Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

5 reviews

blewballoon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I honestly just wanted to read this before re-watching the movie so I could compare the two. From what I remember of the movie, it's a relatively faithful adaptation with some streamlining of the plot and world and some character changes I think to make things more conventional for a YA dystopia film of the time. In the book, R is very reflective and poetic in his internal monologue. There are a lot of philosophical musings about life and humanity. I admit that sometimes I did skim through these parts. There are many dark subjects discussed by the characters, but what happens during the course of the story is fairly tame apart from some quick violent scenes. Do check the content warnings, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

kiwii091's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, and War

cat12345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cursing, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

A lot more… introspective/pretentious existential crisis than I expected. Definitely not the funny teen zom-com one would expect from the movie (they thankfully aged down R’s character to a teen, because having a “corporate zombie” adult man forming an attachment to a teenaged girl is shady.) There is also some weird sexual stuff in a few early scenes.

Long & short, I would have DNF’d if not for a reading challenge prompt I had to fulfill (Romeo & Juliet retelling).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Grief

mandaraffe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Self harm, and War