R is a zombie. He doesn't know why, how old is he (or was), his full name or any details of his "life". R is just going through the motions waiting impatiently for the final death. He spends his days wandering the empty airport many zombies call home, "talks" with his buddy M and feeds off the life energy of the Living in order to stay alive.
Next thing you know R finds himself ambushing a group of Living teenagers. He takes down a boy and begins eating his brain absorbing his memories. In them he sees Julie for the first time only to look up and see her in person in the very room fighting for her life. R grabs Julie and saves her from the hoard of zombies and takes her back to his 747 for safe keeping.
Day by day R is feeling more Alive than ever and other zombies are feeling the change as well. Soon though R and Julie are battling hurtles from all sides. There is Julie's father, the leader and military man who cannot accept the change, and the "Boneys", fast and fiercely strong skeletons trying to stop the change in it's tracts.
I loved it. Warm Bodies is funny, exciting and heartwarming all at once. I was rooting for R and Julie the entire time. This book was over all to quickly for me and I hope we see something new from first time novelist Isaac Marion soon. I haven't seen the movie yet but I hope it does the book justice.
Quote:
“There's no benchmark for how life's "supposed" to happen. There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, it's up to you how you respond to it”
