catch flashes of emotion, glimpses of feeling fleeting moments of color and life. But consume he must, because it is only in that consummation does R. has no limit to the eloquence of his mind – he laments the loss of humanity and feels intense guilt for the fact that he has to consume the living. But one thing “R.” knows is that he’s a little different from the others around him. He can remember snippets of life, but nothing can fully penetrate the fog of his undead memory. He’s wearing slacks, a button-up, and a silk red tie, so he might have been some kind of professional or aspiring temp worker. Unable to remember his name, other than the fact that it starts with Rrrr, this young zombie knows nothing about the man he once was. In the midst of this hopelessness and endless future of bleak lassitude, one zombie stands apart from his fellow undead. The living are forced to huddle together in isolated pockets while the undead roam the gutted ruins of civilization. Immediately, I was hooked – not only by the gorgeous cover, but by the idea of a plausible romance…from the zombie perspective. Why did I read this book: I first heard about Warm Bodies after reading Angie’s review (as always, the review was fantastic and made me want to buy the book). How did I get this book: Review Copy from the Publisher Scary, funny, and surprisingly poignant, Warm Bodies is about being alive, being dead, and the blurry line in between. His decision to protect her will transform not only R, but his fellow Dead, and perhaps their whole lifeless world. ![]() Julie is a blast of color in the otherwise dreary and gray landscape that surrounds R. He has no memories, noidentity, and no pulse, but he has dreams.Īfter experiencing a teenage boy’s memories while consuming his brain, R makes an unexpected choice that begins a tense, awkward, and strangely sweet relationship with the victim’s human girlfriend. ![]() He can speak just a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. ![]() He shuffles through an America destroyed by war, social collapse, and the mindless hunger of his undead comrades, but he craves something more than blood and brains. R is a young man with an existential crisis–he is a zombie. Genre: Speculative Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Zombies, Horror, Romance
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