Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

7 reviews

cat12345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Alcohol, Cannibalism, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Ableism, Cursing, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Vomit, Infidelity, Medical content, Car accident, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment

dennyiii's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gore, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, and Cursing

em_chata's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I actually really enjoyed this book. I didn’t have a TON of expectations going in, but I enjoyed it! I read it in one sitting. Initially I was thinking, “This is moving too quickly, without really explaining much.” But I think that’s the beauty of it, because so much of this book is R rediscovering what life is. I definitely think the book deserved a little more world building, but since the main protagonist is a zombie, it makes sense why it started out so… gray, for lack of a better word. I think the author did a really good job of weaving that into this book. It’s beautiful, hopeful, and reflective. It really doesn’t feel like a zombie book from R’s point of view at all. 

Also, this was pretty cheesy, but it was cute. It was nice, lighthearted zombie read that I didn’t realize I needed. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

cyanr's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

The books are a product of its time. I’m glad I opted to listen to the audiobook instead of reading it; I heard the ellipses of the zombie speak gets tedious. On the downside, listening to a man do a blaccent for a female character felt uncomfortable. It didn’t feel racist or like it was meaning to be offensive it just felt off. 

So many people may take issue that the zombie cure is literally love.

This book is extremely cheeseball and many people could have predicted that. I like when zombie media doesn’t take itself too serious and when there is

a cure

so I’m biased. 

The main love story is a bit wonky. I felt like I got to know R very well and Julie. And that R got to know Julie well through the organic interactions, but I felt that Julie hardly knew R. Most of his monologue takes place in his head since his zombie speech is lacking. 

This is still a cute teenager romance book. They actually talk like teens and I still felt a sense of danger. The zombie “culture” felt silly but in a fun way. I would recommend to any teen readers who were interested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Violence and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm

Julie calls M, one of R’s zombie friend a fat fuck the entire book. Julie also has self harm scars and talks briefly about having sex as a form of self harm. Perry is hinted at being suicidal and okay with dying.

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

A lot more… introspective/pretentious existential crisis than I expected. Definitely not the funny teen zom-com one would expect from the movie (they thankfully aged down R’s character to a teen, because having a “corporate zombie” adult man forming an attachment to a teenaged girl is shady.) There is also some weird sexual stuff in a few early scenes.

Long & short, I would have DNF’d if not for a reading challenge prompt I had to fulfill (Romeo & Juliet retelling).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Grief

tinstae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

mandaraffe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gore, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Cannibalism, Vomit, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Grief, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Self harm, and War