Partials
by Dan Wells
Book Description:
The human
race is all but extinct after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings
identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of
thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is
immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island
while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the Partials is
still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to RM in more than a
decade. Our time is running out.
Kira, a sixteen-year-old
medic-in-training, is on the front lines of this battle, seeing RM ravage the
community while mandatory pregnancy laws have pushed what's left of humanity to
the brink of civil war, and she's not content to stand by and watch. But as she
makes a desperate decision to save the last of her race, she will find that the
survival of humans and Partials alike rests in her attempts to uncover the
connections between them—connections that humanity has forgotten, or perhaps
never even knew were there.
Review:
Feel like you are tired of dystopians, yet? If so,
I'd say give Partials a chance and see if it restores your faith in the
genre. I love dystopians, really love them, but with the influx to
the market right now, it is easy to get burnt out! I'm finding myself having to
be much more careful in my selections and having to space them out between books
from other genres to give myself a mental reboot. However, I really,
thoroughly enjoyed Partials and would read a sequel from this author in a
heartbeat!
This book had a
great premise and followed through with realistic fallout. I loved how not only
had the human population been decimated by a virus (that they essentially
unleashed upon themselves after creating the Partials superhuman army...), but
that they then also had to deal with their inability to reproduce successfully
and how their society dealt with the prospect of dying out. There were LAYERS
of things going on here!! LAYERS, people.
Kira was a great heroine. She was tough, she fought for
what she believed in...she made dumb mistakes and she was scared sh!tless
sometimes, but she also inspired change! She was a gamechanger. She thought
outside the box. In a word, she was awesome. I would take Kira on my side
against the world, any day!
Full
of action, great observations of people and not only how they react singly to
important events, but as a group,
with a really strong main character... Partials is a
dystopia I recommend to all that love the genre. It makes my top
three dystopians list!
