Half Bad by Sally Green

TITLE: Half Bad

AUTHOR: Sally Green

PUBLISHER: Penguin

LANGUAGE: English

DESCRIPTION: 

Sixteen-year-old Nathan lives in a cage: beaten, shackled like a dog, trained to kill. In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world's most terrifying and violent witch, Marcus. Nathan's only hope for survival is to escape his captors, track down Marcus, and receive the three gifts that will bring him into his own magical powers—before it's too late. But how can Nathan find his father when his every action is tracked, when there is no one safe to trust, not even family, not even the girl he loves?

HALF BAD is an international sensation and the start of a brilliant trilogy: a gripping tale of alienation and the indomitable will to survive.

PAGES: 352

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MY REVIEW:

Half Bad is not half bad. Like other magical witch story, there's always half blood (half normal, half witch) but in this story, it's not only about half normal half witch. It's about half white and half black. White witch and Black witch have been on "war" for decades. Normally white is the good guy and black is the bad guy. In Half Bad, eventhough the White seems to be like the "authority", the one that governs the witches affair, the White also have their black. The story went into a turbulence when a white witch fell in love with a black witch. Together, they had a son which half white, half black. Some say he have the physical of a black but the heart of a white. 

KL Noir : White

 

TITLE: KL Noir : White

AUTHOR: -

PUBLISHER: Buku Fixi

LANGUAGE: Malaysian English (Menglish?)

DESCRIPTION:

KL NOIR: WHITE is the second of 4 volumes about the city’s dark side. The 18 short stories tell of what lies underneath the shiny facade of Kuala Lumpur. Some might even revel in the juxtaposition of order and innocence amidst the shadows. You will find murder, drugs, corruption, time travel, superheroes, politics and genitalia mixed together with taxis, dolls and children. Light and shadows mix, and we explore the gray lines of a city’s silhouette. 

PAGES: 280

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MY REVIEW:

"Eyh, you smoke ar?" Many of my friends will ask me whenever they see me holding this book. They say the cover looks like a cigarette box (which I never know. I'm not a smoker what). 

They're a number of story about life and family in this second book like "Flowers for KK", "Mad about Mary", "My Father the Hero" and many more. My favourite are "Mad about Mary" and "My Father the Hero". The ending of the story is not what you would expect. Its a twist. That's what life is. Life is not always beauty and you will not always get what you want. You'll be ups and downs. 

Well, there's also some part where it's always about genital. Not one or two storoes but quite a few. At first it was quite "unique" then after a while, its like "Apa nih...."

You'll find different and weird story like "Burger without Side" and "Yummy Meat". There's "Time Agent" which is futuristic. Got this one cool story "Aviator, Titanic and Nightmare Before Christmas". It's way cool but when you imagine it occur in Malaysia, kinda "funny".

Anyway, all the stories are AWESOME. Its certainly a story from different perspective.

KL Noir : Red

 

TITLE: KL Noir : Red

AUTHOR: -

PUBLISHER: Buku Fixi

LANGUAGE: Malaysian English (Menglish?)

DESCRIPTION:

KL NOIR: Red is the first of 4 volumes about the Malaysian capital city's dark side. There are 14 short stories and one essay about the seedy, the sinister and sometimes the spooky. You will find murder, drug-dealing, kidnapping, sexual depravity, prostitution, celebrity secrets, suicides, academic rivalry, gangsters, police brutality, cannibalism, black magic, creepy rituals, political corruption and even busking. It's all totally fictional. Well, maybe the cannibalism is.

PAGES: 276

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MY REVIEW:

To be honest, I don't really read Malay novel (or rather Malay-made novel but I do read few Malay novels before). Walking in Kinokuniya and saw this book, it's kinda different from the other book. Read the description, attracted with the city's dark side or NOIR, straight away grab the books (yeah, bookSSS, Red and White). This book is different from other novel that I read (both English and Malay). The stories are more open and free, compare to other novel where you filter everything to the extend that black is white. Kalau tak paham, nasib ar. And by the way, this is book for young adult (or for people who matured enough) to my point of view.