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Suddenly he was the holder of a strange key, shaped like the minute hand of a clock, and Mister Monday was impatiently waiting for Arthur's expiry date to come up | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday changed from a ruler of many to be a pathetic man grobbling for his life in front of Arthur | Mister Monday | negative | 0 |
Through this undercover work, she and Tony Hill renew their acquaintance and begin chasing down a German criminal named Tadeusz Radecki | Tony Hill | neutral | 0 |
One of my favorite recipe in the book is Prickly Pear jelly - oh, yum!!! | Prickly Pear jelly | neutral | 0 |
The writing also starts to improve with this book and the secondary protagonists, two female, European police officers who develop a long-term relationship with each other, are the best of any of the books | secondary protagonists | positive | 0 |
Now Arthur starts to see things that he had never seen before, and must make it into Monday's postern to get to the house, grab the Hour hand to complete the key and take over 1/7 th of the houses power | house | neutral | 0 |
Oh, and there are some murders to solve in these books, too | murders | neutral | 0 |
Arthur's Earth is one set in the future to begin with, which is a bit hard to follow through his reflections on previous events, but it gets even more confusing when he receives on of the Keys and finds the House that is a gateway to another world/time/reality | Keys | neutral | 0 |
The arc of the stories is huge, but strongly anchored in the characters and Nix's attention to details | characters | positive | 0 |
His fantasy works are not cliché or based on traditional fantasy but they are full of fresh, imagination and worlds and characters we can learn to love | characters | positive | 0 |
However,I will say that Noon 22nd Century has many compelling characters | characters | positive | 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 | 1 |
Also chasing down Radecki is Petra Becker, a criminal intelligence officer in Berlin who has been after him for years and is hot on his trail after the murder of a drug dealer | drug dealer | neutral | 0 |
Carol goes undercover in Europe to catch an international criminal and both she and Tony nearly lose their lives as a result | international criminal | negative | 0 |
In the letter he urges Hasting to come to the hotel where they once met for the first time the Styles, because there is to be a murder | murder | neutral | 0 |
but before he can do that he has to dodge fechters, run from enemys like Noon and Dawn, run from dinosaurs, try not to get killed, and try to prevent himself from having a asthma atackk!! But, thankfully he has some help from a girl named suzy, a guy named Dusk, and a talking toad | Dawn | negative | 0 |
Also, a book appears to him that is very useful | book | positive | 0 |
This is a detailed biography of Alphonse Capone | Alphonse Capone | neutral | 0 |
It focuses on the role of the wife, but in doing so, confronts the roles of the Husband | roles of the Husband | neutral | 0 |
Fisher, now a lawyer teetering precariously on the brink of something he himself is struggling to understand, has ostensibly come to ask for Jack's opinion on an estate case he's handling, owing to Jack's past in law enforcement and their connection as former classmates | Jack | neutral | 1 |
It is fascinating to see Chamberlain's party struggle to hold on as their political capital steadily declined | Chamberlain | neutral | 0 |
She succeeds in creating full rich characters that illicit a great deal of empathy with the reader | characters | positive | 0 |
"Mister Monday" reminds me more of "The Ragwitch" in that a young boy with absolutely no training learns that he is the Rightful Heir to some improbable kingdom (the Universe) and is also the only person on Earth who can stop/cure the newest, deadliest plague | Rightful Heir | neutral | 0 |
I think I found the book interesting because I was able to compare my views on wifedom and marriage to the views my mom has | wifedom | neutral | 0 |
Whilst his classmates run for help, the strangest thing happens: a young man and his butler appear from nowhere, and bequeath to Arthur something that they call a "Key" (though to Arthur it looks more like a large minute hand from a clock), and a strange book called `The Compleat Atlas of the House and Immediate Environs' | Key | neutral | 0 |
McDermid relies a bit too much on coincidental/convenient plot developments late in the book; as other reviewers have mentioned, the bad guys find out what Tony and Carol are really up to purely by chance, due to a careless mistake that neither Tony or Carol would otherwise make | Carol | neutral | 0 |
McDermid doesn't pull any punches in writing about vicious psychopaths who commit sex crimes and the books may well be disturbing to many | McDermid | neutral | 0 |
He ends up meeting an odd collection of characters that have some connection to time, setting the House back on its course, and of course, finding a cure for the plague | House | neutral | 0 |
This book had a good story plot | story plot | positive | 0 |
He also focuses in on the specific structural features of modern life that made psychoanalysis an especially successful ideology | psychoanalysis | neutral | 0 |
Poirot faces the ultimate assassin: an individual capable of the perfect crime | assassin | neutral | 0 |
The killers identity will take you by surprise | killers | positive | 0 |
Cuterston-Jones gives birth to twins with compleatly different personalities | twins | neutral | 0 |
It was a real story about a real boy in an exciting, intriguing situation | story | positive | 0 |
After reading several pages I relented and purchased Mister Monday | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
It turned out to be so much more, it does not bash marriage as I originally thought it would | marriage | neutral | 0 |
His fantasy works are not cliché or based on traditional fantasy but they are full of fresh, imagination and worlds and characters we can learn to love | fantasy | positive | 0 |
Lady Agatha takes us back to Styles Court, where we first met the little Belgian man with the egg shaped head | Belgian man | neutral | 0 |
the end really confused me i thought liz would end up with sean and maggie would end up with dennis | dennis | neutral | 0 |
At the same time, we have the bloodwinged, silver-tongued Noon and the ugly Fetchers, not to mention the hideous nithlings | Fetchers | negative | 0 |
Liz and Maggie are the main characters so this could be described as a book for girls, but the lives of Sean and Dennis are also described in important sub-plots | Maggie | neutral | 0 |
First, the overuse of what seems to be the main character's (Arthur) only fault: his asthma | asthma | negative | 0 |
Carol goes undercover in Europe to catch an international criminal and both she and Tony nearly lose their lives as a result | Carol | neutral | 0 |
If books on criminal profiling and psychological forensics are your thing, you'll probably really enjoy McDermid's work | psychological forensics | neutral | 0 |
His gym teacher forces him to run a cross country race even though he explains that he had just recovered from a serious bout of Asthama | Asthama | neutral | 0 |
Angela always want to be with be with her sister Diabla | Diabla | neutral | 0 |
He's created a multi-layered thriller involving a likeable protagonist plus a host of remarkable satellite characters who make you cringe & groan with curiosity & anticipation | satellite characters | positive | 0 |
-enjoy the genre of fantasies, of a unknown world, as Nix weaves a wonderful tale of the things that will open your eyes to a different world | fantasies | positive | 0 |
Smith tries to tie everything together toward the end, but his "explanation" is so silly and contrived that I felt cheated | Smith | neutral | 0 |
The book relates, with common sense and humor, instructions given early Americans on proper table manners, conversation and correspondence, dress, behavior in the drawing room and in public places, and it includes a special, more intimate section - "For Womankind" | behavior | positive | 0 |
because the Will tricked Mister Monday into giving the key to Arthur, Noon | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
This is a 361 page book about a boy named Arthur Penhaligon who is destined to die an early death, but is saved by a key given to him by a mysterious man named Mister Monday | key | neutral | 0 |
Garth Nix creates a whole new world for us to explore | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
John Kobler is a little-known master craftsman and this is his master work | John Kobler | positive | 0 |
Arthur Penhaligon, only 13, survives what is supposed to be his death on his first day at a new school when he is handed a key shaped like the minute hand on a clock by the elusive Mister Monday | Mister Monday | negative | 0 |
The Intruders is nuanced and dark | The Intruders | neutral | 0 |
They soon discover that they have special powers | special powers | neutral | 0 |
In the book a senior named Liz faces problems like: I love my boy friend, but do I love him enough to have sex with him; and If I do get pregnant what will I do? Will I have the baby or get an abortion? Paul Zindel did a great job writting this book | Liz | neutral | 0 |
being in class mucking around and a lot of boy trouble | boy trouble | negative | 0 |
This key enables him to fight off the dog-faced Fetchers that are searching his school for him, and then get into the mysterious House he alone seems to be able to see in order to find a cure for the Sleepy Plague the Fetchers seem to have started | Sleepy Plague | neutral | 0 |
I am sure Paul Zindel means well, but his outlook on human life is simplistic at best and cynical at worst | human life | negative | 0 |
But with this key comes strange creatures from another dimension who pursue the key, and though he doesn't know why, Aurther knows that he shouldn't give it to them{they work for Mister Monday- who wants the key back} | key | neutral | 2 |
We are introduced to the typical male-boy protagonist, the awkward in school, unsure of himself protagonist with an incredible future | typical male-boy protagonist | neutral | 0 |
In the first hundred pages, Al Capone's name is literally mentioned only about five times | Al Capone | neutral | 0 |
If you have any affection for Tony Hill and Carol Jordan as created by Val McDermid, don't read this book | Val McDermid | neutral | 0 |
It's a book that would best be classed as a shocker with some descriptive, grisly scenes | shocker | neutral | 0 |
It has picture of different bugs and animal and asks "Which is smallest? Which is the biggest? Although it is without a plot, the book has great pictures, and would be excellent for a short bed time story | bed time story | positive | 0 |
THE LAST TEMPTATION is an aggregate of pristine prose, complicated plot twists, roller coaster pacing, intelligent characters, and very interesting subject matter | subject matter | positive | 0 |
In the story, Arthur receives a key that gives him the power he needs to defeat Mister Monday, the only problem is, he doesn't know whom Monday is, or anything about the strange world that Monday lives in | Arthur | neutral | 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 | Pied Pipers children | neutral | 0 |
Arthur Penhaligon is a boy weakened by asthma and in having to live in the shadow of a very successful family | asthma | neutral | 0 |
Arthur is suspended between many betrayals, and has many things like "Trust the Will" and then "Don't trust the Will" told to him, and is constantly hunted by the lazy mister monday and his Noon (Right hand man), Dawn (Left hand woman) and constantly helped by Mondays Dusk, the final of the trio of the day (You may have guessed Mister Monday can only come to earth on monday, his dawn can only come from 12:01 AM-1:00 AM, Noon can only come from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, and finaly dusk can come from 11:00 PM-12:00 AM) | mister monday | negative | 0 |
" Now, however, Ben has been dealt a problem entirely beyond his powers of manipulation: a diagnosis of terminal cancer | Ben | neutral | 0 |
Diabola causes chaos wherever she goes, whereas Angela is ever so sweet and angelic | Diabola | negative | 0 |
Once inside the house, he finds obstacles, a friend to help him, and a fragment of the Will which states how everything should be run in the house and the Secondary Realms, in which his house is | the Will | neutral | 0 |
Tony Hill is on the trail | Tony Hill | neutral | 0 |
While Nicky and Mog are sad at first, they both realize that it's what's best for all involved, and Mog resumes sleeping with Nicky again | Mog | positive | 1 |
Mister Monday while Arthur was having a asthma attack and some fetchers | Mister Monday | neutral | 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 | key | neutral | 0 |
The author seems to have tried out several different settings (Victorian policemen and a sort of Bob Cratchit universe, along with dinosaurs, good and bad angels, and a really stinky and terrifying Roman bathhouse), then didn't want to discard anything | dinosaurs | neutral | 0 |
This book explores the manner in which European - well British anyway - people became familiar with India from the 1700s on | India | neutral | 0 |
The girls grow up into toddlers and Diabola becomes even worse while Angela became sweeter | Diabola | negative | 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 | treachery | neutral | 0 |
Maggie goes out with Dennis who looks like an "undernourished zucchini | Maggie | neutral | 0 |
In this first book in the series, Keys to the Kingdom, we find Aurther Penhaligon, a seventh grader who recently moved to a new and strange home | Aurther Penhaligon | neutral | 0 |
Young adult readers may be slightly confused by all the twists and machinations, but will still be thrilled by the adventures of Arthur and his friend Suzy Turquoise Blue as they negotiate the secrets of the House, guided by the Will, and armed with nothing but the Key, a great deal of common sense, and a very strong will to survive | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
he has Asmatha and the minute hand looking key saves him | Asmatha | neutral | 0 |
All these places are mentioned by Mr Keay (and, of course, many I have not visited) and I found it interesting to read about how each has a context in Indian history and helps us to understand better this continent of enormous population, of refined culture, and of such diverse mixtures of race | Mr Keay | neutral | 0 |
Are you ready to embark on an unforgettable journey into the mysterious House occupied by cruel rulers and miserable children? In this book, Sir Monday: The keys to the Kingdom, Garth Nix develops a new spicy taste in literature that brings in a modern view of adventure | House | neutral | 0 |
She spends a great deal of time focusing on the upper classes, whether royalty, celebrities, politicians or CEOs | celebrities | neutral | 0 |
Cuthbertson-Jones are in the kitchen in their apartment and men come in and try to steal all their food | Cuthbertson-Jones | neutral | 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 | McDermid | neutral | 0 |
An asthmatic, Arthur suffers an attack when in gym class at his new school, and while he is waiting for medical assistance, two strangely garbed men give him what appears to be the minute hand of a clock | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Throughout the book we are a fly on the wall listening to the political machinations of the principle characters in the story which include, Chamberlain, Churchill, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, Lord Halifax, the traitor Guy Burgess, and many others | Guy Burgess | negative | 0 |
Naturally Arthur wants to concentrate on curing the plague, since his own family is involved | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Seeing no other way of helping, Arthur travels to the House, uses his key, and enters its domain | House | neutral | 0 |
Friends Maggie and Liz aren't exactly close, but they hang out frequently together | Maggie | neutral | 0 |
Where his "Seventh Tower" book was written for younger readers, and "Abhorsen" trilogy for teenagers (though many adults got in on the act), "The Keys to the Kingdom" are situated smack dab in the centre of these two age groups - though again, I hope this doesn't prevent people of any age group from reading them | The Keys to the Kingdom | neutral | 0 |
Can Angela stop Diabola before its too late? Or will Diabola destroy the city? Read Angela and Diabola, by Lynn Reid Banks and find out! | Angela | neutral | 0 |
Dusk who tried to get the key but could not because the key has already bonded | key | neutral | 1 |