Reboot by Amy Tintera

Reboot by Amy Tintera

Published by Harper Teen

Genre young adult dystopian

Pages 365

Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three times in the chest. 

After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able to heal, and less emotional. 

The longer Reboots are dead, the less human they are when they return.

 Wren 178 is the deadliest Reboot in the Republic of Texas. Now seventeen years old, she serves as a soldier for HARC (Human Advancement and Repopulation Corporation).

Wren’s favorite part of the job is training new Reboots, but her latest newbie is the worst she’s ever seen. As a 22, Callum Reyes is practically human. 

His reflexes are too slow, he’s always asking questions, and his ever-present smile is freaking her out. 

Yet there’s something about him she can’t ignore. 

When Callum refuses to follow an order, Wren is given one last chance to get him in line—or she’ll have to eliminate him. 

Wren has never disobeyed before and knows if she does, she’ll be eliminated, too. 

But she has also never felt as alive as she does around Callum.

The perfect soldier is done taking orders.

Verdict

What I thought

I really liked the plot of this book. I thought it was something new, a fresh take on the well-known zombies. However, there was a lot left to be desired. 

These Reboots are seen as awful, disgusting and inhuman. They are supposed to be strong, fast, able to heal and they don't have the emotional feelings the way humans do (if they have been dead for a long time before "rebooting") Our main character, Wren 178,  is the deadliest Reboot in Texas. But for me, she wasn't that deadly and scary, as she is supposed to be. Yes she is a good fighter but she isn't intimidating at all. This might be the reason why Callum wasn’t intimidated by Wren aswell. Something she couldn't get her head around. 

Wren, because she is 178, is supposed to not have any human emotions and feelings at all. In the beginning of the book, you think she hasn't. But when Callum comes into the picture you see she's just like any other teenage girl. I did think we'd experience an epic growth in her emotions and feelings. But the one moment she doesn't show any, and the other she is an emotional wreck. 

Callum now is training with Wren. Wren describes that she doesn't understand why girls are so into boys, what people like about kissing. But Wren seemed to fall for Callum so fast. I didn't expect the romance to begin so early into the book. I didn't mind it though, but I did find this a little bit of a letdown. 

Also, at the very end of the book, it was very quick paced. They fought HARC; they conquered and went to a place where Reboots could live free. However, this felt too beautiful to be true. 

I don't like to be too negative. As this wasn't a horrible book! I really did like it. There were a few things that let down to the awesome plot. But I did enjoy their romance (even though it was a bit fast paced) and the original take on the zombies. 

Reboot was quite entertaining; even though Wren was a typical love-struck girl, whom was supposed to be a bad-ass girl. The ending did make me very curious for the sequel. To me this was a pretty average dystopian read.