822 reviews for:

Restart

Gordon Korman

4.08 AVERAGE

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

lady_grey_with_honey's review

4.25
funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really enjoyed this story about Chase, a 13-year-old boy recovering from a concussion and amnesia after a fall from his bedroom window. He's cleared to go back to school, but can't remember anything about his life, so he is very observant of how people are interacting with him. The football jocks are clearly his best friends (it turns out he's a star player), but a lot of other kids shrink away from him in fear and one girl angrily dumps her frozen yogurt over his head. He has no idea why, but this is his chance to start over and be exactly who he wants to be. And slowly, his memories begin to return.
challenging funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

melissa_morse's review

4.5
adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Very unexpectedly loved this! The school and characters felt much more high school than middle school to me, but I really really liked this book and will want to read it with Liam when he's around 8th grade.
emotional reflective medium-paced
emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It’s a bit childish. I read it in sec 1 but I think it’s more for 5 graders. You could kinda get the hole idea just in the first chapter. There where funny moments but I think others where a bit pushed. Over all I gave this book a 3 star review 

4.5 stars. This book poses the question: can you really restart?