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Partials (Partials Sequence, #1)

Dan Wells

Start date: June 22, 2012

Finish date: June 30, 2012

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Apr 08, 2012 Trisha rated it did not like it

I'm not sure if I'm just burnt out on the trilogy aftermarket "just like Hunger Games" hype or if this is just not that great of a book, but I was unimpressed.

I'm tired of the love triangles - this one was so dull and uninteresting, I tended to gloss or all-together skip their conversations. Only when Jayden jumped into a conversation with Kira did I get my eyebrows up (and there wasn't even a romance there!!! But he sounded like the hottest guy in there!).

And Samm. Honestly, I am tired of the " ...more

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May 11, 2012 Deyara rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, science-fiction, dystopian, futuristic, post-apocalyptic

Quite interesting elements - the virology and hunt for the cure; the survivalist aspects - salvage, extreme focus of knowledge (Kira says herself that their science seems a little like magic as the groundwork to the science and technology was all lost; they can perform in-vitro fertilisation but they can't read a clock); and the societal response to the Partial war. ...more

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Dec 30, 2011 Amelia marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, own-a-copy, first-book-in-series, kindle-own-a-copy, brown-tan, pub2012, help-me-decide-hold, dystopia, skin-tones, available-audio