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The only problem is that the other hand of the clock is owned by the old ruler, who doesn't want to give it away | old ruler | neutral | 0 |
the end really confused me i thought liz would end up with sean and maggie would end up with dennis | sean | neutral | 0 |
I thought I'd try again with the first book in Nix's The Keys to the Kingdom series, Mister Monday | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
But the sheer imagination Nix brings to this book more than makes up for it | Nix | positive | 0 |
The Will gives him instructions on how to get the Greater Key (shaped like the hour hand on a clock) from Mister Monday and become Master of the Lower House | Greater Key | neutral | 0 |
What could be more innocuous than a small key? But, wait, the key seems to have a terrifying effect on the world as it brings with it a plague | small key | neutral | 0 |
One Monday morining, Aurther is in Gym in his new shcool, and has an asthma attck on the run they were on | asthma attck | neutral | 0 |
The first asthma attack successfully helps readers to sympathize with Arthur | asthma attack | neutral | 0 |
The Epicentre of the Universe is a realm known as "The House" - a labyrinth of rooms and halls and fantastical landscapes, that are ruled over by the treacherous Trustees, or as they are more commonly known, the Morrow Days | Trustees | negative | 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! | responsibility | positive | 0 |
Then they appeared outside laughing, they holded the Atlas up in the air | Atlas | neutral | 0 |
What's behind these disappearances? One thing you know - Jack will get to the bottom of it all - or die trying | Jack | neutral | 0 |
You immediately connect with Arthur-- he has his weaknesses (asthma and being too curious for his own good) and he has his strengths (his sense of duty, compassion, and courage) | Arthur | neutral | 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 | Mister Monday | neutral | 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 | plague | neutral | 0 |
From what I've heard, the author Garth Nix doesn't believe in any religion, and you can see this reflected in the main character Arthur at one point | 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 | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
This book was written by Stuart J | Stuart J | neutral | 0 |
As for the 'bad guys', the smuggler Tadeusz and his crony Krazic, are suitably creepy, although the scenes featuring just the two of them are a bit slow | smuggler | negative | 0 |
While all the characters are intelligent, most of them are dour and anti-social | characters | neutral | 0 |
Murphy, and illustrated by Holly Keller | Holly Keller | neutral | 0 |
It took me a considerable amount of time to get into it, only to find that the plot makes little to no sense | plot | negative | 0 |
The kittens actually want homes of their own | kittens | 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 | Ambassador Joseph Kennedy | neutral | 0 |
In having this attach Arthur Penhaligon meets two new friends (Leaf and Ed twin brother and sister) and also gets a suprise, Mister Monday and his buttler, Sneezer, appear with a flash of light and give Arthur a gift,(Arthur thinks Sneezer is up to something but does not know) a minute hand of a clock (the clock that was guarding the will) and a book (An Atlas he can't yet open) | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Monday allows you to get wrapped up in a world that is both strange and familiar and is a wonderful reading experience | Monday | neutral | 0 |
Garth Nix really glued my eyes to this book for hours! I couldn't stop reading all day! His book Mister Monday tells the story of young Arthur Penhaligon's adventure into the House | House | neutral | 0 |
Angela comes out very peacefully and doesn't cry afterwards, but Diabola comes out kicking and screaming and almost bites the nurse's finger off | Diabola | negative | 0 |
Now the first and least fragment of the Will has escaped, and it is helping Aurther | Will | neutral | 0 |
Cuthbertson-Jones, their mother, giving birth to the twins | twins | neutral | 0 |
The Last Temptation -- 3 stars | The Last Temptation | neutral | 0 |
The whole plot is very interesting and loaded with symbolism | plot | positive | 0 |
Then Arthur went inside a house that | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
From a bestselling novelist with an unrivalled insight into the workings of power comes a compelling new novel exploring Winston Churchill's remarkable journey from the wilderness to No 10 Downing Street at the beginning of World War II | Winston Churchill | neutral | 0 |
McDonald has found new energy in Skylar | McDonald | positive | 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 | Roman bathhouse | negative | 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 | neutral | 0 |
This novel focuses on four teens and the struggles they go through while growing up | four teens | neutral | 0 |
This opening episode introduces us to Arthur, a displaced but sharp young boy in his first days at a new school | Arthur | positive | 0 |
First of all Arthur who changed from assort of goofy asthmatic kid who couldn't run or fight in to a great hero | Arthur | positive | 0 |
didn't get it but his Fetchers got the atlas | Fetchers | neutral | 0 |
Generally McDermid paints female police officers as brighter, more diligent and more intuitive than their male counterparts, as well as more often homosexual | female police officers | positive | 0 |
THE INTRUDERS is Marshall's latest work, combining his trademark elements of unpredictability, craftsmanship and sterling characterization to provide an addicting, thrilling read that never disappoints | THE INTRUDERS | neutral | 0 |
Mysterious dog faced animals are chasing after Arthur trying to get back the key, and they've brought a mysterious Sleeping Plague with them that could kill thousands, if not millions, since the doctors seem to have no cure at all | dog faced animals | negative | 0 |
Garth Nix is a very good author, and he seems to have found his nook with this series | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
with Arthur which meant that they can't take it | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
I like books with drama and stories that seem true, so I really liked this book | drama | positive | 0 |
Arthur runs the race and (Big Surprise) suffers an asthama attack | asthama attack | neutral | 0 |
Arthur, and young boy that was not athletic and had asthma problems, saved the whole world with his key | asthma problems | neutral | 0 |
Foods of the marsh and mesa - buffalo gourd, cattail, cota, etc | mesa | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday tells the story of young Arthur Penhaligon's attempt to save the world, or at least his community and family, from a deadly virus | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
1) Great world creation in the House and the denizens of the House, their purpose, their origins, etc | House | positive | 0 |
Some of the subplots seemed unnecessary, and should have been severely cropped by a ruthless editor: the love affair between the crippled WWI survivor "Mac" McFadden, barber to the politically great and one of Guy's information sources, and Carol, a housemaid and part-time prostitute; and between Bournemouth postmistress Sue Graham and Army Sergeant Jerry White - though the experiences of the latter did usefully tie the Norway debacle into the storyline on a personal level | Sue Graham | neutral | 0 |
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 | Nithlings | neutral | 0 |
Monday rox my sox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Monday | positive | 0 |
In having this attach Arthur Penhaligon meets two new friends (Leaf and Ed twin brother and sister) and also gets a suprise, Mister Monday and his buttler, Sneezer, appear with a flash of light and give Arthur a gift,(Arthur thinks Sneezer is up to something but does not know) a minute hand of a clock (the clock that was guarding the will) and a book (An Atlas he can't yet open) | will | neutral | 0 |
What subsequently follows is history: the German subjugation of the rest of Czechoslovakia and the invasion of Poland, the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, the Phony War, the Soviet invasion of Finland, the British military's Norwegian fiasco, and the crisis in His Majasty's government in May 1940 that ultimately elevated Winston to the premiership | invasion of Poland | neutral | 0 |
Angela is one of the main characters and on of the twins, and is a sweet, kind and, can you believe when she was being born she wasn't crying at all, that can't be | Angela | positive | 0 |
Carol is offered the bone of a possible promotion if she would agree to an undercover assignment | assignment | positive | 0 |
He went into the library and tuoched the key with the atlas and the atlas turned huge and had a picture of a house | atlas | neutral | 0 |
I, like other reviewers, though, wish that a lot more had been done with Leaf and her brother Ed | Ed | negative | 0 |
It says that he is the rightfull heir to the kingdom{the House} but all Aurther wants is a cure to the Sleepy Plauge | Aurther | neutral | 0 |
East of the Mountains is the tale of a solitary, 73-year-old Seattle widower | widower | neutral | 0 |
I loved how Angela was loved by every one and No one liked Dioblo | Dioblo | negative | 0 |
As Jack grows suspicious of Amy, he grows closer and closer to Gary (who in the conventional thriller would have been a woman I think), and their eventual friendship and bonding has a distinct homoerotic charge to it as they both learn that women (and little girls) can't be trusted | Jack | neutral | 0 |
The assignment concerns getting to know and possibly date a criminal in Germany who imports illegal immigrants from Asia, as well as, drugs | assignment | positive | 0 |
Instead of telling you the history of India, this book emphasized the history of how the Indian history was discovered by the British, I always love books written by John Keay, though it's more or less written by a British author with a little bit biased view | John Keay | positive | 0 |
This included blackmail, torture, and murder | torture | neutral | 0 |
But with Diabola, this could be a problem | Diabola | neutral | 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 | Hour hand | neutral | 0 |
Generally McDermid paints female police officers as brighter, more diligent and more intuitive than their male counterparts, as well as more often homosexual | McDermid | 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 | garth nix | positive | 0 |
How convoluted, Salvador Dali thinking processed can you get? The real time part of this book is good and you become attached to the characters, but the minute you go to his otherworld it is so convuluted, out of touch it just can't come together | characters | positive | 0 |
The Meaning of Wife, which is by no means a quick or light read, is well written, engaging, thought provoking and entertaining | The Meaning of Wife | neutral | 0 |
Some of the subplots seemed unnecessary, and should have been severely cropped by a ruthless editor: the love affair between the crippled WWI survivor "Mac" McFadden, barber to the politically great and one of Guy's information sources, and Carol, a housemaid and part-time prostitute; and between Bournemouth postmistress Sue Graham and Army Sergeant Jerry White - though the experiences of the latter did usefully tie the Norway debacle into the storyline on a personal level | love affair | negative | 0 |
The characters do their job, i | characters | positive | 0 |
The wife and child of a prominent scientist are murdered, and the scientist disappears | prominent scientist | neutral | 0 |
From a bestselling novelist with an unrivalled insight into the workings of power comes a compelling new novel exploring Winston Churchill's remarkable journey from the wilderness to No 10 Downing Street at the beginning of World War II | novel | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday is the first in a seven book series | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
This newest offering, "Last Temptation", is a very good tale, but is definitely not for those readers who prefer to avoid the grisly details of murders, in this case those of a serial killer | murders | neutral | 0 |
' McDermid writes good prose but in this 3rd novel I see dangerous repetitions in character types which, if repeated in the next Tony Hill/Carol Jordan book will make that one my last purchase | McDermid | positive | 0 |
Definately recommended for anyone who has an interest in WW2, Churchill or British history | WW2 | neutral | 0 |
Marshall (who writes under several pen names, though is mostly known for the Straw Men trilogy) alternates between the stories a violent murder mystery, the ramblings of an over rational paranoid ex-cop whose wife may be missing, and the disappearance of a haunted little girl who acts nothing like a girl | Marshall | 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 | Monday | neutral | 0 |
My relationship with Australian author Garth Nix is an odd one | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
Angela is as sweet as an angel and , her twin sister, Diabla is the opposite | Angela | positive | 0 |
Instead, it appears to have been written by a woman with a chip on her shoulder with a pessimistic view of society and women's abilities to think for themselves | society | negative | 0 |
but when these dog-faced creatures come to reclaim it they also bring this plague to the world and aurther is the only one who can get the cure | plague | neutral | 0 |
It's a story of a middle school aged kid named Arthur | middle school aged kid | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday follows the story of Arthur Penhaligon who, during an asthma attack, is entrusted with a magical key by the mysterious Mister Monday | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
During this book Arthur meets some odd people like some dog-faced men in bowler hats | dog-faced men | neutral | 0 |
The story is worked around how the sisters cope with other people, and each other | sisters | 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 | Nix | neutral | 0 |
Throughout the book the narrative switches between Maggie and her tentative relationship with Dennis and Liz's problems with Sean | Dennis | neutral | 0 |
Throughout the book the narrative switches between Maggie and her tentative relationship with Dennis and Liz's problems with Sean | Liz | neutral | 0 |
And Guterson knows from the start what his protagonist learns in painful increments: that "a neat, uncomplicated end" doesn't exist on either side of the mountains | Guterson | neutral | 0 |
In order to get where she wants to go, she has to have Carol Jordan do something completely out of character and, frankly, she doesn't do a good job of convincing us of the reason | Carol Jordan | negative | 0 |
It is mostly about the discoverers, but also reveals a lot about what they discovered | discoverers | neutral | 0 |
first he must reclaim the lower house from mister monday and survive his minions | mister monday | neutral | 0 |
Tony Hill, a psychologist who has been deeply scarred by his job of profiling serial killers | serial killers | neutral | 0 |