Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies turns the traditional zombie narrative on its head, following R’s experience through love and life—both concepts that we rarely associate with zombies. Normally, zombies are depicted as emotionless, soulless and brainless beings who almost mechanically stumble through the world, devouring whoever they come across. Through R’s first person perspective, we see that he is different, he recognizes what he is doing and feels trapped in a body that doesn’t allow him to break free of his carnivorous nature. That is, until he meets Julie. With the help of Perry’s memories, Julie provides R with an odd motivation to better himself by fighting against his zombie instincts and embrace a more human side. Throughout the novel we see R evolving and redefining what it means to be a zombie, proving to the readers and to the characters in the book that life is quite literally what you make of it.