Fragments (Partials Sequence, #2) in Ruins Q&A with Dan Wells

Jun 13, 2013 Kristine rated it it was amazing

I loved the first one. I'm not surprised I loved the second. What surprised me is how unexpected this book is. I've read enough genre fiction that I can pretty well predict where a lot of stories are headed. Not so much this one. Wells can pull out a surprise, and his writing is gripping. Like, I let my kids watch TV all day so I could read kind of gripping.

The story this time follows Kira as she goes out to look for a cure for RM that doesn't rely on access to Partials and follows her human fri ...more

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Mar 10, 2013 Brandy Ackerley rated it really liked it

A great sequel to Partials. It explains so ,much of the world and Dan Wells voice, as always, is clears and engaging. It has my favorite character from Isolation(the prequel to Partials) and the story is well written. My only issue with the story is that at one point in the plot, I completely lost my faith in Kira. What she says she's working towards seems to be at odds with what she is doing... while that can be a very human thing to do, it left me growling at the main character. Four out five ...more

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Jun 06, 2013 J.A. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: usa, recommended-core, ut-authors

This an example of a second book in a series that is more exciting than the first. I deliberately waited until I read Siege and Storm so I could review the two books together. I anticipate doing the same with the third books - Ruin and Rising (Grisha #3) and Ruins (Partials Sequence #3) - when they come out next year.

After learning that she is neither human (as she was brought up) nor a standard Partial (the enemies she was brought up to fear), Kira sets out on a voyage of discovery. She hopes t This an example of a second book in a series that is more exciting than the first. I deliberately waited until I read Siege and Storm so I could review the two books together. I anticipate doing the same with the third books - Ruin and Rising (Grisha #3) and Ruins (Partials Sequence #3) - when they come out next year.

After learning that she is neither human (as she was brought up) nor a standard Partial (the enemies she was brought up to fear), Kira sets out on a voyage of discovery. She hopes to discover the truth about her own nature and hopefully unlock the secret to the survival of both races. Leaving behind Marcus, her human companion who wouldn't understand, she goes off with Samm, her Partial counterpart with whom she cannot link. She is trying to embrace both sides, to bring them together and save both sides, but she is rejected by both sides. Kira is not mistaken for a saint or fanatically followed like Alina. She does get to travel cross-country, but in the place of the Shadow Fold there is the Desolation of the Midwest caused by the destruction of the oil fields of Texas. Flying monsters are replaced by acid rains. No edible forage remains for their horses, no bridges remain for crossing overflowing rivers. Kira and her traveling companions don't have a fantastic flying contraption like Alina uses to traverse the wasteland, so they have to find their own innovative ways to cross. Where Ravka is thinly veiled, this post-apocalyptic America is nuanced and believable. First they travel to flooded Chicago, then on to ravaged Denver. It is a long journey on horseback, but the pace doesn't slow down. Surviving the trip is challenging enough - one of the foursome doesn't see the end destination - and finding the information they seek hits snag after snag. In pursuit of Kira and her peculiar genetic profile is the nefarious Dr. Morgan, from whom Samm helped her escape in book one. Wells broadens the scope and deepens the plot in book two, making it more compelling as the story progresses. I read Partials in May and Fragments in June, but even with waiting until September to write this review it still seems like a long wait for the conclusion of the series in March! ...more

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Apr 11, 2013 Mary Robinette Kowal rated it it was amazing

Shelves: recommend, sf

Once again, Dan Wells delivers a compelling story with difficult moral questions. What I particularly like about his dystopian future is that it's not just about characters trying to survive, but about people actively trying to heal society. At the same time, there are complex choices and no simple solution. Highly recommended. ...more

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Jun 23, 2013 Jessica rated it it was amazing

I'm so into this series :) it is like "BSG meets end of the world". I really enjoyed the second installment tho I liked the first more.

more later! ...more

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Sep 07, 2013 Patti rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, young-adult, fantasy, dystopian, male-author-challenge

3.5 stars

This book dragged in the middle and has classic middle-book syndrome. A lot of explaining, not enough action.

But the ending was gripping enough for me to wait anxiously for the next one.

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Mar 25, 2013 Liam rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites

With a tiny push, this could have become a psychological horror novel. As it is, it's a mad tale of secret diseases and secret cures, boiled in a toxic mess of cold betrayal and hot prejudice. I dearly hope we never learn how to engineer the perfect human. ...more

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