Reboot

Seven Reasons Why You Need to Read Reboot NOW1. Story world. The story world Amy Tintera has crafted is one-of-a-kind. In fact, I didn't even realize that it's sort of a zombie tale until I read a review describing it as one. In Reboot, some humans that died of the KDH virus reboot, or wake up a stronger, faster and less emotional version of themselves. The longer it takes for the human to reboot, the less of his or her humanity remains. At 178 minutes, Wren is an unfeeling Reboot, the deadliest among them all. Reboots serve as soldiers of the HARC.2. Wren. Wren is one kickass heroine. She is so cool and badass and she can kill you without batting an eyelash. I like my heroines strong yet secretly feeling and doubting. Still, she has her flaws and insecurities and my heart just went out to her as I got to know her. Her morbid past, how she coped, how she lives now by the HARC's orders, how she cares for her roommate Ever, everything about Wren will make the reader love her. Moreover, I especially like the imminent turnaround of her character from unfeeling to feeling when she met and got to know Callum. Which is the third reason why you should read Reboot!3. Callum. Callum, oh Callum. At twenty-two minutes, Callum is pretty much human still. His skin is not as cold as Wren's, he still has color in his skin, his reflexes are more like of a human and he's still emotional. Callum is such an endearing character and a total contrast to Wren. While Wren doesn't even bat an eyelash when it comes to killing, Callum would rather die than kill someone. It's his humanity, evident care and worry for Wren and SMILE that ultimately broke Wren's barriers and made her feel and more alive than ever.4. Callum and Wren. Goodness. As much as Reboot is a dystopian at its core, I think it's actually equal parts action and romance. Callum and Wren's relationship was definitely the spotlight as everything Wren did was for Callum and everything Callum did was for Wren. Everything else were just consequences of their actions or ways to ultimately protect each other. It was past midnight then and my shirt's in my mouth to muffle the sounds as I squirmed and squealed in happiness and giddiness and sweetness. Some people found Reboot's love story an instalove one but I didn't notice that at all. I guess I was too smitten by Callum and too awed by Wren but I just bought their romance. Sure, Wren goes from a 178 to a pile of mush and goo, trying to save Callum all of a sudden, but can you blame her? She died when she was 12 and nobody ever treated her like Callum did. No one broke through her barriers, her walls. No one took the time to get to know her. Which made her seem aloof. But Callum never shied away from her, poked at the right buttons and in return, Wren opened up to him, cared for him. I just adore how much they care for each other. I guess you'd have to suspend disbelief and just believe in the power of love to thaw someone's heart. Gah, that was so cheesy but this book made me sappy and such a hormonal teenager.5. Cover. Reboot's cover is simple but I find it really good because even with the minimalist design, it's completely relevant to the novel. Each Reboot has a barcode in their wrist indicating how many minutes passed before they rebooted. The cover shows a 178. The sleek black and the contrast of red just makes you want to grab the book in your bookstore and check it out, right?6. Action. The action in Reboot is off-the-charts! While a lot of the novel was spent inside the HARC facility, the missions and their imminent plans were so action-packed. At the end, all hell breaks loose and action fans like me will drool in its awesomeness. Some people found the events at the end a bit rushed but it is rushed. They were pressed for time! And you know how in action movies all the good blowing up and crashing and exploding happens at the end and how everything happens too fast, that's how it is in Reboot. So I have no qualms that the end was so packed with events because that's how you do it! I think teenage boys will definitely enjoy the action side to this but be wary though with the romance. But just imagine Chloe Moretz as Wren, there will be no problems at all. (Chloe Moretz is hot. Yes, I know she's young but can you just imagine her guns ablazin' and running and fighting? In my mind, Chloe Moretz IS Wren. The physical descriptions fit too!)7. All the possibilities and room to explore. The ending just showed us a glimpse of the multitude of plots and twists that the world and story of Reboot can offer. Reboot is truly just the beginning and it has successfully established the whole series. It already explained how the population has been decimated by a virus, how the HARC controls humans and reboots alike and it already paved the way for all the wonderful plot arcs that will come. I am so excited for the sequel right after reading Reboot that I dreamed about possible events in book 2. Seriously, I dreamed them. I was tossing and turning in my sleep because of all the blood and action I witnessed in my dream. You can say I got obsessed with Reboot. Who dreams about sequels still not published? Apparently, me.I remember staying up until 3AM just to finish this novel when I had to wake up early that morning. I honest to goodness read this in one sitting. With a radically distinctive premise and story world, a kickass heroine, a very endearing hero and love interest, a makes-you-weak-in-the-knees romance, Reboot is a more-than-engaging page-turner. I highly recommend this to fans of the dystopian genre and to those looking for a fresh take on the zombie fare. I also recommend this to romance fans alike. Go read Reboot NOW!

4.5/5 starsI have to admit I totally geeked out while reading this book. I am a HUGE fan of zombies. Of course, I have The Walking Dead to thank for that. After reading The Shining at the young age of 9 (or 12... I don't really remember, but it was far too early), I finally had read so much scary stuff, that I couldn't sleep at night. So, I kind of gave up all scary/horror stuff. And zombies was something I never got into. I was terrified to watch TWD, but my husband assured me I'd love it. And man, oh man, he was right. Before that I could only manage humorous zombies like Shaun of the Dead. Now I'm pretty sure I can take the biggest baddest zombie shows.But my ABSOLUTE favorite (besides The Walking Dead, because that is just brilliant television. Also, I call that drama with zombies in it, rather than a show about zombies) is The Returned. The Returned (Les revenants) is this brilliant French television show that came to the Sundance channel back in October. It's in French (duh!) so you have to watch subtitles, but it is worth every second. The show is dark and haunting, the cinematography is extraordinary, and the story is just too good for words. The idea revolves around a small city where people start popping back up -- people who have died. Except they look like everyone else. It freaks people out when they know them and they've been dead for 5 or more years, but regular people on the street have no idea. No one knows why, and it causes a lot of chaos in the quiet little village. Oh and they eat a lot -- like they can put away in one meal more than a hungry teenage boy eats all day. The word revenant means "one that returns after death or a long absence", so the title obviously fits.It also fits for Reboot, because essentially that is what has happened to the world (or the world as we know it in the books). An illness has spread and the KDH virus and vaccines leads to a hiccup in the natural cycle of life. Rather than dying, some people seem to come back or 'reboot'. When they come back, they are different, but also the same. They have the ability to heal quickly and can only be killed by a shot to the head (aka just like zombies). Unlike zombies, they function just like humans -- eat, sleep, shower, talk, think, etc. However, it became clear at some point that Reboots lost something that makes us human -- some emotions and essence. Rather than being happy that their loved ones were alive, people became terrified of the Reboots. And thus, war erupts.The thing about this book is we wake up in the aftermath of this world -- the virus is long established and the US has been destroyed by the war against humans and reboots. Humans have won and the reboots are now slaves to HARC under the guise of 'helping' them. So of course help means treating them like caged animals and experimenting. Because we humans are just so cool like that. I loved that the world was so well structured already, we weren't in the midst of when everything was happening, but we got to see what happens next. Most shows/movies are right at that moment when it all begins, but not many people talk about what happens next.Our story is focused on Wren, a young girl who happens to have died for 178 minutes, the longest anyone in the story has ever gone between death and reboot. The longer the time, the faster the reboot regenerates. And the less human they are. In the world of Reboots, your number is everything. She was just 12 when she was shot and killed, so she has been in a reboot camp for five years when she meets Callum. And it is like stepping into a warm bath, how Wren slowly wakes up. She 'defrosts' slowly around Callum, waking up human instincts and emotions that have long remained silent. Callum, who at just 22 minutes is the closest to human of anyone at the camp is the one who connects to Wren and makes her see that those emotions and human traits have been there all along.I just loved Wren and Callum -- they were a great, compatible couple and things between them progressed very naturally. I loved how Callum reacted to Wren and how Wren began to see her world differently because of Callum. It was interesting to see how Wren had just assumed things about the world, as she was so sheltered, and then see Callum help shatter those preconceived notions.The world building was great -- we get just enough information to progress through the story without information overload. I was able to grasp what was happening, but slowly learn more the farther into the book I got about what exactly had happened to get the world to this point.Overall, this book just emotionally clicked with me. There were so many brilliant little things I picked up on that I can't even begin to mention. And it was hilarious. Amy Tintera took a very logical-driven girl and made me care about her -- she made me laugh, sigh, swoon, gasp, and want more. And really, what more can you ask for in a book?For this review & more, visit Such a Novel Idea.

Existem dois tipos de livros que eu leio mesmo achando que não vou gostar, aqueles que me deixam curiosa demais pela sinopse e aqueles do meu gênero favorito, ação YA. Nem sei se consideram isso um gênero, mas eu considero. Às vezes, ele se mistura com outros, como aqui ele se mistura em distopia. É tão difícil encontrar livros assim, que faço questão de ler, mesmo sem esperar que ele seja bom.Eu definitivamente não esperava que Reboot fosse ser bom e acabei me surpreendendo. Não me entenda errado, ainda tem muita coisa que poderia ter sido bem melhor aqui, mas gostei tanto da leitura que resolvi dar quatro estrelas, em vez das três que talvez fossem uma nota mais apropriada para a qualidade mesmo da escrita e do desenvolvimento do livro.A ideia da distopia de Reboot é bem interessante, jovens que acordam depois da morte mais fortes, mas menos humanos. Ficou ainda melhor pelo ponto de vista da Wren, mas tenho certeza de que ela não vai agradar tanta gente assim. Wren foi a pessoa que ficou mais tempo morta, 178 minutos, ou seja, a mais longe de qualquer humanidade. Além disso, o governo trata os reboots como soldados escravos, e ela está bem contente em executar suas ordens. Ela até gosta, mesmo sem perceber. Não dá para negar que em boa parte do livro ela tem uma mentalidade quase de vilã.E talvez essa tenha sido minha parte favorita. Não faço a menor questão de personagens bonzinhos o tempo todo. Não que isso signifique que gosto dos maus, pelo contrário. Adorei ver que ela não pedia desculpas por nada, mas é possível perceber desde o começo alguns sinais sutis mas inegáveis de sua humanidade. Sabe aquele negócio de personagem mau, mas que na verdade tem um coração bom, só precisa se descobrir e se deixar ser bom? Bem assim, e bem feito também. Se eu não tivesse visto todas as provas de que tinha um jeito da Wren ter mais compaixão e consciência, não teria acreditado no seu crescimento depois. E, mesmo com o tanto que ela cresceu, é impossível não perceber que ela manteve sua essência, que é algo ainda é desenvolvimento. É tão difícil encontrar um livro em que um personagem consegue crescer tanto sem virar outra pessoas do nada!Sei que falei que não faço questão de personagens bonzinhos, mas amei o Callum também! Amei mesmo! Ele chegou todo inocente, mas convencido, engraçado, mega fofo e disposto a apostar naqueles sinais de humanidade que ele também via na Wren. Já disse que amei ele?Tenho um fraco por garotos bonzinhos, como adoro garotas implacáveis. Através de toda a tensão do livro, Callum ajudou tudo a ficar mais leve. E ele não tem nada de mau, é inteiro bom, um amor de pessoa, que me fez ficar bem aflita também com algumas coisas que aconteceram com ele.Outra coisa bem divertida do livro e que me conquistou foi seu ritmo. Ele é rápido, cheio mesmo de ação, e a tensão de toda a situação dos reboots me lembrou bastante de Divergente. Mas o enredo não foi tão bem desenvolvido quanto Divergente. Eu realmente adoro o ritmo rápido, mas ele definitivamente não precisava ter sido tão rápido assim o tempo todo. A autora devia ter feito algumas pausas entre as cenas mais importantes e gastado mais tempo para as decisões e desenvolvimentos dos relacionamentos entre os personagens principais. O Callum, por exemplo, podia ter se desenvolvido bem mais dentro da instalação da CRAH, mas ele acabou o livro praticamente com o mesmo pensamento do começo. Além disso, ele e a Wren tomam muitas decisões importantes demais para terem durado um dia praticamente, senão menos. De vez em quando, fiquei com a impressão de a história ser superficial demais por causa do ritmo. E, apesar de ter gostado da distopia, dá para ver que ela não é tão complexa quanto, por exemplo, o mundo do Divergente.Outra coisa que podia ter sido muito melhor foram as conquistas dos personagens. Sei que a Wren é incrível, mas muitas coisas foram fáceis demais. Fáceis demais mesmo. Os planos funcionando, as coisas indo como planejadas. Não vou dizer que não houve nenhum contratempo, mas todos, até os que eram para ser os mais impossíveis quando apareceram, foram contornados rápido demais. A autora criou muita tensão antes para conseguir deixar para trás tanto problema tão fácil. Depois de certo ponto, comecei até a não ficar muito preocupada. Ainda gostei de ver tudo acontecer, mas já não era aquela sensação de incerteza que tive com outras distopias, como Legend, Warcross, Divergente, Jogos Vorazes e até Reiniciados (da qual nem gostei tanto assim, mas pelo menos nunca soube o que me esperava).Mesmo assim, eu gostei bastante do livro, me diverti bem e vou ler o segundo livro em seguida! Acho que vale a leitura, principalmente se você gostar de distopia, mas não vá esperando ser surpreendido ou ficar impressionado, só se divertir com uma história que tem todos os melhores elementos de uma distopia, mas que podia ter sido bem mais incrível.

I wasn't really paying attention when I bought this book, just read the cover and thought it was neat. Little did I know I was delving into the world of teen angst and romance deeper than the Marianas trench. Seriously. I read this book the day I received it. Pure gold. If you're into something a bit more gruesome than twilight with a much better love story, this book is for you.

Amy, you have written a 5 star series starter. I liked that the characters challenged what had always been considered the norm. Although the concept of a reboot is to come back after death from a virus with varying degrees of emotion depending upon the number of minutes they had been dead, The groing relationship between Ren and Calum, and Ren's show of distress at the thought of not beingable to undo the damage done by the injecitons the under 60's were given shows the humanity in those considered not to be human. The beginning of this series presents some challenging themes and leaves a great deal of scope to craft what happens next.

The idea of Reboot is novel, but I think the story could be better. Teenager love, this part was good, but the adventure of two main characters looked a bit plain, I was expecting something less ordinary with more ups and downs.

Wonderful story. The author really manages to draw you into the characters life very early in the story. Fantastic pacing and a surprising romance. I highly recommend this book.