Now you're in my way.
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
3/5 -worth reading
adventure, angst, dystopia, love story, male protagonist, mature, young adult
R is a young man with an existential crisis--he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America destroyed by war, social collapse, and the mindless hunger of his undead comrades, but he craves something more than blood and brains. He can speak just a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams.
After experiencing a teenage boy's memories while consuming his brain, R makes an unexpected choice that begins a tense, awkward, and strangely sweet relationship with the victim's human girlfriend. Julie is a blast of color in the otherwise dreary and gray landscape that surrounds R. His decision to protect her will transform not only R, but his fellow Dead, and perhaps their whole lifeless world.
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I thought it started pretty slow, but I'm glad I stuck with it.
Spoilers!
The end is a little foggy to me. I don't understand why everything changed. I get that Julie helped R, that he loved her and that was enough to change him, but why did everyone else change?
