Started off promising. I liked R. Never really got attached to Julie. I felt like Julie was her problems... I didn't get a good sense of character past the fact that she is a totured soul kinda thing...
I guess the stakes were high... I mean, it was a matter of R and the other zombies getting their lives back. Except that R getting his back was kind of inevitable as soon as he met Julie. Yes, I think that's it... it was a "this is a big deal because we're saving the WORLD!" kind of plot, whereas I want to be worried for the MC's. I wasn't. Very rarely did I feel I had anything to worry about with them. They didn't get involved in the fighting. Lives, loves and general well-being never really felt like they were on the brink of being lost. Sometimes we were told there was a risk of something bad happening. But it didn't and people just carried on.
The general feel I get from the story is that it's a commentary on where we could end up (figuratively). It's saying that our world is sick and we need to fix it. A noble thought I don't doubt.
I laughed out loud when Julie was on the balconey proclaiming that "zombie" is just a name we apply to something we don't understand... LOL. How much more "Romeo and Juliet" could you get? Mind you... the zombie is "R" and the girl is "Julie" and the whole tale was very Romeo and Juliet, without the tragic lesson at the end.
I'm still looking forward to the movie. I think the movie will be good, because I suspect we're going to be taken deeper into the action and caring will be easier.
On the whole: enjoyable enough. Light reading. But I'll keep looking for my next favourite.