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A review by themandimonster
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
5.0
What makes you feel alive???
The zombie has long been used as a metaphor for a lot of things. I love the zombie genre because not only is it a metaphorical wonder, but what's more terrifying than your friends and family coming after you trying to eat you because they're no longer what they used to be?
Warm Bodies is not like any zombie book I've before. R is a metaphor for how I imagine a lot of people feel...lifeless and longing for more. He knows he's a zombie and he has a higher functioning brain. All he wants is more. He longs for better speaking abilities and the connections in life that we take for granted most of the time.
R's journey takes him to Julie and he falls for Julie, though I won't disclose how or why. The more time he spends with Julie the more humanity returns to him. They're relationship ends up with obstacles and the journey they take together and where they end up is amazing.
Aside from my love for the characters and the great story-line, the writing is some of the most poetic I've ever had the pleasure of reading. I've since read the prequel novella, The New Hunger, which is also really amazing and I anxiously await the sequel. I just can't get enough of this!!!
I'm currently in the process of rereading The New Hunger and Warm Bodies to write down and collect all my favorite lines, excerpts and quotes...and there are many of them. Isaac Marion is an amazing writer!
P.S. The short story, I Am a Zombie Filled With Love, is where it all started and you should definitely check that out. http://www.burningbuilding.com/zombie.htm
The zombie has long been used as a metaphor for a lot of things. I love the zombie genre because not only is it a metaphorical wonder, but what's more terrifying than your friends and family coming after you trying to eat you because they're no longer what they used to be?
Warm Bodies is not like any zombie book I've before. R is a metaphor for how I imagine a lot of people feel...lifeless and longing for more. He knows he's a zombie and he has a higher functioning brain. All he wants is more. He longs for better speaking abilities and the connections in life that we take for granted most of the time.
R's journey takes him to Julie and he falls for Julie, though I won't disclose how or why. The more time he spends with Julie the more humanity returns to him. They're relationship ends up with obstacles and the journey they take together and where they end up is amazing.
Aside from my love for the characters and the great story-line, the writing is some of the most poetic I've ever had the pleasure of reading. I've since read the prequel novella, The New Hunger, which is also really amazing and I anxiously await the sequel. I just can't get enough of this!!!
I'm currently in the process of rereading The New Hunger and Warm Bodies to write down and collect all my favorite lines, excerpts and quotes...and there are many of them. Isaac Marion is an amazing writer!
P.S. The short story, I Am a Zombie Filled With Love, is where it all started and you should definitely check that out. http://www.burningbuilding.com/zombie.htm