Fragments (Partials Sequence, #2)

by Dan Wells

[Angie]

Fragments is a twisty maze of twistedness! My mind is spinning out of control! What in the world is going on?! This sequel did get off to an extremely slow and boring start, but once it got going, it just kept going and going and going and going until my brain was mush. Kira is out searching for information on ParaGen, since there has been no success on replicating the cure, and she has no idea what she is. Meanwhile, Marcus is still in East Meadow trying to piece things together there, such as where Nandita went and why. Kira has better luck as she finds a man living alone who happens to have boxes and boxes full of ParaGen documents. Too bad he's missing the most crucial papers; i.e. the cure and how RM works.

The plot of Fragments became more intricate and complex as the book goes on. Once Kira learns something new, fifty more questions are created. Then what she thought was the answer, turned out to be something else. And the only person who can help her is Afa, a computer genius who is convinced he's the last human alive and often reverts to a childlike state. It was hard to coax information out of him, but eventually Kira learns all he knows, and most importantly what he doesn't know and where to find it. This takes her, Afa, and when they appear, Samm and Heron, on a trip across the country. There's all kinds of bizarre and frightening creatures out there, as well as the ruin from the war, making their trip more difficult. But, oh, the answers that they eventually get! Blew my mind!

While most of Fragments is focused on Kira's adventures, Marcus does learn some important information too. He doesn't come up with it on his own, he has to go find someone who he hasn't seen in a long time, Kira's "sister" Ariel. She reveals all kinds of sinister things that happened in Nandita's house, but that leads them closer to the truth, and there's another surprise that I didn't see coming! Nandita is certainly sneaky and smart. There are also a handful of chapters from Haru, which I wasn't that into. One plot twist is revealed, but nothing came of it after that. I'm sure that's being saved for Ruins, but I'm really not a fan of introducing a minor character's POV for a couple of pages just to reveal a plot point.

Fragments was really good! The beginning is a bit of a chore to get through, but it's absolutely worth it! I did work out one piece of the human-Partial puzzle, and felt so proud of myself! Of course, this is like a million piece puzzle of a polar bear in a snow storm, so there's definitely a lot more revealed and left to be revealed!

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