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Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
Mar. 28th, 2012 10:26 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
’R’ is a zombie. He has no name, no memories and no pulse, but he has dreams. He is a little different from his fellow Dead.
Amongst the ruins of an abandoned city, R meets a girl. Her name is Julie and she is the opposite of everything he knows – warm and bright and very much alive, she is a blast of colour in a dreary grey landscape. For reasons he can’t understand, R chooses to save Julie instead of eating her, and a tense yet strangely tender relationship begins.
This has never happened before. It breaks the rules and defies logic, but R is no longer content with life in the grave. He wants to breathe again, he wants to live, and Julie wants to help him. But their grim, rotting world won’t be changed without a fight …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Isaac Marion’s debut novel is a fresh and tender take on the post-apocalyptic zombie world. It has a wry wit and does well in reinventing and developing old ideas in zombie fiction. It is a touch too sentimental at times and I could have done with less Sinatra and a slightly more developed female lead character, but it’s still a thoroughly enjoyable read and one that I’d have no hesitation in recommending.
’R’ is a zombie. He has no name, no memories and no pulse, but he has dreams. He is a little different from his fellow Dead.
Amongst the ruins of an abandoned city, R meets a girl. Her name is Julie and she is the opposite of everything he knows – warm and bright and very much alive, she is a blast of colour in a dreary grey landscape. For reasons he can’t understand, R chooses to save Julie instead of eating her, and a tense yet strangely tender relationship begins.
This has never happened before. It breaks the rules and defies logic, but R is no longer content with life in the grave. He wants to breathe again, he wants to live, and Julie wants to help him. But their grim, rotting world won’t be changed without a fight …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Isaac Marion’s debut novel is a fresh and tender take on the post-apocalyptic zombie world. It has a wry wit and does well in reinventing and developing old ideas in zombie fiction. It is a touch too sentimental at times and I could have done with less Sinatra and a slightly more developed female lead character, but it’s still a thoroughly enjoyable read and one that I’d have no hesitation in recommending.
