Warm Bodies
by Issac Marion
This book was published by the company Atria Books and released April 26, 2011. I would classify the genre of this book as Zombie Apocalypse.
The story follows around R, who is a zombie. After interacting (or more attacking) a group of humans, he begins to get attached to the memories he is seeing after eating the brain of one of his victims. Within these memories, he sees images of a girl named Julie who happened to be in the group of humans he attacked. The relationship between Julie and R is the main focus of the story.
R is the main character and who we get to read the thoughts of. The book does not have much dialogue due to the fact that zombies don't exactly have a big vocabulary and tend to have very, very short sentences.
M is R's best friend or at least would be his best friend if zombies had best friends. He is a bigger part of the story in the beginning and end, but not so much in the middle.
Julie is the other main character. She is a rather interesting character, or at least, the thoughts of R on this character are interesting. Within the humans, she has a different thought process and hasn't given up on the ideals of the old world before the zombie apocalypse.
The way the book is written is done in a simply yet beautiful manner. There is just enough descriptions given to be able to create an image within your mind, but not so much that it is impossible to follow the story. The few action scenes within the story are not overly written which is refreshing. Sometimes authors put too much thought into the scenes, and all that does is make it hard to follow.
While reading this book, I found that I was pulled into the story and curious about what was going to happen. There was a randomness to some of the scenes that kept the story refreshing. I always looked forward to the times that I would sit down and read more of the story. It was a little odd that the chapters weren't cohesive with their sizes, but each chapter had a specific scene within them. Some scenes didn't need as much writing within them to be able to tell them while others needed more. While reading, there are points where you can set the book down. It is nice because then you don't get some engrossed in the book that you forget to live your daily life (which has happened to me one too many times).
Warm Bodies (Hardback) $16.70
Warm Bodies (Paperback) $15.00
Warm Bodies (NOOK Book) $5.99
Here is where you can find the movie which I haven't seen yet:
DVD Release Date: 6/4/2013
Warm Bodies (Blu-ray) $39.99
Warm Bodies (DVD) $29.99
Other Works by Isaac Marion
The New Hunger: The Prequel to Warm Bodies
The New Hunger - The Prequel to Warm Bodies (Amazon)
You can get a NOOK Book version….in Italian…. Publication date 2/5/2013
If there is a book that you'd like to see reviewed, feel free to leave it in the comments so that I review it for ya! Also let me know your thoughts on this book and whether I should or should not watch the movie. Have a nice day!
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