My main critique, honestly, is that we don't get enough details about Chase's ordeal.
If Korman wants to revisit some of his greatest successes and borrow a few devices, then I am totally okay with that.Īnd besides, how could I not love the "bully with amnesia" angle? Realistic or not, it's played amazingly here. To this day, they still rank on my list of favorite books ever. Because you see, I adored No More Dead Dogs and The Chicken Doesn't Skate. And I love the elements he pulls together, and Restart is actually a really good book. Gordon Korman does middle schools books well. All of these characters show up in at least two of the three books I mentioned, and some of them in others besides.īut you know what? I just don't care. I also noticed a few character archetypes, like the filmmaker addict and the main girl who starts out hating the protagonist, and the slightly spacey fangirl chasing after the protagonist. I was especially reminded of No More Dead Dogsand The Chicken Doesn't Skate, because all three books have elements of social blending, with kids from wildly different clubs and interests coming together in a combination of sports and theater/filmmaking/science (respectively). And a lot of the elements that make up Restart have shown up in previous Korman novels. Take it from the girl who was supposed to be studying AP Psychology all afternoon. I mean, its premise is awesome–a bully who's lost his memory and is nice now? Sweet!–but it's also incredibly unrealistic. Maybe it's a combination of all of those things.īecause on the surface, Restart is not the most amazing book I've ever read.
Perhaps its simply because of the intriguing storylines or because he always takes the story the way I'm hoping. Perhaps it's because I've been reading them for so long now, his distinctively funny yet deep writing style makes me nostalgic and lets me pretend that I'm a little kid again and not a high school senior preparing to head off to college. I don't know what it is about Gordon Korman, but his books always suck me in. I dropped everything and devoured the entire thing in about two sittings (the one break consisted of my trying to get back to work, failing, and then shrugging and picking the book up again). Once I pulled out my brand new ARC of Restart, the newest Korman novel, then my day was doomed. That was the goal, at least, until that little yellow package from Scholastic showed up on my doorstep. Do you know, I was supposed to be studying for my AP exams all day today.
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