Ruins (Partials Sequence, #3)

by Dan Wells

[Angie]

I really enjoyed Ruins, but not as a finale. It just kind of ends without a full resolution. It's not the kind of open ending where you can easily imagine what may come next for the characters. Everything is left wide open, and more could have been unfolded, or even an epilogue that takes place a short way into the future. I was really invested in Kira's struggle and I wanted her to save the world! Did she? I have no clue. Maybe.

Ruins is where all of the characters who have been scattered across the country finally come back together and share what they've learned. They combine their knowledge, try to understand it all, and come up with a way to put it to good use. The biggest issue being curing humans from RM and the partials from expiration. I had my suspicions that it was something that simple, but then Kira confirms it with science. Then it becomes a race against the clock and a matter of anyone believing her and putting it into practice.

There are a few new complications and several more characters added in Ruins. While I did enjoy all of this on its own, it was a bit much for a finale. Nothing got its page worth, since this was the end. I really would have liked at least one more book so each of these things could be explored fully. We finally got to see what the real Partials failsafe was suppose to be, but that's really all it was: a reveal. It didn't do much, since everything was already wrapping up. Then there's a mysterious monster warning people that winter is coming! This was the addition I was most interesting in, because more science! Alas, there are no details. Finally, there's the Blood Man, who was super creepy and weird, but I figured him out!

As for the end of Ruins, I was left hanging! I wanted to know more! The final villain is removed, and that was that. There's no follow up at all. Are humans and Partials going to work and live together? How long will the cure for both of them take to kick in? What about the Partials' virus? Will the New York survivors and the Denver survivors merge? Is there anyone else out there? Were there some humans or Partials who decided to keep fighting? Is the cure permanent? What is going on here?!

Clearly I had a lot of questions upon finishing Ruins, which sucks. I suppose it could also be a good thing, since I was invested enough to care about the answers to these questions. But it still sucks that I'll never know!

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