This review was originally posted on my blog, Sav Scribbles. 
 IT'S FINISHED. It took me a week but IT'S FINISHED. FINALLY. 
 HALF WILD was wayyyy better than its prequel (is prequel the right word?), but that doesn't mean it was all that wonderful. I'm talking the writing was better, the characters were fleshed out more than they were in HALF BAD, but everything was juuust under the mark of "good". Okay, let me explain that better. 
 So. I felt like everything fell juuuust short of good. The characters were developed but not enough (like the only real change in the main character that we see in the past two novels has been in the last couple pages of this book), the plot is stronger but still not amazing, and the setting is described more (or better?) but it's still not enough. 
 With that out of the way, I do have to say that the last couple pages (or the last chapter, I guess) were absolutely wonderful. I didn't realize how much I loved the second-person storytelling until now. 
 The bits where Nathan/the animal narrated were also some of my favorites. They were pretty gripping and I was holding my breath to see what they'd do. 
 I would also like to comment on the fact that Green's writing has improved incredibly compared to HALF BAD. There, it was awkward and blunt; here, it flowed so much more smooth (even though it wasn't phenomenal). I appreciate that immensely. 
 I could also feel myself wanting to connect to the characters in this, but I just need more. There was 412 pages in this book, but something was missing so that I couldn't feel for any character. I really hope that changes, because I like Gabriel and Nathan (and them together :))) and I don't like Annalise (I NEVER DID). 
 I can feel that HALF LOST will be even better by leaps and bounds (or I hope so) (or I have been told by one of my friends) and I look forward to seeing if this will happen.