It gets pretty ridiculous with the amount of rules place on a child, but the Council has their prejudices, and it's clear they don't plan to let up. He can't travel anywhere without first having permission He can't have his Giving Ceremony with out permission (Think: Rite of Passage for Witches) He goes to the council for yearly assessments, where he is questioned about the father he's never met Any contact Nathan has with a white witch has to be reported He desperately wants to be accepted and not judged purely on his parentage, but no matter how hard he tries, the Council of White Witches continue to send restrictions: And so Nathan grows up alone in the community of white witches who despise him. There's nothing bright and sunny about Half Bad and the majority of it involves Nathan being ridiculed or tortured from a very young age because his father is the most hunted black witch. However, the perils that Nathan endures really horrified me, and as terrible as it sounds, I couldn't stop reading about it. I knew this was a good sign for me because I'm the kind of reader that struggles with most book beginnings. Half Bad is brutal and spares no punches as we are introduced to the main character, who lives in a cage.
But if you answer is, "I hate it, I hate it, I hate it," then Half Bad might not be your cup of tea and I've got only one thing to say to you: GOOD DAY, SIR! How do you feel about second person? How do you feel about first person? How do you feel about flipping back and forth from those two different point-of-views? If you answer is, "I can dig it!" then let's roll through the meadows together as I wax poetic about how awesome this book was. The enjoyment of Half Bad is going to largely depend on your ability to adapt to the writing style. It's interesting to see how split most people are on this book, and it's not hard to understand why. Upon finishing Half Bad my first thought was, "HOLY CRAP!", so I went to Goodreads to see what everyone else thought.
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