received much praise, including from Stephanie Meyer, famed author of the Twilight series. Also I think I should h Continue reading. Report this review. Teen, 14 years old Written by imoviegoteen July 22, Great Book, with iffy stuff inside Expect some F bombs, S words, B words, and all the sort. But it all ties to whats going on in the book.

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You were just the final judgement. When Julie goes back to her people, R will follow her. You were supposed to say goodbye. I say I just consider it a very sweet love story. I read the first half very quickly and enjoyed it; I was curious to see where it was going to go. I found it initially an interesting concept - zombie as not a mindless entity. It was a little confusing with Perry, but I did appreciate the idea that zombies crave and eat the brain at least in part to relive memories.

That was a new twist, for sure. As soon as I realized where the author was going with the plot, though, I started to lose interest. I mean, I get that it is hard to come up with a new take on the zombie novel, and I am all in favor of peace, love and harmony, but the idea of love being the cure to the zombie plague just made me roll my eyes. I appreciate the theme of "if we took the time to understand our enemies, we could progress toward peace" but it just didn't work for me here.

The zombie is "R omeo ", the girl he is in love with is Julie t , her previous boyfriend who R eats is Perry Paris , and R's best friend is M ecrutio. I mean, really, obvious much? And what's with Julie being so forgiving of R killing Perry?

He killed him and ate him and she just kinda shrugs it all off? The death of the first boy she ever loved? No no no. Perry winds up being portrayed as the monster when all he's trying to do is, hello?

Survive in a zombie apocalypse!! Zombie war ended by teenage love. Glowing yellow eyes after being infused by love. Zombie Jesus, anyone?

Failed zombie book, failed romance story. A disappointing finish for me, sad to say. May 08, Krista Regester rated it really liked it. But somehow good?!?!

Isaac Marion is strangely great at giving a zombie perspective. View all 7 comments. Jan 25, Susan's Reviews rated it it was amazing. I thought this book was amazing! It has some extremely philosophical passages that had me rereading several of them again and again. Zombies as a metaphor for our disconnected world is not new, but this author's mind is fascinating.

I love the way he thinks and the way he writes and conveys his ideas so clearly. He just makes so much sense! And he does all this while telling you the most entrancing story involving a zombie and a beautiful girl. It's Romeo and Juliet with a major twist! The movie I thought this book was amazing!

The movie adaptation of this novel was also amazing: funny, gruesome and downright metaphorical. I loved watching the emotional "awakening" of the zombies.

Those scenes were both comical and touching. I've read quite a few of this author's books. I like the way he sees the world, and how he believes we can generate positive change. Nothing makes me happier than a dystopian novel that actually ends on an upbeat note.

It would have been so easy to be defeatist and point out that humanity got everything it deserved. But, thankfully, Isaac Marion is made of stronger stuff and still holds out hope for us all. Highly recommended - the series of books and the movie! I read this book to complete the TBRTakedown challenge of reading a book outside my comfort zone. I've never been into zombie movies and until this book, I've never read any books with zombies.

Overall, I just thought this book was okay.. Some parts really grossed me out Parts of it seemed rushed and like we didn't get to learn a lot about the world.. Or there just wasn't enough world building I suppose I did think it was interesting and I liked the changes the main character, R, went thr I read this book to complete the TBRTakedown challenge of reading a book outside my comfort zone.

I did think it was interesting and I liked the changes the main character, R, went through The world has been distilled. Being dead is easy. This is a fantastic book. I watched the movie first because I thought it looked funny and now it's one of my favorite films.

I decided to read the book, because as the old adage goes, "The book is always better than the movie. This humanized quite literally the zombies and their plight, while making epic comparisons to the state of survival versus living.

What does it mean to be alive? What does it mean to be undead? This book The world has been distilled. This book is so much more than a Romeo and Juliet zombie drama. This is so much more than the Twilight with zombies. It's about how love is what makes us human, sometimes quite lite R ally.

Memories you capture on purpose are always more vivid than the ones you pick up by accident. I fell in love with a zombie. Yes, a zombie romance!

Now before you all get grossed out on me, hear me out. In this world, zombies are dead of course , and they are really reduced I fell in love with a zombie. In this world, zombies are dead of course , and they are really reduced to the basic human needs, like food, love, companionship.

Zombies group together in hives, where they socialize, form hunting groups to bring back kills for those unable to hunt for themselves, adopt babies and even get married. The main character, R is a zombie first and foremost. His hive is a dilapidated airport that has sporadic electricity. He has made an airplane into his own little home, where he collects records and other memorabilia that he finds on hunting trips. It is on one of these hunting trips from the airport into the nearest big city that R stumbles upon a small group of humans that are out on a scavenging trip at a pharmaceutical business.

Once inside, they overtake the small group and R kills a teenage guy named Perry. She happens to be on the salvaging trip along with a few others. Surprised by these new feelings that he has for this human, he brings Julie back to the airport to protect her. As R spends more time with Julie, he slowly starts to gain some of his humanity back, starting with speech.

Throughout the novel, you get to know Perry through each little piece of him that R consumes. Some things are standard in tales of zombies, such as moaning, blood and guts, mindless hunger. Originally posted on Bewitched Bookworms View all 13 comments. Update: Just saw movie trailer Could any amount of my insignificant words fully encompass the greatness of this book?

The answer here is no, no because the words printed on each copy of Warm Bodies are already tuned to a vast perfection greater than the sky itself. Isaac Marion.. I applaud you, I give you ten million standing ovations, I declare you to be a master o Update: Just saw movie trailer I applaud you, I give you ten million standing ovations, I declare you to be a master of words, an enchanter of souls, a rainbow at the end of a hurricane. Dear God and all the deities that exist, Mr.

I want to change my punctuation. Let me start off with a summary of the plot so I can go into more detail on why I fell in love with this book. R, a zombie introduces us to an apocalyptic world, where everything is going to shit and zombies go around eating the brains of the living.

R gets the munchies one day and goes off to get some dinner with his best friend M; R ends up eating the brains of a young guy named Perry. Something crucial to the storyline is the fact that zombies need to eat people to stay alive, they also like eating the brains because they get to sort of "see" the memories of the person who's brain they are eating.

Turns out Perry has a girlfriend named Julie, so when R eats Perry's brain he gets flashbacks that make him want to keep Julie safe. He takes her back to his house to protect her from the rest of the zombies and then things start getting weird, and confusing, and beautiful, and new and I wont ruin it so this is all you get haha. I have to admit that the plot is very original.

Zombies are painted in a very different light in this book, being described more as "humans with diseases" rather than a "spawn of the dead" type thing. Right from the beginning I knew I wasn't going to sleep until I finished this book. I read for 4 hours straight. I regret nothing. Our world was too small to share peacefully; consensus never came, harmony was impossible. So we adjusted our goals. What has me reeling and panting from the book high is the style, the content, the ideas that the author incorporated into this piece of literature that should be taught in schools, read by millions and shared by the world.

Put the zombie-human-romance aside and you get the huge question of existence. Why are we here? Who the hell are we? What is the purpose of us getting up every damn morning if our lives are doomed to end? What does the name we are given do for our identity? If the world went to hell, would we fight to get it back or would we let it rot along with us? These answerless questions are all brought to the surface by this book.

The author takes no prisoners. He makes us analyze our humanity without us even noticing. The style of writing is breath-taking.

The way this author uses words to display emotion and thought and even action is something few authors can do. Its raw talent and polished training all at once. Amorphous figures walk through melting doorways into shadowy rooms. Voices crawl through my head, deep and slurring like drunken giants. I play ambiguous sports, I watch incoherent movies, I talk and laugh with anonymous blurs. Its lyrical.

It flows. It describes so much in such a compact space. This book is one big metaphor that you start discovering as you read. Its the "Who are you and what made you? The awkward pull of feeling warmth towards something that should cause repulsion. The ying and yang of all we are, all we hope to be, and all we will ever be.

We will be the cure. Because we want it. You don't have to sit there and philosophically analyze it if you don't want, it is a very entertaining read regardless. The movie also comes out February so I'm looking forward to that. I loved this book, I think everyone should definitely read it. And I could write so much more but this is already a freaking novel I will just control myself and stop. For now I'll go to bed and dream of zombies who are capable of love Instead of the expected survivors falling for each other given the end of days shtick, we have an actual zombie love story.

The concept had me questioning would I buy it? Or better yet, would Julie? Even if the background was not as clearly explained as I want it to be, MAN, would I like to pick the brain of the person behind this story! Tom 'quiets' the undead for those left behind. Marion kicks the concept of suffering creatures up a couple of notches.

Here zombies, dead though they may be, retain a semblance of their past lives. I repeat: a semblance. Take any normal human thing and reduce it to its most basic. Zombies love, zombies crave and hunger… and as R establishes, zombies think.. Let me back up, the zombies offered up in this one can be summed up thus, You are what you eat. Well, sort of. Driven by some inexplicable anger, he leads his fellow undead on a hunt where he meets then eats Perry.

It gets weirder, I promise. So all at once, we see one of them spiral into apathy, and the other R regain bits and pieces of his humanity. This was probably the most interesting thing for me. I felt afraid.

YET I anticipated; I wanted to know what was in store for them. I only read this book because I was expecting blood, gore and mild necrophilia.

Instead, I got a beautifully poetic book full of immaculately developed characters and gorgeous prose that demolished the well-worn cliches of zombie literature and everything I thought I knew about those old shufflers. Man I hate it when I don't get what I want. I'm sorry I can't properly introduce myself, but I don't have a name any more. Hardly any of us do. We lose them like car keys, forget them like anniversaries. Mine might have started with an 'R', but that's all I have for now.

None of us are particularly attractive, but death has been kinder to me than some. Just the grey skin, the unpleasant smell, the dark circles under my eyes. I could almost pass for a Living man in need of a vacation. Isaac Marion's de I'm sorry I can't properly introduce myself, but I don't have a name any more.

Isaac Marion's debut novel is narrated by a zombie named R. He isn't your typical zombie with a single-minded craving for yummy yummy brains; he has thoughts, feelings, a conscience, and most importantly, love. After falling head over heels for a human named Julie, R starts a chain of events that might change the world forever. Warm Bodies the book was released in