http://www.emilysreadingroom.com/2012/02/partials-by-dan-wells-review.html
Wells, Dan. Partials. New York: Balzer + Bray, 2012. Print.
This book is a dystopian novel where the majority of the human race has been wiped out. A 16 year old medic, Kira, takes it upon herself to cure the human race of the disease that kills all newborns so the human race can repopulate. But to do that, she must capture one of the superhuman killing machines known as a partial in order to study its physiology. The government for her town is severly opposed, so she takes it upon herself to further her research.
As it pertains to my topic funnel, this book works okay. Compared to most YA novels, there is actually a lot about medicine and technology present. As far as I could tell, the information presented and the research methods used by the main character were compatible with current scientific methods. Of course, the research is on a fictional virus. But it is a fiction book, so I can live with that.
"As she flipped through them, she noticed that many of the images were similat, and the compunds seemed to break down into serveral major categories, repeated over and over. She started marking the images, studying the molecules and flagging what looke like key identifiers, separating them into subgroups, teaching the medicomp how to recognize the different pieces" (Wells, 249).
Overall, this book is ok. It loosely covers the topic of medical research and diagnostic technology. The plot is based 70 years in the future, so much of the technology used by the main character is super user friendly push-one-button-to-get-the-answer type of technology. The author does delve into actual science, which is really interesting to read through. The book is obviously geared more towards the cliche love triangle plot for young readers, but the little bits of intelligent writing sustained me through the whole book.
The prevailing view on Goodreads.com seems to be this: Partials almost was really good. The plot is following the current fad of YA dystopian, and the protagonist conquers the big, bad narrow minded adults to save the day, like every single other YA novel. Reviews average four stars, making this book above average, but nothing groundbreaking.
As it pertains to my topic funnel, this book works okay. Compared to most YA novels, there is actually a lot about medicine and technology present. As far as I could tell, the information presented and the research methods used by the main character were compatible with current scientific methods. Of course, the research is on a fictional virus. But it is a fiction book, so I can live with that.
"As she flipped through them, she noticed that many of the images were similat, and the compunds seemed to break down into serveral major categories, repeated over and over. She started marking the images, studying the molecules and flagging what looke like key identifiers, separating them into subgroups, teaching the medicomp how to recognize the different pieces" (Wells, 249).
Overall, this book is ok. It loosely covers the topic of medical research and diagnostic technology. The plot is based 70 years in the future, so much of the technology used by the main character is super user friendly push-one-button-to-get-the-answer type of technology. The author does delve into actual science, which is really interesting to read through. The book is obviously geared more towards the cliche love triangle plot for young readers, but the little bits of intelligent writing sustained me through the whole book.
The prevailing view on Goodreads.com seems to be this: Partials almost was really good. The plot is following the current fad of YA dystopian, and the protagonist conquers the big, bad narrow minded adults to save the day, like every single other YA novel. Reviews average four stars, making this book above average, but nothing groundbreaking.
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