The X-Files: Ruins
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In the most ambitious and exciting X-Files adventure to date, Mulder and Scully fly to the Yucatan jungle to investigate a missing team of archaelogists. Their exploration leads to a strange electronic signal coming from beneath ancient ruins -- a signal aimed upward, at the stars....
Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson has published more than eighty novels, including twenty-nine national bestsellers. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Reader's Choice Award. His critically acclaimed original novels include Captain Nemo, Hopscotch, and Hidden Empire. He has also collaborated on numerous series novels, including Star Wars, The X-Files, and Dune. In his spare time, he also writes comic books. He lives in Wisconsin.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The last 50 pages were enjoyable, the rest of it was a bit slow. Followed the X-files formula quite well though.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This book is for hardcove X-Files fans. Nothing too special here. A long X-Files episode in written form. The author presents Scully and Mulder as they are on the show. The author (who has been nominated for a Nebula and Hugo, so don't judge him based on this book) does a workman like job in presenting this story. I enjoyed the book until the end when I felt like it became completely unrealistic (yes I realize the irony of this statement). I just couldn't buy the manner in the which the commandos attempted to destroy the temple.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Pretty much your standard media tie-in fare, with no real stand out moments. This author does do well with the character voices, though.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Scully and Mulder are in Central America to find a missing woman who was investigating Mayan ruins. But things get complicated and more than a little deadly. An appropriate plot for the X-Files franchise with a fast-moving story, on somewhat more exotic grounds than usual. Things, of course, get complicated but the pay-off is satisfying. Fans of the series will be pleased.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I read this for the "Set In a Post-Apocalyptic World" part of my 2019 reading challenge. I didn't love it as much as the first two books, I think I had too much of a gap in between reading them. I found having so many groups of characters to be a bit confusing, and the ending felt too sudden and accidental.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a one sitting read (of course 1/3 of that was at the hair salon). But after reading that first 1/3 of the book, I was too caught up in the story to quit and come back to it later. So, I came home and finished reading to find out what happens to Kira and her motley crew. There were times when I couldn't believe the turns that Dan Wells took with this story. Overall this series ranks at the top of my lists. I like the world, the details, the friendships and the overall theme of the series of working together and living in peace. I even liked the way that Wells handled the stereotypical love triangle. It was a bit of a non-stereotypical triangle. I'm curious to read anything Dan Wells comes up with after this.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5[Cross-posted to Knite Writes]What happened to this series? The first book in this trilogy was great! The second book was pretty good. And this one was plain awful.I don’t understand how this happened. I really don’t.I suppose I’ll just catalogue all my issues in order of when I noticed them.First off, there were way too many POVs in this story. WAY too many. There were so many POVs that by the time I got back around to one person after going through them all, I had forgotten what that person was doing. And there didn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to the POV usage. Some characters had more prominent roles than others, sure, but seemingly random characters we had never met before ended up with POV roles, and they didn’t even do anything substantial to progress the plot. They were there solely to show the reader what was happening in places the reader wouldn’t otherwise see.And this was a mistake, in my opinion, because frankly, most of the information from those POVs wasn’t necessary. Cutting it out wouldn’t have resulted in any confusion. Adding it, in fact, created confusion because I wasn’t sure why all these characters were suddenly tossed into the mix, and they didn’t contribute to my overall understanding of the plot.The POV issue also created a terrible timeline problem. Because there were so many POVs, it was impossible to follow one character’s story through and through, so there were large time gaps between a lot of scenes…that were totally unannounced. Sometimes, it mentioned that “such and such event was so many days ago” somewhere in the middle of the chapter. Sometimes, you just had to figure it out yourself. And I was plain lost on occasion. I got back around to some characters and was completely confused because the makeup of so-and-so’s group had changed and they were in a different place than when I’d left them…and it turns out the last chapter they were in took place WEEKS ago.Add these problems in to the actual plot of the story, and…I had so many problems with the plot of this story.First off, I find it so hard to believe that Kira can figure things out that many, many people who should be way smarter than her can’t. Also, the solution to the main problem in this story is so OBVIOUS, and Kira is the only one who “gets it.” I just…my belief in the plausibility of Kira’s abilities versus everyone else’s just eroded to almost zero over the course of this book.Secondly, random last-minute antagonist alert! I’m not going to spoil it, but it annoyed me so bad that the ending of this book literally came down an eleventh-hour antagonist who came out of NOWHERE and stuck around just long enough for the protagonists to reach a resolution. What a freaking cop out!Third, underdeveloped plot threads that dropped out of the sky. There were at least two important ones I can think of off the top of my head. One of them was a deus ex machina, that, of course, was involved in the battle against the last-minute antagonist.Fourth, the plot of this book was just plain dense, and it felt like half the material in this book should have been in Fragments, to replace all that drawn-out journey stuff I complained about.Fifth, the heap of helpful contrived coincidences. I mean, really? Everybody shows up at the exact right moment? Back to back to back to keep the ball rolling? And it happened so many times in the final 100 pages that I wanted to chuck the book out the window.Sixth, and finally, the ending sucked. It just…plain sucked. There’s a climax, and then the book ends a few pages later. There’s no real resolution. The battle ends and it just…stops. It read like there were three or four chapters missing from the end of the book, and I was not happy that I didn’t get to see how ANY of the issues that this entire trilogy was about were resolved. Not a single one.I’m rarely angry when I finish a book. Content? Most of the time. Disappointed? Sometimes. But angry? Almost never.But this time, I’m angry. The setup of this series promised the answers to huge questions, and never answered them. And there is nothing that riles me up more than when a book doesn’t deliver on its promises.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love the strong female character.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a satisfying ending to an interesting trilogy. Every chapter leaves you with a new theory of what is to come. Until you come to the next chapter and find out how wrong you were. This process then repeats itself until you get to the end. Overall, the suspense is exhilarating, and the revelations are spectacular.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Typical ending, but it was a nice series to read through :)
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Our creations vs. Humanity. Morality, Life, compromise, acceptance
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Diese und weitere Rezensionen findet ihr auf meinem Blog Anima Libri - Buchseele
Mit „Ruinen“ bringt Dan Wells seine „Partials“-Trilogie zu einem rundherum gelungenen Abschluss. Schon mit den ersten beiden Teilen, „Aufbruch“ und „Fragmente“, konnte mich der Autor nach etwas anfänglicher Skepsis voll und ganz überzeugen und meine Erwartungen an den Abschluss der Serie waren dementsprechend hoch – und wurden nicht enttäuscht!
Auch wenn es schon über ein Jahr her war, dass ich den zweiten Teil gelesen habe, es war wirklich leicht wieder in diese Geschichte hinein zu finden, denn „Ruinen“ ist so aufgebaut, dass man ausreichend über die bisherigen Handlungen und die Hintergründe erfährt, sodass der Roman fast auch allein stehend gelesen werden kann. So ist es wirklich ein Leichtes schon nach wenigen Seiten in die Geschichte einzutauchen und sich ins Abenteuer fallen zu lassen.
Und ein Abenteuer ist es wirklich! Denn statt eine Geschichte zu erzählen, die sich lange hinzieht und nur langsam in Schwung kommt, um dann in einem finalen Showdown zu münden, enthüllt der Autor nach und nach immer wieder einzelne Geheimnisse und hält damit die Spannung das gesamte Buch über hoch. Außerdem – und das war in meinen Augen definitiv eins der besten Elemente dieses Romans – erörtert Dan Wells hier diverse Fragestellungen rund um Leben und Krieg, die allesamt auch einen gewissen Realitätsbezug haben.
Alles in allem ist „Ruinen“ ein großartiger Abschluss für Dan Wells‚ „Partials“-Trilogie, mit einem guten Ende, mit dem man als Leser zufrieden sein kann, auch wenn genug offen bleibt, um der eigenen Fantasie noch etwas ihren Lauf zu lassen ;) Definitiv eine der empfehlenswerteren Dystopien im Young Adult Bereich, die durch eine wirklich beängstigend reale Atmosphäre und faszinierende Charaktere besticht! - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I really liked this series. I thought this book got a little slow in the middle and would have liked to know a little more about the couple of the characters that became part of the book, but ended up liking how the series ended.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is the final book in the Partials series. It was a decent ending, for the most part I enjoyed it. Things do start off a bit slow though.I listened to this on audiobook, the audiobook is well done. The narrator does an excellent job with all the different character voices and conveys emotion well. I enjoyed listening to this.There are spoilers ahead from previous books for those who haven’t read those.Kira is working with Dr. Morgan to try and find out if her DNA holds the secret to cure Expiration Date. Meanwhile Samm is across the country doing what he can to awaken the Partials that were put in a coma and used save the humans from RM. Everyone comes together in this book in a struggle to prevent another all out war between the Partials and Humans and to save both species from extinction.For the most part this book is very well done. My biggest complaint is that things start out very slow. Kira is hanging out with Dr. Morgan and obviously not finding any answers there...time passes and passes. Samm is helping rehabilitate some of the Partials that were in a coma for 10 years, he wants to leave and find Kira but also wants to fulfill his promise to stay and help the humans cure RM. Both Kira and Samm seem to be in a bit of a holding pattern.We spend a lot less time with Kira and Samm as the story continues. There are many different POVs throughout the story. We hear a lot from Marcus and also from Ariel. I didn’t really like how having so many POVs broke up the story. However, I understand why it was written that way. All the multiple POVs do an excellent job of portraying the chaos that this world is going through. They help to broaden the story and let the reader see what is going on at multiple locations at once.Samm has grown quite a bit as a character throughout the series. Marcus has as well. Kira still feels the need to run headfirst into the most dangerous situation possible, no matter the consequences (even the other characters in the book make fun of this). One character we also see a lot more of is Heron, she has always been kind of mysterious so it was very interesting to learn more about her.I also enjoyed the inclusion of a new fish-like type of Partial and the crazy Blood Man. Both added a lot of mystery and interesting twists and turns to the plotline. Most of the story is wrapped up well, although there are some questions that remain unanswered.Overall this was a decent end to this series. This was another end to a dystopian/post-apocalyptic series that made me feel like "eh, well I am glad that series is over with". I didn't really love the ending, I didn't hate it either. I enjoyed some of the new plot elements, but thought the pacing varied a lot throughout. This is definitely a decent post-apocalyptic series, so I would recommend this series as a whole if you are a fan of those kind of books.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kira has returned with Dr. Morgan to have experiments done on her and see if she holds the key to ending the Partial expiration dates; failure after failure has both of them frustrated, and Kira begins to wonder if she was created with any purpose at all. Samm, remaining with the humans in Denver, pulls the other Partials out of a coma and discovers that they have outlived their expiration dates. Marcus and Haru have their own challenges in the human community on Long Island, as factions become divided over how to deal with a potential Partial invasion.All the issues with which Kira wrestles, all the revelations of Fragments, and all the characters make up for a lot of threads to keep track of in this final book in the series. It made for sometimes confusing or frustrating reading, though I surely wanted to know how everything worked out and was kept on tenterhooks not sure until nearly the last page if not just my favorite characters but all of humanity/Partiality were going to survive. I had found Marcus obnoxious in the first book, but he especially grew as a character and grew in my estimation over the course of Fragments and Ruins. While it didn't have the same oomph for me as the previous books, Ruins brought about a satisfying resolution and this is definitely a series as a whole that I would highly recommend to teen dystopia fans.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I do not, as a rule, start a trilogy until I have all three books, so I can read them together. But here I got my hands on Partials, and started reading, which meant I had to wait until Ruins was finally written to finish the "Partials Sequence". When I did get the book, I finished it in two days. And I am pleased by the ending. No, it doesn't wrap up all the loose ends, but it leaves us with hope for the future, a situation not promised at the beginning. I highly recommend this series to all.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: The third book of the Partials Sequence is all that we hoped for, continuing the action and the suspense but with even more urgency, and just enough romance and humor to lighten it up just a little.Opening Sentence: “This is a general message to the residents of Long Island.”The Review:Ruins would stand alone better in the series than Fragments would, and there is enough background given to read it individually, but as with most series, it is a much better read as a whole. The background of the plot seems less important even than the background with the characters. Kira and Samm had developed so much of a friendship in the first two books, that we hope to see that continue, maybe even into something more as it has been hinted at with the cliffhanger ending of Fragments. There is the slight inconvenience that they start out on different sides of the continent with a toxic wasteland between them. Unfortunately, saving the world is first priority, and just as that came between Marcus and Kira before, we really don’t know if Kira and Samm will even see each other again. Marcus is still an important and endearing character and we have yet to find out if he and Kira might develop into something more as well. If they even live through what is hinted at as the second ending of the world by some new (and frightening) characters. There are several characters we haven’t met before, mostly Partials, and several characters that we get to know much better, including Heron and Ariel.Wells manages to just reveal one mystery at a time, which keeps his audience on the edge of their seat throughout the book, even down to the last chapters. There is a point in Part 3 of this book that was drawn out just a little too much for me when I just couldn’t stand it any more and I had to peek at the end, but other than that the pacing was much better in this book than it was in Fragments, the second book of the Partials sequence. This is mostly due to the fact that the Partials are nearing their expiration dates. The human predicament doesn’t seem as urgent, until we are again reminded that the humans must have live Partials to save their babies. Something about suffering babies just creates its own sense of urgency, and that particular aspect is magnified again in the third book.The focus is still mostly on Kira, but not as much in this book. We switch perspective much more often to incorporate all the different groups and physical locations, passing the narrative almost every chapter. This is an important part of the plot because communication is all but impossible, creating chaos, suspense, and difficulty in decision-making, and, of course, immediate survival. Everyone is basically running every which way trying to save themselves, and they have lived in survival mode for so long that their first instinct is still to kill everyone else instead of stopping and listening to each other. Our few characters are doing their utmost to change that but they are met with resistance at every attempt.The best part of this book is the deeper discussion about human nature and even war. Much could be written on that subject using this book as an example, and it would make an excellent base for a term paper or book club discussion. It is fascinating how we start out at the beginning of the series on the human side and fearing the Partials, and by the second book we don’t even know whose side to take anymore, and now we are hoping that both sides can find their “cure”. In Ruins, it becomes very obvious that the dilemma comes from having good guys and bad guys on both sides.This book, and its ending, are satisfying, but as with any good series, there are still some unanswered questions, and, of course, we still want more! It almost made me wish that Wells would have shortened some of the substance in the three books in order to add a little more to the ending. It seems that most dystopian novels are that way, when you reach the ending of the hardcore action, we don’t get much beyond that. But alas, that is just a consequence of reading a creative and well-written series by a talented author.Notable Scene:Samm looked at the Partials. “Lemon or mint?”Dwain shook his head in disbelief. “You’re bribing us with candy?”“We’ll take mint,” said Gorman. Calix nodded and closed the door, and Gorman scowled at Dwain. “That wasn’t a bribe, it was a demonstration.” He shot a hard glance at Samm. “He’s showing us they’re equals.”“We’re working together,” said Samm. “Partners, friends, whatever you want to call it.”“What do you want to call it?” asked Heron. Samm gave her a quick glance but didn’t answer.“But why?” asked Gorman. “After everything that’s happened, after everything you’ve told us about the humans and the world and all the million things wrong with it…Why?”Samm was still looking at Heron when he answered. “If you want to survive in this world, you need to stop asking why people work together, and just start working together.FTC Advisory: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins provided me with a copy of Ruins. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a really good ending to a great series!Plot: So the plot moves a bit slow in the beginning but thats because the reader is getting caught up on what is happening after the second book. After that, its takes off into lots of action and drama. Every little detail is explain nicely and carried into the new chapter well. I don’t think there is ever a dull moment in the book.Love/Friendship: We do get point of views from Kira as well as Sam and a few other characters. Each point of view is well done with plenty of detail. It flowed smoothly and as I read, it painted a pretty good picture in my mind. The development of a certain love interest kept me going and I HOPED that she choose who I wanted. Indeed she did.Ending: I think the way the whole story came together gave it so much umph and adventure. There are certain plot twists that totally surprised me and had me shocked. Still, I adored it.Constructed smart and luring, Ruins is an exciting conclusion. The attention to detail with what happens with the DNA and scientific experiments had me completely intrigued. If your in for a epic adventure, then read Ruins.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Partial army is occupying East Meadow. They are broadcasting a message demanding the surrender of Kira Walker. Until they have Kira, they will execute one person every day. Their leader Dr. Morgan believes that Kira's DNA will solve Partial expiration. The human resistance has recovered a nuclear warhead from a sunken navy destroyer. The resistance is taking the bomb to the Partial homeland. Both sides believe they have no other choice. They are only trying to survive.
Meanwhile, Kira has been trying to solve the problem of Partial expiration and find a way to make the cure for RM available to all babies. Kira agreed to let Dr. Morgan perform any tests on her in the hopes that she holds an important solution in her DNA. Kira is desperate to find the answer before both sides destroy each other. She is determined to find a way for humans and Partials to peacefully coexist.
My opinion
At the end of Fragments, I was filled with questions. The Trust had a plan to force the Partials and humans to live in peace. They designed it so that they would need each other to survive. Their plans were well-intentioned, but the situation quickly progressed and got out of control. I was anxious to see how the various story lines would play out and to find out who would survive.
This was a cool series. I liked that the main focus of this story wasn't the love triangle. The story is about what it means to be human. It touches on issues of discrimination and acceptance, what people are willing to do to survive and how war brings out the best and worst in people.
I loved this series. It was easy to read and exciting. Anyone who enjoys dystopian fiction should try reading this. It is appropriate for ages pre-teen to adult. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5"I'm glad we could have our tearful reunion before I crapped my pants from fear."I was going to start off my review with a sentimental quote from the book about love but I felt like this quote from Marcus was pretty awesome. Wow, what an ending to a really great series. I have to warn you now that this might just turn into me rambling incoherently about how great this book was.Before I read this book I went back and re-read the other books (and novella) of the series to refresh my memory. After I did that, I couldn't wait to see what happened to all of the characters. In this book the point-of-view switches between many characters so readers get to see what is going on everywhere. While I have grown to like Kira I did enjoy that in this book you get in the minds of other characters and really get to see what is driving all of them. The story was really enhanced by that and it even helped me sympathize with characters that I hated before reading this. I thought I hated Heron but by golly was I wrong. I grew to love her and feel so horrible for her.I loved that this book answered all the questions. This book didn't leave readers with some half ending. This was a definite end to the series and boy what a great ending it was. I swear my reactions to this book while reading the second half of it would have made some pretty amazing gifs. Your adrenaline will be pumping until the absolute end. I really don't want to give too much away but I just want to say that I loved how the love triangle between Kira, Marcus, and Samm was resolved. Pretty much I just loved the ending.I ended this book wanting to give Dan Wells a standing ovation. I would definitely recommend this series to readers that really love young adult dystopian books. I feel like this series is kind of under the radar but it is definitely worth reading.