"Warm Bodies" has been on my to-read list for months. I've actually had it in my possession 3 times and this is the first time I've picked it up to read it.
From Amazon: R is a young man with an existential crisis--he is a zombie. 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. He can speak just a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. He has no memories, noidentity, and no pulse, but he has dreams.
After experiencing a teenage boy's memories while consuming his brain, R makes an unexpected choice that begins a tense, awkward, and stragely sweet relationship with the victim's human girlfriend. Julie is a blast of color in the otherwise dreary and gray landscape that surrounds R. His decision to protect her will transform not only R, but his fellow Dead, and perhaps their whole lifeless world.
Scary, funny, and surprisingly poignant, Warm Bodies is about being alive, being dead, and the blurry line in between.
This book was not 100% what I expected. I was thinking "Twilight" insert zombie. Not so much. "Warm Bodies" is not a typical ohmyGodIlovehimsomuchImightdie novel. Sure, there's a love story, but honestly it's secondary to the 'love yourself and accept people for who they are' message. It was cute, and I really enjoyed reading it. Will I see the movie? Eh. Maybe. When it's on FX, fourteen times a day. I give "Warm Bodies" a B.
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