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In the end, I felt the whole story was pointless | story | negative | 0 |
Angela got all the goodness and Diabola got all the badness | Diabola | negative | 0 |
During this attack, A strangfe man named Mister Monday comes, and is tricked into giving Aurther a minute hand shaped "key"- which is what they called it | key | neutral | 0 |
Jordan and Hill seem to have overcome their personal problems that kept them apart in previous mysteries but a vicious twist at the end portends a troubled future for them | Hill | neutral | 0 |
Churchill, on the other hand starts as an outcast, one who continually cries out that peace with Hitler is an unattainable goal | peace | neutral | 0 |
She acknowledges that women want to be wives and mothers | wives | neutral | 0 |
Although a lot of the characters, ok most of the characters, are rather bizarre the one that stands out in this sea of strangeness is Arthur | characters | negative | 0 |
I could not put Michael Marshall's latest down | Michael Marshall | neutral | 0 |
Dobbs seriously wants to tell us about Neville Chamberlain's politics of appeasement, a policy that ended with his downfall as Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain | neutral | 0 |
Reid-Banks other books are appropriate | Reid-Banks | neutral | 0 |
While Nix creates some unique characters and a fairly interesting hierarchy within the House, it falls flat on its face because the characters are underutilized and not given enough time and attention to mature | characters | negative | 1 |
Another scene is when Arthur is being chased by creatures called Nithlings, he is saved by a friend and it explains really well how Arthur quickly climbed a rope and threw tiles at the creatures | Arthur | neutral | 1 |
Chamberlain was toppled not because he sought to appease Hitler and avert a cataclysm, but because he didn't have the mettle to wage all-out war when the necessity for it was thrust upon him | war | negative | 0 |
The Will is going to find a way, and that way is Arthur | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Nix also uses a fantasy theme that we have all seen in the movies: interdimensional travel | fantasy theme | neutral | 0 |
As soon as Aurther holds this key, he finds that he can breathe, and he doesn't die the death that he was meant to die | Aurther | neutral | 0 |
If you like your suspense novels to be offbeat and edgy, and you don't mind a few genuine shocks, THE INTRUDERS is the book for you | suspense novels | positive | 0 |
Take the Fetchers for instance | Fetchers | neutral | 0 |
Liz is the more beautiful and popular of the two with Maggie often following behind | Liz | positive | 0 |
With her hands full with two little kittens, Mog is unable to leave her cat box (with the kittens) to sleep with Nicky | kittens | neutral | 0 |
In his first two chapters, Gellner focuses in on what might be called the modern predicament | modern predicament | neutral | 0 |
Dr Tony Hill and DCI Jordan are back - hurrah! Tony Hill is the profiler who has retired to a backwater university to lick his wounds after the traumatising experiences he has suffered in the past | Dr Tony Hill | positive | 0 |
because the Will tricked Mister Monday into giving the key to Arthur, Noon | Noon | neutral | 0 |
She's not a great writer but she's a fabulous storyteller and her Tony Hill/Carol Jordan mysteries are the best of the bunch | writer | negative | 0 |
Arthur is a sympathetic but flawed character and Nix, without preaching or moralizing, manages to portray his compassion and a strong sense of right and wrong that truly make him worthy to be the Architect's Heir | Nix | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday is from the genre fantasy | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
here he must reclaim the house from the sinister morrow days mister monday, grim tuesday, drowned wednesday, sir thursday, lady friday, supirior saturday, and lord sunday | house | neutral | 0 |
It is this dichotomy in their lives that fuels the book | dichotomy | neutral | 0 |
When Sean and Liz meet up again, she gives him what he wants, but | Liz | neutral | 0 |
then there was a guy named Noon came in the library and looked for Arthur then Arthur ran for it and started throwing salt, but some of the dogs got him on his chest,leg, and arm | library | neutral | 0 |
Meanwhile, in the ordinary world, Arthur Penhaligon is coping with the pressures of the first day at a new school | Arthur Penhaligon | neutral | 0 |
Unlikeable, dour and sour characters populate this novel that has SciFi/Horror overtones set in something of a hardboiled mystery | SciFi/Horror | positive | 0 |
But the key altered his "record" and he lived, to the surprise of Mister Monday | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
It is also rather emotional at times, though, for instance when Angela encounters these weird feelings where she feels she must be near Diabola | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
Then they disappeared and Ed and Leaf came running back | Ed | neutral | 0 |
I love fantasy and science fiction, but this storyteller forgot something very important | science fiction | positive | 0 |
Garth Nix's "Mister Monday" begins a brand new fantasy series in the "Keys to the Kingdom" series | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
The first few pages of this highly engrossing book takes the reader to the front door of the Lexington Hotel, Capone's headquarters | Lexington Hotel | neutral | 0 |
When everyone starts getting sick from a plague, Arthur has to go in a special house and save everyone | plague | negative | 0 |
The boy, Arthur Penhaligon, drawn into complete despair, ventures into a house only he can see, and into a world he where he should not be | house | neutral | 0 |
Can he save himself and keep the key from the sinister Mr | key | neutral | 0 |
Paul focuses on the problems of an intimate relationship and the decisions the teens make at that moment | Paul | neutral | 0 |
this is one of the best books i have ever read! garth nix is amazing at making Arthur, Suzy, Monday, the Will, Dawn, Noon, and Dusk all come to life | Noon | neutral | 0 |
What then would happen if everyone learned the central lesson of Gellner's book -- that deception, dishonesty, and manipulation are at the heart not only of the psychoanalytic movement but of nearly all forms of social authority? | social authority | neutral | 0 |
It's a story about adventure, but also about responsibility, and courage, and overall I could recommend it to any boy or girl, and their parents, to read it! | adventure | neutral | 0 |
Angela is mature and comforts her parents | Angela | positive | 0 |
Aurther, Suzy Blue{a friend he makes on the way} and the Will now will go through many treacherous tasks to defeat Monday- the Will so that Aurther can claim the key, therefore the first part of the Will is done, Aurther to find a cure to thing strange plauge, and Suzy to help them all | Aurther | neutral | 1 |
Another book by Garth Nix that changes the name of reading entirely! I've read the entire Seventh Tower series which was one big thriller, but Mister Monday is so compelling you can't put it down | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
Also when Arthur was in the house he had many battles and such, and also the last fight | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Though I enjoyed fantasy theme, I do think that Nix went slightly overboard | Nix | negative | 0 |
Includes affirmations, visualizations, and practical guidance to enhance your inner potential | inner potential | positive | 0 |
In his first two chapters, Gellner focuses in on what might be called the modern predicament | Gellner | neutral | 0 |
I am not opposed to marriage and hope to get married one day; furthermore, I was not at all offended by the tone of the book and did not feel that Kingston was trying to discourage anyone from getting married | Kingston | neutral | 0 |
The ending is satisfying for the most part, although it would have been nice to have a final scene with Petra and Marijke, since it's not likely McDermid will use them again | Petra | neutral | 0 |
Garth Nix rules! | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
But later their parents made them to be christian and the good one called Angela while the bad one called Diabola | Diabola | negative | 0 |
But, overall, Mister Monday is a page turner that's so creative and captivating, its shortcomings are largely made up for | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
The key makes it possible for Arthur to live through a brutal asthma attack on the first day at this new school | key | neutral | 0 |
It's an asthma attack that almost kills him, but he is saved through the efforts of a small piece of a Will and a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock | Will | positive | 0 |
Arthur finds out the only way he can stop the plague in his world is to defeat Mister Monday, and a ceramic frog guides him along in his journey | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday takes place on a Monday(make sense) when Arthur our "Hero" happens to become the heir to a will that was divided a century or so ago by the "Morrow Days," which are the days of the week,a nd they operate in the "Secondary Realms" only on the day in which they are named | Secondary Realms | neutral | 0 |
"Mr Keay explores literature (such as the Ramayana), the leftovers of earlier civilisation (such as coins), architecture (Buddhist, Hindu and Moslem), and paintings | Mr Keay | neutral | 0 |
This Australian author is fast-becoming one of the biggest names in fantasy with his reinvention of the genre and his intricate, fascinating plots | plots | positive | 0 |
Cuthertson-Jones figured out that Angela and Diabola can only balance by being around each other | Cuthertson-Jones | neutral | 0 |
As such, the serial killer nit about the psychologists getting killed seems underdeveloped and at times just incidental | serial killer | negative | 0 |
Monday and he is being pushed about by his butler, Sneezer | Monday | neutral | 0 |
The hero of the story is a normal kid who finds out that he himself is the heir to the power of the "Architec" the being that created all of the universe | Architec | neutral | 0 |
Jack is a former LA cop turned writer and Amy works in Marketing | Amy | neutral | 0 |
A rich stew of surreal Alice in Wonderland-type imagery and characters, elements reminiscent of myths, an alternate universe, endless hair's breadth escapes, grisly horror, and mystery, Keys to the Kingdom never lags | alternate universe | neutral | 0 |
The main character was only moderately likable with a barely intact sense of humor | main character | negative | 0 |
In two weeks, Will Martin's father will be hanged for murder unless 14-year-old Will can prove his innocence | Will Martin | neutral | 0 |
It's a thriller that has you connecting dots like mad, except, are you connecting the right ones? Unto the final page, you won't know! | thriller | positive | 0 |
On the plus side, McDermid decides to branch out from northern England and take the reader into continental Europe, particularly Germany, where Carol Jordan has gone as an undercover operative to investigate a drug dealer/slave trader | drug dealer/slave trader | neutral | 0 |
With Mister Monday defeated, Arthur is able to go back home and cure the Fetcher plague | Fetcher plague | neutral | 0 |
Like when Arthur first got to the House, as everyone called the world he went to, the author quickly described where he appeared but I could vividly see it in my head | author | positive | 0 |
It seemed a little young for me, but since I like Garth Nix so much, I decided to give it a try | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
I liked the story line; it has been done before, but not this well | story line | positive | 0 |
It shows friendship, love, and dealing with your problems | friendship | neutral | 0 |
I didn't like it AS much as some of the other books from Marshall (loved Spares, Only Forward and One Of Us), but still a darn good read | Marshall | neutral | 0 |
Soon after the arrival of the key come those who wish to hunt it down and return it to Mister Monday | key | neutral | 0 |
I am a big fan of Garth Nix and really enjoyed his "Abhorsen" series | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
But the tale of The Intruders truly begins when Jack Whalen, a former cop with a troubled past who has of late become an accidental author of sorts, gets an out-of-the-blue visit from Gary Fisher, a high school classmate he hasn't seen in two decades, and one to whom he was only mildly acquainted -- making the seemingly impromptu reunion even more suspicious to a been-there-done-that kind of guy like Jack | The Intruders | neutral | 0 |
In the never-ending height of the House, he is the rightful heir to the lower part | House | neutral | 0 |
At the same time, a serial killer is murdering psychology professors in Germany | psychology professors | negative | 0 |
I was curious to see whether "Mister Monday" (first novel in a fantasy series that has since worked its way up to Thursday) was published before or after James Stoddard's "High House" as the two books have similar settings | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
The novel creeps along at a good pace, and the whole time there lingers the mixing tastes of a crime novel, a psychological thriller, and speculative fiction | speculative fiction | neutral | 0 |
An action they both will soon regret as Arthur finds the key they have given him leads to an otherworldly house that is both the source of a plague in his town and the only place he can find a cure | plague | neutral | 0 |
Norton, Judith the captain's daughter, Boyd Carrington and Miss Cole | Norton | neutral | 0 |
The slow mating dance between Hill and Jordan gets a lot of buildup and little payoff | Hill | neutral | 0 |
I never knew Agatha Christie could bring so much of emotion | Agatha Christie | positive | 0 |
Soon Arthur is being pursued by more dog-faced Fetchers, and a strange plague is sweeping his town -- and somehow the Key is keeping him alive, even though he was supposed to die of an asthma attack | asthma attack | negative | 0 |
Did I mention he was the only one who could see it? Within the house Arthur meets the "Piper's Children" (You heard me!)Actually one of them in particular - Suzy Turquoise Blue and along with her they face many | Suzy Turquoise Blue | neutral | 0 |
He does a good job, in this whole series, of bringing Churchill to life as a very real and human character | Churchill | positive | 0 |
The clever ruse of incorporating the two entities into one was interesting and the only way the author could justify Diabola's so called death, but I felt there should have been a little more explanation as where they came from | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
Arthur a new student at school, has to run a mile in the first day there | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Jordan has helped bring two serial killers to justice and she has paid her dues as a police officer | serial killers | neutral | 0 |
Soon Arthur is being pursued by more dog-faced Fetchers, and a strange plague is sweeping his town -- and somehow the Key is keeping him alive, even though he was supposed to die of an asthma attack | Fetchers | neutral | 0 |
He is now on the trail of a criminal who targets psychologists and murders them in a particularly gruesome manner | criminal | neutral | 0 |
Someone on the point of death is exactly what the sinister stranger Mister Monday wants, and he gives Arthur a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock | key | neutral | 0 |
Arthur must get through some horrifying trials to save his Earth from the plague, and to prove that he is the Rightful Heir | Rightful Heir | neutral | 0 |