Reboot

Fast paced, heartbreaking, unique, and engaging. This book will excite scifi lovers, those who love a good Groundhog Day story, and those who love the found family trope.

This story was incredibly engaging, and I really enjoyed reading it. I found the set up compelling, and really liked the Lovecraftian vibe of some of the monsters. The world of the novel utilizes a number of tried and true elements of dystopia and sci-fi, and manages to pull them together in a unique and refreshing way. The world built had the potential to be extremely confusing, but was explained and introduced in such a way that I sort of fell into the world easily.

I loved the group of characters and the value that was put into a found family, particularly for people who’s actual family finds wanting in some way or another.

I found the pacing a bit jarring sometimes. There would be moments when the narrative had established that the characters needed to rush but then the plot would pause for a chapter or so to do character work. While I enjoyed those chapters in isolation, their placement in the plot felt confused.

I also wish that the ending had done more to explain some of the mysteries set up throughout the novel about how the world functioned and why. I understand the value in keeping a lot of it fuzzy, but it just felt a bit disappointing given that those mysteries are a part of why I was so keen to keep reading.

Those criticisms aside, it really was a great read, unafraid to hit me in the guts many times over while still managing to maintain some sense of levity in the story. I think I would give it 3.5 stars, but err on the side of 4.

This book really captivated my imagination. I'm there if it's made into a movie or series. We follow the life of David Rusk, casually driving along he thinks he's had a stroke, but things definitely are not what he expects. A dystopian book set in the now, it shows how a family can be made when people are brought together. My only criticism is the ending of the book, but I'm hoping this means there will be another book, as I feel it didn't really explain itself well enough. It had a groundhog day feel to It,but filled with monsters.

I loved every page of this book. I was excited as soon as I was introduced to David Rusk and I only got more invested as I learnt more about this mysterious new world he has to live in. The ending only made me wanting more.

This was a very interesting and different take in a very familiar theme, let me explain, David Rusk, our main character start this story as a loser, he is a drunk, addicted to drugs and because of that is living alone, his wife left him years ago… this was him in the start, and he stays alone years in the reboot until he decides to get his life back, in search of his wife and while he does that, he find his destiny, new enemies and his new found family, living alone without hope is not living at all and that gives him reason to keep on and continue…

without spoilers, I think this book reminded me very much of silent hill, the difference being that is not the dark that brings new dangers like it was in silent hill, but is the new reboot, with new revelation, new dangers appear, and to be honest I only give 4 stars because I didn’t understand what did the ending of the book mean for the whole story, will we have a second book, for the ones lost, did it really end? I need to understand.

If you don’t mind having more questions than answers in the end without a prevision of continuation, please read this book, the story will keep you on your toes.

Thank you Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for the free ARC and this is my honest opinion.

I LOVED this book. Now to be fair it's right up my street, end of the world I am Legend stuff with some kind of twisted Groundhog Day and Lovecraftian monsters thrown in just for the craic. What's not to like?
There was a fairly big cast, once we got going, and some are more likeable than others. I really enjoyed the whole conspiracy theory thing going on, and I even tolerated it when it started getting very like Lost. The button, the button, we have to hit the button. It's always going to be that simple... It's a clever story fairly well executed. I'm going to stick it in my auto recs for the dystopians out there.

I really enjoyed reading this, it had that scifi element that I was looking for and enjoyed from the description. The characters were everything that I was expecting and enjoyed from the overall story being told. Melara Dark uses the world and characters perfectly to tell a story and was hooked from the first page.

The plot was a little messy, but I enjoyed it all the same. The story is well paced, the world building is alright, and the ending of the book leaves you begging for a second book.