Expected Publication: February 28th 2012
Publisher: Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins)
ISBN: 0062071041
ISBN: 0062071041
ISBN13: 9780062071040
Series: Partials #1
Received: ARC from Publisher
Curiosity had me at the very 1st page. Even though I wanted to put it down and move on a couple of times. Something kept telling me to read on. And that I did. The story started to pick up the pace a bit after Part 2. The characters were interesting. Kira, no matter what the cost she was going to do what she felt she should do! Here you have all of these infants dying. one after the other, after a virus that has spread 11 years ago. No child since has been born and lived. They all hope that one day there will be one that lives. For Kira just thinking and hoping that this will happen is not enough. She has to do something about it. So she sets out to do so. Determination! I love it. She has a big heart.
Marcus, he was a great character. I would have loved to see more of him through out the book. He is Kira's boyfriend. You can tell that he really cares for her. Sometimes he may not get Kira's motives... but he stuck by her. Even though there was a relationship in the book. The book was not based off of a relationship. That was not the focus point of Well's writing. Which I loved. It is something that you do not see in many YA books. It's nice to read that sometimes!
Dan Wells has put in so much detail in this book. Which is NOT a bad thing, at all. But at the same time it was at times maybe too much at one time. I think that for me is what drew the book out longer. But, in the end I think that it made scene for the author doing this in book #1 of this series!
You are left guessing through out the whole book, as to WHO you can trust.. is your allies your enemy or vise versa! It will keep you reading. Wanting to know what that last page holds.
This book also holds a sci-fi feel to it. But, it is classified as Dystopian. So if you are into Sci-fi books as well this one will be for you.
Strong characters. A solid plot. Great book. Again the only problem I had with this book was the length. And I mean with the length came a lot of drawled out detail. Other then that, Partials was a great read! I am excited to see what happens in the next installment in the Partials series!
Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with partials--engineered organic beings identical to humans--has decimated the world’s population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island. The threat of the partials is still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to the disease in over a decade. Humanity’s time is running out. When sixteen-year-old Kira learns of her best friend’s pregnancy, she’s determined to find a solution. Then one rash decision forces Kira to flee her community with the unlikeliest of allies. As she tries desperately to save what is left of her race, she discovers that the survival of both humans and partials rests in her attempts to answer questions of the war’s origin that she never knew to ask.
Combining the fast-paced action of The Hunger Games with the provocative themes of Battlestar Galactica, Partials is a pulse-pounding journey into a world where the very concept of what it means to be human is in question--one where our sense of humanity is both our greatest liability, and our only hope for survival.
My Thoughts:
What a big book! I was hoping that with the length it would be a little bit faster paced then it was. In the end this ended up being a good book, the 1st half of it just dragged to me. Curiosity had me at the very 1st page. Even though I wanted to put it down and move on a couple of times. Something kept telling me to read on. And that I did. The story started to pick up the pace a bit after Part 2. The characters were interesting. Kira, no matter what the cost she was going to do what she felt she should do! Here you have all of these infants dying. one after the other, after a virus that has spread 11 years ago. No child since has been born and lived. They all hope that one day there will be one that lives. For Kira just thinking and hoping that this will happen is not enough. She has to do something about it. So she sets out to do so. Determination! I love it. She has a big heart.
Marcus, he was a great character. I would have loved to see more of him through out the book. He is Kira's boyfriend. You can tell that he really cares for her. Sometimes he may not get Kira's motives... but he stuck by her. Even though there was a relationship in the book. The book was not based off of a relationship. That was not the focus point of Well's writing. Which I loved. It is something that you do not see in many YA books. It's nice to read that sometimes!
Dan Wells has put in so much detail in this book. Which is NOT a bad thing, at all. But at the same time it was at times maybe too much at one time. I think that for me is what drew the book out longer. But, in the end I think that it made scene for the author doing this in book #1 of this series!
You are left guessing through out the whole book, as to WHO you can trust.. is your allies your enemy or vise versa! It will keep you reading. Wanting to know what that last page holds.
This book also holds a sci-fi feel to it. But, it is classified as Dystopian. So if you are into Sci-fi books as well this one will be for you.
Strong characters. A solid plot. Great book. Again the only problem I had with this book was the length. And I mean with the length came a lot of drawled out detail. Other then that, Partials was a great read! I am excited to see what happens in the next installment in the Partials series!
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Can't wait to read the book :D great review. New follower here -TheUnseelieNerd
ReplyDeleteI need this book. I already wanted to read it when I first read the synopsis, but this past week I have read so many great reviews so now I really want to read it. Thanks for the fantastic review!
ReplyDeleteI have this one on hold at the library but even once I get it I doubt I'll find the time to read it. Hopefully I can fit it in because I do like a good YA story that steps out of the normal bounds of YA. I like that the male lead is already her boyfriend and we don't have to watch them fall in love. Don't get me wrong I love watching a couple fall in love in life and in books but sometimes it gets old because that is how every YA book is. I think I'm going to try my hardest to make this one fit into my reading pile.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great review!
Ahhh! I've been dying to read this one. Thanks for your honesty. I am looking forward to reading it.Can't wait to grab it when it comes out. Altho I'm sure it'll take me a while to read it because it is pretttty lengthy! lol
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