R explores 'The Burning World';
Will he learn what happens when good acts have bad consequences?
Isaac Marion’s “The Burning World” provides a smooth-reading, amazing sequel to “Warm Bodies.” R and his friends make a cross country journey to find a way to break the hold Axiom has on the West Coast and other parts of the U.S. There is plenty of action, but where this book excels is in its difference from “Warm Bodies.” Very seldom do sequels provide much of a break from the original. Stories tend to be similar, characters remain the same, and most of the time, the reader is left with a vague satisfaction without having had a new experience. Marion blows that away.
Somehow, Marion gets the reader to feel queasy when the characters first meet Axiom. His prose style is able to evoke emotions that few authors can touch. The prejudice against the Dead strikes a familiar chord. The advertising and the spin used by Axiom create a pain that the reader can feel.
Marion’s writing is fluid and easy to read. He makes an apocalyptic journey with death and its accompanying grotesqueness enjoyable. He writes without pretention and resists the urge to show-off, which leaves a deftly woven story that uses flashback, a difficult tool to use in any medium, to great effect. What happens when good acts have bad consequences? You’ll have to read “The Burning World” to see if you can find the answer.
Read my review of "Warm Bodies"
Read about Isaac Marion and the Warm Bodies movie from his panel at Lilac City Comicon 2017
Read about Isaac Marion and "Warm Bodies" from his panel at Lilac City Comicon 2017
Looking for another zombie book? Try Darren Lamb's "Rebirth: A Zombie Tale"
Somehow, Marion gets the reader to feel queasy when the characters first meet Axiom. His prose style is able to evoke emotions that few authors can touch. The prejudice against the Dead strikes a familiar chord. The advertising and the spin used by Axiom create a pain that the reader can feel.
Marion’s writing is fluid and easy to read. He makes an apocalyptic journey with death and its accompanying grotesqueness enjoyable. He writes without pretention and resists the urge to show-off, which leaves a deftly woven story that uses flashback, a difficult tool to use in any medium, to great effect. What happens when good acts have bad consequences? You’ll have to read “The Burning World” to see if you can find the answer.
Read my review of "Warm Bodies"
Read about Isaac Marion and the Warm Bodies movie from his panel at Lilac City Comicon 2017
Read about Isaac Marion and "Warm Bodies" from his panel at Lilac City Comicon 2017
Looking for another zombie book? Try Darren Lamb's "Rebirth: A Zombie Tale"