Partials

De: Dan Wells

Narrado por: 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

Mix of Handmaidens Tale and Zoo

Great storyline.... futuristic story of humans just trying to exist bringing science and Robotics into it in a nice twist. I would definitely recommend and I'm getting ready to start book 2. the narrator has a great inflection in her voice she's easy to listen to one of my favorites!

enjoyable

loved the characters and the book ended strong it took a while to get hooked

Like (TV series) "Revolution"? You may like this.

After a slow start, Dan Wells hooked me in and I'm now hanging out for the sequel so much so that I may have to purchase an actual book instead of buying it from Audible! ('Fragments' the sequel doesn't appear to be on audio book yet *sadface*)

The beginning felt a little weighed down by backstory and medical jargon. But I'm glad I stuck with it. The quality of the writing kept me going at first and then the story kicked up the action and I was hooked. Keira, the main character annoyed me at times but by the end of the book I'd grown to love her.

My one complaint would be a lack of romance. All the connections are there but I feel like the author fails to give us any really satisfying romantic connections. Still, it makes for good tension and I hope there is some pay off for romantics in book two.

As for the performance by Julia Whelan - it was my favourite so far of the books I've listened to on Audible. She had just the right tone, I enjoyed her voices and her intensity was spot on. I will look out for more reads by her.

Overall, a good story about an intriguing world. If you like the new TV series Revolution, you may just like this.

Highly recommend

Where does Partials rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Upper 1/4

Who was your favorite character and why?

Samm

Which character – as performed by Julia Whelan – was your favorite?

Kira

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Not at first, but it got a lot more interesting the second half and I couldn't put it down.

Any additional comments?

This is a very clean book. There is no sex, foul language, or gruesome descriptions of violent acts. I highly recommend this book. It's a great read. I really hope they come out with a second book.

Got distracted...

Simply coudn't get hooked by this story. Made it about 6 or 7 hours in, and was still sort of ...meh...