Partials

By: Dan Wells

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

For fans of The Hunger Games, Battlestar Galactica, and Blade Runner comes the first book in the Partials Sequence, a fast-paced, action-packed, and riveting sci-fi teen series, by acclaimed author Dan Wells.

Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the 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. But sixteen-year-old Kira is determined to find a solution. As she tries desperately to save what is left of her race, she discovers that that the survival of both humans and Partials rests in her attempts to answer questions about the war's origin that she never knew to ask.

Playing on our curiosity of and fascination with the complete collapse of civilization, Partials is, at its heart, a story of survival, one that explores the individual narratives and complex relationships of those left behind, both humans and Partials alike—and of the way in which the concept of what is right and wrong in this world is greatly dependent on one's own point of view.

Supports the Common Core State Standards

long and boring

obviously written by a dude. yearly pregnancies? come on... good ending and well researched but takes a long friggin time to get there

A Good Listen

I'm a Dan Wells fan, and this book did not disappoint. The main reason I'm writing this review is so that I can encourage Audible to get Dan's 'Serial Killer' series online. I loved reading them, and I think they'd be wonderful to listen to.

Interesting

I really enjoyed the book. It was completely different from other books that I have listen to. Neat concept. I am looking forward to book 2, as book 1 of course left a huge cliff hanger!!

Great Series

I loved the entire series. It was fun, exciting, and it brought me effectively out of my own life. I was lost in this book, and so happy there were three books to keep me engaged for so long!
#Future #End of the World #Tagsgiving #Sweepstakes

People in this universe are woefully inept.

The story feels shallow. The logic is sloppy and feels middle school level. It just doesn't make sense that an Intern/novice is the only person smart enough to actually think about a few basic strategies for finding a cure to a virus. The ideas are so painfully obvious it wouldn't have taken over a decade for someone to try.

Really good!

As I’ve gotten older I have more trouble listening to fiction books and am often bored to death by them, so I mostly focus on non fiction. Not the case with Partials. I loved the John Cleaver series and thought I’d finally give this a try. So we’ll worth it! Engaging. Brilliantly written. Fast paced after the initial slow start. A little too long but ultimately great.

My favorite dystopian series

I have read and listened to all three books several times. I’m not a young adult (almost 40) but love this series and most of Dan Well’s books. The amount of detail and creativity that went into creating the plot and characters is incredible. Yes there are some parts that are a little “young” but not annoyingly so. It’s definitely worth the read!

It was okay

Story was okay but not that well written and seems to be written by a teen rather than for YA. Apparently there are no other plants than kudzu and lots of plot holes. The major one to me was that in ten years not even the learned scientists came up with the basic theories on research to discover the cure. A 16 year old did what they could not and that was hard to swallow.

Great start to this YA sci-fi series

There were some slow sections, but they were necessary in some respects as Dan Wells had to build his world (which he did a great job with) and I'm really excited for what else he has to offer. The Young Adult Post-Apocalyptic genre is growing, and it is harder and harder to pick out the really good, unique books from the standard fare. I think this one isn't just more of the same. If you like that genre, this is worth listening to.

An other great Young Adult series

An other study of our world from an other angle.
Loved it.
Leaving you here to start with the number 2 in the series :-)