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This book is a wonderful story of two twin sisters, | story | positive | 0 |
McDermid carefully reminds us of the atrocities committed during the Nazi era in Germany in this, the latest release for the Hill-Jordan series in the U | Nazi era | neutral | 0 |
This is a very detailed, but also very readable history of Al Capone | Al Capone | positive | 0 |
Their parents they think that Angela is an angel and can get whatever she wants | Angela | positive | 0 |
The ancient Harappan civilisation - so developed and yet so static - the Hindu culture and the Buddha who grew within it (but where have the Indian Buddhist gone today - how were they driven away or why did the philosophy become unfashionable), the Jains - a sect of the Buddhists? And then there are the aboriginal peoples of India, the Moslem invasions, and, of course, the British | aboriginal peoples of India | neutral | 0 |
Val McDermid continues her 'Hill and Jordan' series with an entertaining story that combines a dangerous undercover assignment with an investigation of a serial killer, each of which leaves Tony and Carol on the verge of death! | Tony | 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 | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Between present-tense episodes, which demonstrate Ben's cranky commitment to his own extinction, we learn about his boyhood in Washington's apple country, his traumatic war experience in the Italian Alps, and the beginning of his vocation | Ben | neutral | 0 |
Desperate to save his world, Arthur ventures into a mysterious house that only he can see | mysterious house | neutral | 0 |
I love the part where Diabola is throwing the chicken pieces! I liked Angela's name, though | Angela | neutral | 0 |
Arthur Penhaligon was a believable hero who after strange creatures called Fetchers bring a sleeply plague to his town, with his newly acquired key, Arthur must venture into the mysterious House that only he can see to save his town | key | neutral | 0 |
He is drawn back to the fray when his old love interest, DCI Jordan, becomes involved in a dangerous undercover mission in Eastern Europe | DCI Jordan | neutral | 0 |
Give Michael Marshall Smith, (sometimes without the Smith), a chance with this book--it is a guaranteed good read! | Michael Marshall Smith | neutral | 0 |
Arthur seems to grimace quite a bit over how he was forced to run the cross-country course, even though he had just recovered from a near death situation, due to his choosing of disregarding the use of his inhaler | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Ernest Gellner stigmatizes Freudianism as a secular religion, where the Unconscious (a new version of the Original Sin) is treated as a Revelation, with a sharp distinction between the sacred (those under analysis) and the profane, between the good (the true believers) and the bad, and where reason must be suspended | Revelation | neutral | 0 |
He doesn't know why he was given this key, but it is the only thing keeping him alive | key | neutral | 0 |
This was one of the best books on the subjects of women, work, and family that I have read to date | family | positive | 0 |
Twins: Angela and Diabla | Diabla | neutral | 0 |
My favorite character in this book was Noon the first big Villain or henchman of Mister Monday | Mister Monday | 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 | Monday | neutral | 0 |
But when the vicar saw them he named them Angela & Diabola which means angel & devil | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
Each book focuses on two stories -- a main investigation involving a psychopath and a secondary case that is generally no less compelling, while also following the relationship that develops between the two protagonists | relationship | neutral | 0 |
It has too few words and virtually no plot | plot | negative | 0 |
Suddenly everyone is fighting for ownership of a key which will change the world in this first book of a gripping adventure | adventure | positive | 0 |
Actually the most vivid memory I have of the story is when Liz calls home to say she'll be late, her stepfather calls her a tramp, and that's when she succumbs to Sean's pressure to have sex | sex | negative | 0 |
There is also a concurrent subplot, quite connected to the larger plot, involving a 9 year old girl who also goes missing but finds herself doing and thinking things far beyond her young capabilities, much to her confusion | concurrent subplot | neutral | 0 |
I would have preferred more emphasis on Tony Hill's aspect of the book, but we don't always get what we want, and this book certainly displays Carol Jordan's full abilites | Carol Jordan's full abilites | neutral | 0 |
It is a great book for children ages 10-13 and Garth Nix creates a captivating and exciting world | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
He also makes a friend, in Susie Turqouise Blue & we learn what really happend to the Pied Pipers children, and why it wasn't such a bad thing | Susie Turqouise Blue | neutral | 0 |
Using the old theme of parallel universes and kingdoms he transformed a normal 13 year old boy into a hero that holds the primary key to the universe | primary key | neutral | 0 |
Weird dog faced creatures from the Secondary Realms called Fetchers who were sent to retrieve the key by Mister Monday | creatures | neutral | 0 |
But then again Zindel is so far above other writers that I would certainly still recommend reading the novel | Zindel | positive | 0 |
Monday's Dusk: A dark character, a rebel, helps Arthur through some complicated stuff | Monday | neutral | 0 |
This book is about two sisters, Angela & Diabola | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
I suggest this book for about every bookworm, people who like Garth Nix's books, and Fantasy lover out there | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
Noon was about to fight Arthur with his Flame Sword | Flame Sword | neutral | 0 |
I recommend this for fans of fantasy, or other books by Garth Nix | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
Overall the story is amazing, Garth Nix is really an incredibly imaginative author and everything he writes is always a great story | story | positive | 0 |
Mister Monday commences the series, with Arthur inhereting a strange key in the shape of a minute hand from a clock | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
I really like the quick adventure on the stairs and where it lead Suzy and Arthur | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Maggie and Dennis weren't all that romantic and close,but they were the strongest characters | characters | positive | 0 |
One of my favorite recipe in the book is Prickly Pear jelly - oh, yum!!! | recipe | positive | 0 |
Somehow I was just left wanting to hear more about Leaf and Ed ( two classmates, who could have been good friends to Arthur ) | Leaf | neutral | 0 |
Garth Nix has created a surprising world of fascinating characters and ideas | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
he journeys up the house into Mister Monday's room on the top floor of the house | Mister Monday's room | neutral | 0 |
All the people living at the hotel for the moment are somewhat involved in the matter of the murder | murder | neutral | 0 |
With just a few months to live, he sets out across the Cascades for a hunting trip, planning to take his own life once he reaches the high desert | hunting trip | neutral | 0 |
Arthur is a great protagonist, though he lacks the charm of Sabriel and Tal from Garth Nix's previous books | Arthur | positive | 0 |
But the biggest problem with The Last Temptation is that McDermid tries too hard to force a particular ending | McDermid | neutral | 0 |
Soon Arthur is besieged by a Mister Monday and a band of vengeance seekers with blood-stained wings | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Monday? Garth Nix has done it again with this sure to top the lists yarn | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
The emotional connection between Hill and the killers in the two previous books is missing here, making the entire killer plot read like an afterthought | Hill | neutral | 0 |
Angela is named because she acts like an angel, and Diabola is named because she acts diabolic (evil) | Diabola | negative | 0 |
Hastings keeps on giving references to past cases | Hastings | neutral | 0 |
We see people with angel wings, dinosaurs, an old guy with drilled out eyes, elevators of light, monsters with backwards faces who have one leg longer than the other, etc | monsters | neutral | 0 |
Jack notices that his wife is doing little things --- acquiring new habits, listening to different music --- that she has never done before | Jack | neutral | 0 |
Now in is astonishing new novel, Michael Dobbs throws brilliant fresh light upon Churchill's relationship with the Soviet spy and the twenty months of conspiracy, chance and outright treachery that were to propel Churchill from outcast to messiah and change the course of history | Churchill | neutral | 0 |
Unfortunently, the Will has unknowingly enlisted help | the Will | neutral | 0 |
The plot is well-paced, gripping and full of surprising twists and turns | plot | positive | 0 |
Given the title and the cover photo, I expected a more hostile discussion of marriage | marriage | neutral | 0 |
They are of course best friends | friends | positive | 0 |
It's this last plotline that struck me as dated | plotline | neutral | 0 |
These books are labeled, "Children Fantasy", but contains many references to myths and ideas that I believe are beyond a normal 9 year's old pool of knowledge | Children Fantasy | neutral | 0 |
The 'serial killer' subplot is not quite as riveting as it might have been, relying on the coincidence of Tony knowing one of the victims | serial killer | negative | 0 |
Arhtur does not know this but a will guarded by a clock face glass box and other odd things has been released which is the reason he got the key (clock hand) in the first place | Arhtur | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday is an interesting Fantasy novel that draws readers in from the very beginning | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Marshall tries to weave a sci-fi tale that comes across as an attempt to master a genre he knows little about | Marshall | neutral | 0 |
I picked up Mister Monday with many preconceived notions | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
He has a feeling that the answer to curing the sick people is to go in there | sick people | negative | 0 |
Monday sends his fetchers to retrieve the key but Arthur doesn't let them | fetchers | neutral | 0 |
I find myself disagreeing whole-heartedly with the negative reviews of Anne Kingston's The Meaning of Wife | The Meaning of Wife | neutral | 0 |
That is why the theme is bravery, Arthur has to summon a level of bravery that he can't, and through the story, he struggles to get this unknown bravery | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Book 1 is about a twelve year old boy named Arthur Penhaligon who has asthma | asthma | neutral | 0 |
As opposed to many writers in the serial-killer/police procedural genre, Val McDermid consistently paints vivid, if disturbing, psychological portraits of the diseased mind responsible for the crimes committed in her novels | crimes | negative | 0 |
I really like the quick adventure on the stairs and where it lead Suzy and Arthur | Suzy | neutral | 0 |
Diabola also discovers that she has powers where she can set things on fire, which is how she burned the school down | powers | neutral | 0 |
Underneath the veneer of success Liz and Sean have problems with their parents and each other | parents | neutral | 0 |
I'd certainly stress this advice to any prospective readers: if you like impossible, anything-goes sci-fi, this may be up your alley; but if you are looking for a serious mystery, with intellectual quality and complex, non-stereotypical characters, pass this one by | sci-fi | positive | 0 |
This novel is about twins,one good one bad | twins | neutral | 0 |
McDermid does a pretty good job of integrating the two subplots, and her use of German and Dutch settings makes for a change from her usual 'real English locations with fictional names' approach | two subplots | positive | 0 |
Dusk who tried to get the key but could not because the key has already bonded | Dusk | neutral | 0 |
In the beginning there was The Architect who created everything from nothing | Architect | neutral | 0 |
From there, the topics of sex and abuse, divorce and value are thoroughly portrayed | divorce | neutral | 0 |
This mysterious novel is about a boy called Arthur Penhaligon who is not supposed to be a hero; he is in fact, supposed to die an early death | mysterious novel | neutral | 0 |
Val McDermid continues her 'Hill and Jordan' series with an entertaining story that combines a dangerous undercover assignment with an investigation of a serial killer, each of which leaves Tony and Carol on the verge of death! | serial killer | neutral | 0 |
" (Susan Griffin) However, it was not until reading, "The Meaning of Wife," that I truly began to confront and make peace with my existence as a female and all the roles I play as an individual and as a partner in a communion I chose | The Meaning of Wife | neutral | 0 |
We are introduced to the typical male-boy protagonist, the awkward in school, unsure of himself protagonist with an incredible future | protagonist | neutral | 0 |
WINSTON'S WAR is the first in a series of novels about Churchill's wartime leadership | WINSTON'S WAR | neutral | 0 |
Too many characters and plot twists leave the reader wondering who is who and what is going on | plot twists | negative | 0 |
These creatures, called Fetchers bring a terrible disease called the "Sleepy Pluage", which after afew symtoms like having a cold, puts the infected people to sleep- literally- they fall asleep, and can't be woken up! Aurther is particually sensitive to this outbreak beacuse he is adopted{his birth parents died in a flu outbreak when he was a baby} | Aurther | 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 | Marijke | neutral | 0 |
Everything in this book is based on what is happening in real life | real life | positive | 0 |
McDermid handles her large cast of characters and a complex plot adroitly | characters | positive | 0 |
'Tadzio' has more chemistry with Carol | Tadzio | neutral | 0 |
Arthur Penhaligon has asthma | asthma | neutral | 0 |
The fourth psychological thriller from Michael Marshall Smith (writing under his truncated pseudonym) is a departure from his Straw Men universe | Michael Marshall Smith | neutral | 0 |
Unfortunately, I was a little surprised, and very disappointed in the way the author chose to "reveal" the main undercover operation to the criminal | main undercover operation | negative | 0 |
The Architect's Will was broken into seven pieces by the treacherous Trustees to prevent it from ever being executed | Architect | neutral | 0 |
It is about twins | twins | neutral | 0 |
Though this series is different from Garth Nix's preivous two series, it's still stays up to my espectations of being mysteroius and strange | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |