4.5 stars. Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature:In Warm Bodies (2010), our world has been overrun by the zombies, and the few humans who are left are fighting a rearguard action. They huddle in walled enclosures, sending out occasional armed expeditions for food and supplies. Regular school classes have fallen by the wayside, replaced by classes and demonstrations on how to best kill a zombie permanently (head shots).R is a zombie who doesn’t remember his past life, except that his n...

I finished this book awhile ago, but I've been avoiding writing my review. The only reason I can think of is that I really don't want my first read glow to go away. You know that time after you read a really spectacular book when you're just sitting around, thinking about how wonderful it was and going over passages you loved? I think I've been doing that for two weeks now. Every time I think about Warm Bodies, I wonder at how good it was.Warm Bodies follows R, a zombie unlike those we normally ...

What makes us human? Is it merely a collection of living flesh and tissue and bone, or is it also consciousness and memory and feeling? R, the young zombie who narrates this novel, isn't really sure. But after meeting Julie, a human girl he impulsively saves and hides away in an abandoned plane, he begins to experience thoughts and feelings that he'd forgotten he'd ever had.Warm Bodies is a wistful love story that is creepy, sad, sweet, and disturbing in equal measure. The notion that it is poss...

The protagonist of Warm Bodies is R, a zombie who cannot remember his name beyond that single letter. He is verbose compared to other zombies, although his main recreation is still riding escalators around the airport in which he lives. I kind of felt like the escalator riding was a shout out to Dawn of the Dead and it made me happy. The first few chapters of the book are the strongest parts of the book. I think they must have been polished over and over again and they contrast the rest of the b...

Cold Hands, Warm Heart"R" spends his time at the airport, taking long walks and scooping brains out of skulls. He's a zombie but unlike most of the ones he's met, he can think about more than just his stomach. Julie is one of the last humans living in the settlement. She's finally old enough to go out on a raiding mission but when she does, her team gets ambushed almost immediately.As R chomps on the brain of Julie's boyfriend (Perry), he experiences the memories. Seeing Julie from Perry's persp...

Much better than I expected - especially after the start. I really wasn't going to sure if I would care for this one because it seemed a little silly at first.

But, after I got into it, it started to have some interesting action sequences and some really deep introspection on the human condition.

What an entertaining delight! I first heard of this book through the movie trailer. I was very skeptical about this, yet oddly curious at the same time. A zombie who falls in love.... I did not know what to expect getting into this. What I ended up experiencing was a story like no other. 'R' is a zombie with personality. Not very common, right? Even the other zombies think he is odd. He longs for memories...for life. When he eats the brain of a young man named Perry and saving a human girl, thi...

This was a big surprise, though not entirely a pleasant one.Try imagining the most disgusting relationship in the history of mankind. Are you done yet? Need some help? [image error] Now multiply that feeling of disgust by ten. Or even better, by a hundred. Oookay. I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling pretty nauseous here. If you’ve got it, try thinking of a way to make that feeling and that relationship adorable. You heard me! Adorable. I thought it was impossible too, but I was very wrong....

This is not a young adult novel.I mean, it is about a young adultish human and zombie who fall in love and set about to change the world with love. But this is not a young adult novel.It has themes of young love and disaffected youth and hopeful new beginnings but this is not a young adult novel, people!Regardless of what it is, it’s a pretty good novel, but I have a confession. This is going to translate in people’s minds as me being simplistic and unable to handle the deeper, more complicated ...

Made the list forBest Badass Zombie Books...http://badassbookreviews.com/the-best...Lessons learned from R (who happens to be a zombie)1. Sometimes you are up, and sometimes you are down. That is until the power goes out and you are stuck. 2. Freaking out is not going to help, instead get married! 3. Sometimes a little brain goes a long way, unless of course you just ate the last of it, and then you are so screwed.4. It is not our words but our actions that speak loudest regarding who we are.5. ...