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suyagotz's review
4.0
OH MY GOD! This book was so much better than I was expecting. Kira is such a strong character,smart and determined and didn't let her relationships get in the way of what she believed was right. She def is on my list of favorite protagonists. Also, I loved that there was no love triangle (though my friends disagree,) just a little "tension" between her and 'the other guy'.
Also, bonus point: the medicine!!! I felt like reading a cool biology book (which doesn't sound cool, but yeah it was awesome).
So yeah, this book may start out a little slow, but it's worth the read.
(sorry my review sucks)
Also, bonus point: the medicine!!! I felt like reading a cool biology book (which doesn't sound cool, but yeah it was awesome).
So yeah, this book may start out a little slow, but it's worth the read.
(sorry my review sucks)
madeklein's review
4.0
This is now the second time I have read this book after about a year. This book is amazing I forgot how much I loved this book. I spent my time completely gripped by the storyline and screaming at Kira to be rational even though I knew she wouldn't. I can't wait to start reading fragments, as I remember it being way better than the first book, I just can't wait!!!!!!!!!!
kayteaface's review
5.0
Can't deal. Actually can't deal. Near actual perfection, in my opinion. Loved it so much! I just want the next book right this minute, okay, I need more Samm.
The setting and situation were intriguing, the characters were great and worked so well together, and I really enjoyed the science-y side, too.
A faaabulous book and I'd definitely recommend it if you like post-apocalyptic dystopians :)
abaugher's review
5.0
I want more of this! thias was a great story that just got larger the further into the book i went. Let me sum up: humans create super intelligent warriors to fight for them, but they treat them badly so the warriors (aka Partials) revolt, and a virus is unleashed on the world that wipes out 99% of the population and no newborns have survived past 4 days for the last 14 years. THen a search for the cure by a young intern leads to contact with the Partials, which leads to everyone learning waaay more about each other than they ever wanted to know, and the world gets even more complicated for the main characters. awesome plot and writing, and there has GOT to be a sequel, or there will be riots outside of the ones in the story!
badseedgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Reading YA science fiction can be a bit of a mixed bag. After the success of Divergent and The Hunger Games a very firm story arc has been established for these novels. There has to be a teenage female Protagonist; she must be beautiful but unaware of it; The society must be run by a secretive and ultimately "evil" leadership (church, government it really doesn't matter in the end what form they take), there must be a chaste but intense love triangle involving the heroine. It has become so ubiquitous that I have a hard time telling one novel from the next. Readers have to wade through a swamp of mediocre books to find the true gems. I know I have finished any number of books and have been more than underwhelmed in the end. That is why I found Partials by Dan Wells to be such a breath of fresh air.
This novel is full of an eclectic mix of drama and dry humor. The characters are all fully realized people (or partials) and the problems they face are both profound and mundane. The plotting was mature enough to hold this adults attention without losing its target audience, which I am assuming is not a 40+ year-old woman. I just loved the slow well-rounded plot development. I kept my attention and made the world building highly successful.
Now I have to admit that I figured out the "unexpected" plot twist around chapter 14, but instead of making the rest of the novel seem pointless to complete. Mr. Wells kept my attention with a strong story-line and characters who were interesting.
Items not found in this novel, not contrived and painful love triangle, a female protagonist who was smart and scientifically inclined. Kira, the main character, did not spend the novel wavering in her beliefs or need a "male love interest" to show her the truth. In a refreshing change she was smart enough to see it all for herself and resourceful enough to try to do something about it. That being said Marcus her "boyfriend" was a fully realized character, as were all the secondary characters.
Partials deals with some pretty heavy and complicated issues throughout the novel. Dan Wells does not shy away from these topics but addresses them in an organic way that showed that although we may find the ideas disturbing the "plague babies" have been dealing with it their entire conscious life and, as one character pointed out multiple times, Kira and the other "Plague Babies" are only the future, the current leadership is the present, and the present takes precedent over the future. Just a few of the topics the author confronts: Women's reproductive rights; Treatment of prisoners of war and the ethics of torture, The ethics of human medical experimentation, and an overall theme of Individual rights vs. the needs of society. Lets face it the Hope Act in the novel could have just as easily been called "The Patriot Act." There was a subtle but persistent Libertarian feel throughout the novel.
As you can see I just adored this novel and really can't wait to read more from Dan Wells.
4.5 out of 5 stars
This novel is full of an eclectic mix of drama and dry humor. The characters are all fully realized people (or partials) and the problems they face are both profound and mundane. The plotting was mature enough to hold this adults attention without losing its target audience, which I am assuming is not a 40+ year-old woman. I just loved the slow well-rounded plot development. I kept my attention and made the world building highly successful.
Now I have to admit that I figured out the "unexpected" plot twist around chapter 14, but instead of making the rest of the novel seem pointless to complete. Mr. Wells kept my attention with a strong story-line and characters who were interesting.
Items not found in this novel, not contrived and painful love triangle, a female protagonist who was smart and scientifically inclined. Kira, the main character, did not spend the novel wavering in her beliefs or need a "male love interest" to show her the truth. In a refreshing change she was smart enough to see it all for herself and resourceful enough to try to do something about it. That being said Marcus her "boyfriend" was a fully realized character, as were all the secondary characters.
Partials deals with some pretty heavy and complicated issues throughout the novel. Dan Wells does not shy away from these topics but addresses them in an organic way that showed that although we may find the ideas disturbing the "plague babies" have been dealing with it their entire conscious life and, as one character pointed out multiple times, Kira and the other "Plague Babies" are only the future, the current leadership is the present, and the present takes precedent over the future. Just a few of the topics the author confronts: Women's reproductive rights; Treatment of prisoners of war and the ethics of torture, The ethics of human medical experimentation, and an overall theme of Individual rights vs. the needs of society. Lets face it the Hope Act in the novel could have just as easily been called "The Patriot Act." There was a subtle but persistent Libertarian feel throughout the novel.
As you can see I just adored this novel and really can't wait to read more from Dan Wells.
4.5 out of 5 stars
renuked's review
4.0
Oh god. I have to say the whole time I was reading this book I was praying please don't let another baby die. The terror and sadness this book had was incredible and while I was sobbing at the terrifying look at this future, there was a ray of hope. Kira Walker is a strong, intelligent woman and though I wasn't surprised she turned out to be a Partial, I am definetely hooked and I need to know desperately what happens next! Finally, because the setting was Long Island, a rather familiar place to me, it made everything really vivid. When JFK International Airport was mentioned, I almost jumped off the sofa because I had just been there the day before to pick up some family and now it was basically overrun by The Voice. That's how vivid everyhing was. A really, really great book especially if you love dystopia, and total apocalypses although I have to say this one was a scarier look at humankind's future than most.