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    Warm Bodies (The Warm Bodies Series)

    Written by Isaac Marion

    Narrated by Kevin Kenerly

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    About this audiobook

    '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...

    Talk to Isaac on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Snapchat, and isaacmarion.com

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House UK Audio
    Release dateDec 18, 2013
    ISBN9781473511354
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    Warm Bodies (The Warm Bodies Series)
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    Isaac Marion

    Isaac Marion grew up in the mossy depths of the Pacific Northwest, where he worked as a heating installer, a security guard, and a visitation supervisor for foster children before publishing his debut novel in 2010. Warm Bodies became a #5 New York Times bestseller and inspired a major Hollywood film adaptation. It has been translated into twenty-five languages worldwide. Isaac lives in Seattle with his cat and a beloved cactus, writing fiction and music, and taking pictures of everything. Visit IsaacMarion.com for more on these endeavors.

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    • 5/5
      A book I first read about 4 years ago. With my hands on the novella prequel and the novel sequel, I dipped in again. First, a word on the film of the book. It’s not a bad film, but it uses the more humourous parts to convey the author’s much more visceral idea too lightly. When I first saw trailers I imagined the book to be a Young Adult ‘popcorn’ story, a jokey hoot. Do yourself a favour; if you’ve seen the film, regardless of whether you liked it, DO read the book. It’s a decidedly different experience.With the characters of Julie and ‘R’ the setting is a modern twist on Romeo and Juliet set in a dystopian future where zombies outnumber the living. Even many of the survivors seem dead inside, imprisoned as they are behind their safety barriers. Like many zombie books this is a story that questions and reflects society, but particularly skilfully. An unexpected read the first time around, and no less pleasurable the second. The book contains threads of something dark and disturbing, yet enlightening. This book will speak to some people though not all; I hope it speaks to many. This is not a gory horror novel, not a teen Rom-com spoof. Hidden within its pages is a celebration of life in all its messiness. The story is a metaphor for so many things, the state of the world, life’s meaning, civilisation out of control. It imparts the essence of almost every zombie story and life itself. It’s a book about living.
    • 3/5
      From my Cannonball Read V Review...

      I know it might be blasphemy to admit this, but here goes: I’m not really into zombies. I have no desire to watch The Walking Dead (and have muted all related hashtags on Twitter); no interest in World War Z. I did see Shawn of the Dead about two years ago and I recall laughing very loudly at Zombieland. But that’s it for me.

      I say this all because the reason I ended up reading Warm Bodies is because I saw the movie. It was available on Redbox, my husband and I wanted to watch something, and we both thought we’d remembered someone saying it was cute and different from standard zombie fare. And that generic someone was correct: the movie was adorable. So adorable that we ended up watching all the extras, including one where they speak with the author of the book. If I’m remembering correctly, the book was actually written to fulfill an option placed on a short story Mr. Marion had written, and which a film director had picked up. That sounded kind of interesting, so I decided to read the book.

      The book is a quick read – it’s not short, but the action moves at a nice clip. If you’re familiar with the film, you’ll recognize most of what’s in the book, although there are some differences. Based loosely on Romeo and Juliet, Warm Bodies follows the life (or “life”) of R., a zombie who has a very rich inner monologue. He lives in an airplane at the airport (flight has stopped long ago), goes out hunting with his fellow zombies, and even has a zombie wife. Until he runs into Julie and her friends, regular humans out on a scavenging mission from their home, an old sports stadium. Julie gets caught up with the zombies in R.'s hunting group, and R. saves her, taking her back with him to the airport and hiding her from the other zombies who just smell the life in her.

      While the book certainly has some connection to the star-crossed lovers concept of Romeo and Juliet (I mean, how much more star-crossed can you get when one of you is, you know, dead), I enjoyed it more for its exploration of what being a zombie means. Why DO they eat brains? What happens when they do? Do they have any feelings? Can they be helped? What does that mean for the regular, living humans? As I said, I’ve never really cared for zombies once they are seen as this threat to the humans, but the back story? The view from their eyes? That’s pretty cool indeed.
    • 2/5
      I will give this book a rating of 2.5. It wasn't for me. There were parts I enjoyed but at 50-60% in I just wanted it to be over. I felt some parts weren't necessary and prolonged the story. It took too long for me to get invested/attached to the characters, almost the end 70%. I will not see the movie.

      Although, I am not a Zombie fan and this book wasn't to my liking, I can understand why others enjoyed it. Marion is a good writer with interesting concepts. I will recommend this book and pass along my paperback copy to my nephews. Whom I'm sure will love it.
    • 5/5
      "Unable to believe what's happening, I put my arms around her and just hold her. I almost swear I can hear my heart thumping. But it must just be hers, pressed tight against my chest"This is one of my own books that I purchased from Amazon. I have heard so much about the book, and the fact that it's been turned into a movie that I had to get my hands on a copy.I haven't read anything by this author before, so I had no clue what his writing style was like. I'm glad I took the plunge because it was an amazing read.The story is written from "R's" perspective, which I think is really interesting. To have a zombie telling the story is going on a completely different angle, and it worked well. I adored "R". He really told the story well. The descriptions of certain things were occasionally quirky, fun and made you giggle. I enjoyed following his story, and I really felt for him and could understand his own personal feelings. Julie I really liked too. She was a strong independent woman who had a lot of spunk, and it was great to see her feelings come across too. "R's" friend "M" and Julie's friend Nora are another couple of like-able characters; always sticking up for their friends. Perry, who you learn about, seems like a right idiot, but he soon grows on you. Finally, you have "The Boneys" which are the dead of the dead. Literally. I thought the storyline was fantastic and well thought out. I was following the book entirely from the start to finish and couldn't put it down.The quote from above was definitely my favourite from the book. I found it really sweet and adorable.I love the whole general structure to the book. The chapters aren't too long, which is nice. The book is split into three parts: wanting, talking and living. These three parts contain the contents of what they are basically about, which you will learn when you read it. I find the pictures at the beginning of every chapter are interesting, nice to look at and certainly spark the book up. The cover of the edition I have is a simple one. A straightforward white background, with a picture of some blood vessels sprouting like a tree around the words "Warm Bodies". It looks unique.Overall, I'm going to give this book five stars because I absolutely loved the storyline and writing style. The characters were described fantastically, and my heart was in the book completely. I know I will read this book again one day. If you are interested in stories with zombies, romance and action, then I suggest you pick this up. It is a fantastic read.Happy reading =)
    • 5/5
      This book was quite good. I thought I wasn't going to like it, but I found I enjoyed it even more than the movie. The is a book about a zombie who saves a girl instead of attacking. It has some interesting humorous moments as well as some pretty thrilling ones, in my opinion. I am a lover of all things zombie and really enjoyed this new take on zombie culture. I would love to experience more stories like it. Perhaps I'll look into reading more by Isaac Marion.
    • 5/5
      Bra-a-a-ins!Brain.Dreams. Heart.
    • 2/5
      this book was meh.
    • 4/5
      In the book, Warm Bodies by isaac Marion is very cliche. The main character's name is R. He eats the brains of Perry who was dating Julie. When a zombie eats someone's brain they can feel and see the emotions of the human. So R falls in love with Julie since Perry was. Instead of eating her he leads her back to his home in the airport were he keeps her hidden. There they bond. In the beggining of the stroy R has a wife and kids that were zombies but his wife leaves him for another zombie. When Julie decides to go home R comes along later. With some make up she and her freind make him look human. The humans and zombies unite to fight against the corpses. Soon the zombies become healed with love and human effection. MY REVIEW----This book is extremely cliche and with some intresting factos. Since the begining I knew Julie would fall in love with the zombie and the zombies would become healed. This is how every cliche book ends ; with a happy ending. But there were little things that i really liked. The memories that the zombies see when eating a brain. Or how on each chapter there is a pictrue of a human body part with explanations. I like that he had a wife and how they adopted kids in the begining of the book. I especialy liked Perry's past story. How his father and mother were both zombies and killed. It's sad but shows us how Perry doesn't have a huge will to live anymore. This book is better then the movie but the movie was very good as well.
    • 5/5
      This book was so amazing that I really can't form words to describe how much this book opened my eyes to this world and how it could be so much better if we all just loved each other...not to death, but to LIFE! I saw this movie last year and literally cried at the end because I got the message loud and clear. It was only natural for me to read the book for what was left out of the movie and I wasn't disappointed. There were so many messages, passages, phrases, and even whole pages that I underlined just so I could remember them for later. There is only one other book that opened my eyes so wide that it changed my point of view drastically and that was "The Shack" by Wm. Paul Young. This book comes in second place to it. You have to read this book. It's short and easy to work your way through. Just make sure you take a moment to let your uneaten brain soak up some of the wisdom. If not, you'll remain brain dead.
    • 4/5
      What got me into this book is the movie, the movie was really good and I didn't realize that there is a book for it so I picked the book. I have to say the book was a little cliche. The girl is going to falls in love with the zombie and the zombie is going to heal, anyone could predict the ending from the start. However I really like how when the zombie eats a human's brain he could see the human's memories. Cliche or not cliche this was a really fun read and I totally enjoyed both the movie and the book
    • 4/5
      Needed some better editing. A lot of potential but some of the themes definitely could have been brought out more deftly.
    • 4/5
      What got me into reading this book was the narration by the author.The story starts with a strange dead like feeling and then changes subtly as the zombie protagonist starts changing .This narration is worth noticing .Although the story is not something very very unique but still its worth a read.
    • 4/5
      Really enjoyable story and a new take on zombies. I've never read a zombie love story before. :)
    • 4/5
      Book: I love zombie books, and this one will probably be on my list of pick me ups. I'm not usually one to read stories about love, but include zombies, and I'm there. Yes I'm weird.

      Warm Bodies is a very quick read. We get a first hand account of how the zombie, R, sees the world. He's different. He doesn't necessarily want to be a monster. He just doesn't have much of a choice. He's very endearing, and really awkward. I think his characteristics before becoming a zombie shine through. But that's just me. I do hope that we have an opportunity to get glimpses into R's life before zombification. Julie is a great character. She's tough, and take charge, but she also has the capacity for forgiveness.

      If you're looking for a ton of action, there isn't much in this book. Although the Boneys are kind of freaky. This is a great love story with a zombie twist. I definitely recommend it for a light, fun read.
    • 3/5
      This was a fun and quick book to read. While it was gross (I don't think I could see the movie - yuck!), there was so much humor that zombies eating brains seemed almost funny. The first line sets the stage perfectly: "I am dead, but it's not so bad. I've learned to live with it." haha! Another one of my faves: "The scene as Julie and I make our way out of the airport resembles either a wedding procession or a buffet line."

      There were only a few things I didn't like. I felt like the use of the f-bomb was a bit forced and sophomoric. Maybe people talk like this when humanity is declining, but I just don't see it. It made it seem more contrived that it should have. Almost like something a rookie author would do to try to add edge. As if the subject didn't already bring with it enough edginess. The story and dialogue would have suffered nothing without the overuse of this expletive.

      The other part of the story which left me flat was the Boneys. Were they older zombies or another strain of undead? What sustained them, since it seemed that when the zombies started to change, their existence was compromised. What was this way they had of communicating so that R could understand them? Could all zombies understand them, or just R because he seemed to be the impetus of the change? The story of the Boneys could have added another dimension to the story without taking away from the core, I think.

      I think a sequel is in order!

      Recommended.
    • 5/5
      R. is a zombie, shuffling slowly and relentlessly through life, thinking a lot, but barely able to speak. And then, in a raid on the living, he gets a bit of the brain of Julie's boyfriend and becomes protective of her. From there the story becomes ever more complex and filled with life, and warmth, and characters, and complexity. It's a bit like the world of Oz, suddenly glorious Technicolor after the bleak greyscale of Kansas.

      I don't want to talk about the plot too much, because I'm afraid anything I could say would be spoilery. There is a change in mood and tone with the addition of Julie, and that depth is vivid after the soul-crushing start. Reading this was a delightful revelation. This is the book for people who think they don't like zombie stories. I can't wait to see what else Marion does.

      Library copy.
    • 4/5
      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, things begin to change for him. He gets flashbacks of Perry's life, giving him a familiarity to the girl, Julie, he saved. He learns of Perry's relationship to Julie and his own feelings toward her begin to manifest themselves.

      The writing is very well done. There is a certain eloquence to the artistic imaging Isaac Marion has set up for us. The story is all told from R's perspective. While his spoken words may be few, his thoughts are many. He has am amusing, dry sense of humor that keeps the reader engaged in what is happening around him. We see his life at the airport, including a marriage, adopting kids, and even zombie "sex." Let me tell you, never have I heard of such things working the was they do in a zombie society. Then again, I never read of a zombie society. So this was a very unique experience.

      The only downside for this was that while the first half to two-thirds of the books were well written and is almost poetic in nature, the rest seems more rushed. The world seems to lose its aspect, the writing style itself even seems to shift. Maybe it was because r didn't know what to think of his own thoughts by this point. Personally though, I wish the story was drawn out a bit more to give the same attention to the ending that the beginning received.

      So, overall, I was quite happy with this one. If you have seen the movie, yet never read the book: Go read the book. Much better than the movie. The humor and personality portrayed is beautiful here. Very creative storytelling.
    • 4/5
      The same way that "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" took on Jane Austen, this novel takes a skewed look at Romeo and Juliet." Witty, intelligent, thoughtful. R rambles through his "life" as a zombie but he has surprisingly deep thoughts. He speculates on the meaning of life and why he craves things beyond human brains. Enter Julie, and everything changes.

      Isaac Marion does more than give us an action story; he layers it with romance and wonderful depth. I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.
    • 4/5
      I would probably give this 4 1/2 stars. I loved being inside the zombie intellect :)
    • 3/5
      Romantic take of in the zombie genre. 3.5 stars. Can hope, love really change the world?
    • 1/5
      While there are some interesting things Marion tries to do with zombie mythology, much of it feels false, melodramatic, and anti-climatic. I also couldn't stand the "poetic" metaphors he throws all over the place. It's a classic example of someone trying too hard to write "beautifully" instead of trying to create believable characters. The pacing was slow, much of R's interior monologue was sappy, and the action was mostly dull. I see what he's trying to do and I appreciate it, but he didn't pull it off for me. Not by a long shot.
    • 5/5
      I will admit that I read this because I liked the movie so much, but after reading it, I was blown away by how much more amazing it was than any film version could ever portray. Absolutely phenomenal. The writing was beautiful and the reflections about human life were gut-wrenching and though-provoking.
    • 5/5
      I'm about to string together a whole bunch of words that don't seem to go together.

      This is a zombie love story that is sweet, funny, touching, and full of human emotions.

      Yeah- I read it. But it's true.

      It is a dystopian romantic comedy. With zombies. It sounds like it shouldn't work. It does.


    • 4/5
      The first half was better than the second, but the whole thing was still brilliant. Some parts were surprisingly funny.
    • 5/5
      It's been a long time since I've read a book that I loved as much as I did "Warm Bodies"! I felt that the ending was a tad abrupt, but I'll take it. I've never read a zombie book before, and I'm not ashamed to admit I was harboring a little crush on "R". Loved it!
    • 5/5
      Very nice twist on the zombie apocalypse theme.
    • 4/5
      I thought this was a cute take on the zombie apocalypse - though Marion's take on the apocalypse was actually several events that lead to the world's downfall and zombies just happened to be the last tragedy.There's a bit of magic in this tale, I suppose, and I didn't mind suspending the usual "reality" that comes along with a zombie tale to accept the world Marion created. "R" was the most likeable character in the book, and while Julie was interesting, I think "R" is who really held up this book. It's worth a read if you like zombies and/or love stories, and it's definitely easy to fly through. I read basically all of it on a 5 hour plane ride, and I didn't want to put it down.
    • 3/5
      So I watched the Movie yesterday, and read the book today out of curiosity. It was okay, but I liked the movie better, suprisingly...
    • 4/5
      R is a zombie and settled in his routine as one of the Dead. But while out on a raid he meets Julie and instead of eating her, he brings her home. This single choice will have unbelievable repercussions for R, Julie, the Dead, and the Living.I am not a zombie novel reader but this novel is an excellent exception to make. R is a profound narrator and although he is unable to articulate himself well, the internal monologue that the reader gets is beautiful and so well-written. Exploring issues of what makes us human and the value of relationships alongside the action one would expect, Marion crafts a compelling narrative. I also enjoyed the homages to Romeo and Juliet that crop up in the plot. A great read whether you're into zombies or not.
    • 4/5
      I'm not a zombie fan, but this story was great. It was a whole new way to look at zombies- with the cure itself giving new perspective. I liked the romance and I liked the scenario it was set in.