Warm Bodies - Issac Marion

Warm Bodies by Issac Marion- Review 

Warm Bodies follows the story of, R, a 'zombie' who lives in plane in an abandoned airport. R has no memories of his living life and no identity. All he has from his past life is the clothes he died in and the first letter of his name. However R seems different to the other 'zombies',he seems to see and think things differently.

R then meets Julie, a girl who is on a mission with a group of others, whilst R and his friends are looking for food. R and his friends attack most the others but after eating the brains of a guy named Perry he feels a sudden urge to protect Julie.

R takes the panic struck and fearful Julie, to his plane where he tries to keep her safe for what is meant to be a couple of days.  Through out these days R and Julie get to know each other and find many common grounds and R soon falls in love.

Julie however doesn't belong at the airport and needs to get back to her home and to her father in a war destroyed part of America.  When Julie returns home, R feels lost without her company.
Whilst all this is going on back in the airport things are changing for the 'zombies' and war breaks out as the beyond rotted 'zombies' or Boneys are not happy with the changes happening.

I really enjoyed reading this book and I really enjoyed reading the unexpected love story between R and Julie. I also love the way Issac wrote about R's feelings about the way the he and those like him are described as zombies and none human. It really shows how he thought about human characteristics and how the society works. I also love the way how he jumped from what is physically going on to the thoughts and memories of Perry as it built a lot of tension and made me want to continue reading to find out what happens next.

Overall I would rate this book 4 stars as I really did enjoy this book and I would recommend this book to anyone who loves paranormal romances.  

Life of Pi

Life of Pi  by Yann Martel - Review

'One Boy, One Boat, One Tiger'
This book is an excellent written adventure novel, full of detail leaving a vivid image in your mind. The book is split into three different parts. The first is about Piscine Patel's 'Pi's' life growing up and about his religious journey of being a practicing Hindu, Christian and Muslim. As well as this it explains Pi's family life of living with his dad, a business man and zoo owner, who likes to think himself as a business man from New India, who doesn't have time for religion.

The second part is when Pi and his family immigrates to Canada, taking along with them most of the animals from the zoo so that they can sell them to zoos in America. However the ship they travel on to Canada sinks and Pi is left on a life boat with a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger. The first three animals dies one by one leaving Pi with the Bengal Tiger, named Richard Parker. In order to survive, Pi is tested day by day by facing various challenges, completing tasks you could never imagine another human being completing.

The third is an interview between Pi and a couple of Japanese officials who questions Pi about the shipwreck and how he survive. Pi then tells the gruesome story of how he and Richard Parker survives. Of course the officials are not impressed as they feel the story is implausible so Pi tells a slightly different story changing the animals to human beings with similar qualities.

Over all I didn't really enjoy this book. As I stated earlier on it is well written and full of detail but I personally feel that it takes a while to get to the point, especially the first part which seems to drag the most. I also felt really disappointed reading this as I watched the film first and the film was a lot different. To be honest I wish I read the book first as then it probably wouldn't have seemed to drag as much.  With all this in mind I will rate this book three stars as it is okay and brilliantly written but at the same time I feel slightly let down.