Warm Bodies

The transformative power of humanity and love

Nicole K. am 27.08.2023
Bewertungsnummer: 2008949
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)

The novel tells the story of R, a zombie who rediscovers humanity when he falls in love with Julie, a survivor. The cental message is the transformative power of humanity and love. It shows that even in hard times, belief in humanity can bring about change, hope and healing. As R regains his humanity piece by piece it becomes clear that empathy and interpersonal relationship is essential to human existence. Isaac Marion's writing style is profound, poetic and full of metaphors. It allows identification with the characters, the inner conflicts and the world they live in, as the story is written from R's perspective.

For everyone who knows Zombie Stories can be about more than just spilling blood and eating brains.

Katharina Hosse aus Dorsten am 14.01.2021
Bewertungsnummer: 714343
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)

I think I fell in love with this book even before I started reading. The cover is one of my favorite book covers in a long time. But I was still dubious about the concept. A Zombie Love story? How would this even work? And if it hadn't been recommended to me, I might have given up on it when I saw that the cover had a S. Meyer quote. But trust me, this is about as far from "Twilight with Zombies" as you could possibly get. It's incredibly well written. Isaac Marion says so many startlingly true things about life, humanity and love through the words and thoughts of the dead. It's basically a soft and beautiful love story, mixed with a dark and believable post-apocalyptic world and fantastically dry humor and told in a way and from a point of view I have never read before. Don't let your doubts about "Zombie Love Stories"(or the terrible German cover) fool you: This is a book you don't want to miss.