Half Bad vs Personal effects: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Social issues, Fathers and sons, Family, Fiction
Half Bad
Now a major new Netflix series entitled The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself. In a world divided between good and evil, what happens when you're both? Nathan Byrn is the illegitimate son of the world's most dangerous…
1 film adaptation
vs
Personal effects
Matt has been sleepwalking through life while seeking answers about his brother T.J.'s death in Iraq, but after discovering that he may not have known his brother as well as he thought he did, Matt is able to stand up…
The verdict
- Readers rate Half Bad highest: Half Bad 4.1 · Personal effects 3.8.
- Half Bad has the widest readership — 120 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Half Bad | Personal effects | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.7 (104) | 4.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (120) | — |
Reception
| Half Bad | Personal effects | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 120 | 4 |
| Editions | 11 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1983 | 4520 |
| Pages | 422 | 400 |