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Now the first and least fragment of the Will has escaped, and it is helping Aurther | Aurther | neutral | 0 |
The young protagonist; Arthur Penhaligon, is chosen by the Will (the last instructions from the Great Architect, read God, before she takes off to places unknown,) to be the heir of the Keys to the Kingdom, to be the master of the House and the known universe | Arthur Penhaligon | neutral | 0 |
Arthur with the lesser key to the lower kingdom of the House in hand, must travel into the House to find a cure for the mysterious plague that is striking the people of his town and his loved ones and find out why there are beings intent on getting the key from him, even if it means killing him | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Plus there are ever present characters of Monday's army, such as Dawn, Noon, and Dusk | Monday | neutral | 0 |
I also picked up on a religious tone to the book, which I only mention to make you aware that it's in there | religious | negative | 0 |
Mister Monday is a fantasy novel to the extreme, with many of the cliches that go along with the distinction | 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 | serial killer | neutral | 0 |
Eons passed, and then there was The Will | The Will | 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 | the Will | neutral | 2 |
The book is a social commentary and observation about how wifedom has (and has not) changed over the years | wifedom | neutral | 0 |
In this series starter, Arthur learns what power he has as he tries to determine how to live his life with this key that he has obtained and this house and little, scary fantasy creatures that no one else can see but him | key | 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 | Suzy | neutral | 1 |
This is a serial killer story, but it is so much more | serial killer story | positive | 0 |
It shows friendship, love, and dealing with your problems | problems | neutral | 0 |
Hill's murder investigation eventually brings him to Berlin | Hill | neutral | 0 |
'Angela and Diabola' by all means, is a very good book | Angela and Diabola | neutral | 0 |
In order to fight the plague, Arthur decides to enter the House (which only he can see) to find a cure | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
She spends a great deal of time focusing on the upper classes, whether royalty, celebrities, politicians or CEOs | royalty | neutral | 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 | Jack Whalen | neutral | 0 |
this book is about a twelve year old boy named Aurther Penheligon who lost his parents in the outbreak of the flu | twelve year old boy | neutral | 0 |
Will Arthur save the world from the plague? How did the "Will" escape? Read Mister Monday and all those questions will be answered! | Will | neutral | 0 |
But the key altered his "record" and he lived, to the surprise of Mister Monday | key | neutral | 0 |
His characters/story lines are dark, the segues can be hard to keep up with, and you'll probably have to read the book at least twice to pick up on nuances you missed | story | neutral | 0 |
Kudos to McDermid for trying something different instead of just writing variations on a theme, but the theme is one she does really well and this effort is a bit disappointing | McDermid | positive | 0 |
With these new powers, she burns her house down too | powers | neutral | 0 |
Once he went in the house he went to Mondays portal and ended up in this weird land | house | neutral | 0 |
When Liz and her boyfriend Sean decide to hook up Maggie with his friend Dennis, the blind date is as incredibly awkward as they come | Liz | neutral | 0 |
I, like other reviewers, though, wish that a lot more had been done with Leaf and her brother Ed | Leaf | negative | 0 |
Kingston's book begins with a description of Prince Charles' and Princess Di's wedding and sort of stays there | Prince Charles | neutral | 0 |
The main theme of this book is that there is not and cannot be one script for how to be a wife, just as there is no one role for husband | husband | negative | 0 |
The novel is full of conversation, and as for action you'll have to settle for walks through the garden of Buckingham Palace with Lord Halifax, and King George VI (who, we find out, was so tongue tied that it was difficult for him to make clear statements) | Lord Halifax | neutral | 0 |
The Architect (the creator of everything) left a long time ago, but she left instructions as to how things were to be run, a sentient Will | The Architect | neutral | 0 |
Val McDermid's latest novel, "The Last Temptation," is an ambitious undertaking | The Last Temptation | neutral | 0 |
A few phone calls and mysterious video messages later, Jack sets off on a journey to find his wife and learn what she is involved in, and with whom | wife | neutral | 0 |
A higher power sneaks through the inspector a small line of text, later proving to be more then enough help to free the first several paragraphs of the Will | the Will | neutral | 0 |
'Turbulent Priests' is fresh and funny | Turbulent Priests | neutral | 0 |
But if you're looking for a book about abortion and sex, this is the book for you | sex | neutral | 0 |
First, the overuse of what seems to be the main character's (Arthur) only fault: his asthma | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
If there is any tool of education which highlights our depraved society, it is this book | depraved society | negative | 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? | manipulation | negative | 0 |
but the key made a strange house appear | key | neutral | 0 |
It's a good story about friendship as well as true love | true love | neutral | 0 |
A definite must-read for McDermid fans! | McDermid | neutral | 0 |
Overall, The Intruders is an excellent book | The Intruders | neutral | 0 |
After Arthur defeats Mister Monday he surrenders his strange powers to "The Will" | Will | neutral | 0 |
Arthur is a likable kid, with an unusual problem for fantasy heroes (namely, asthma) | Arthur | positive | 0 |
In this book, Ernest Gellner uses the psychoanalytic movement as a "case study" to explore the general human tendency to create delusional ideological systems which serve various political, social, and psychological needs | psychological needs | neutral | 0 |
The main character Arthur has just moved to a new school (typical of children's books) and is plagued with asthma | Arthur | 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 | Dawn | neutral | 0 |
I have been reading Agatha Christie and especially Poirot for last 10 years | Agatha Christie | positive | 0 |
Arthur starts to think he is losing it, but a few friends from his P | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
I felt like Liz was a friend of mine, kind of like I was Maggie | Liz | positive | 0 |
Arthur must get through some horrifying trials to save his Earth from the plague, and to prove that he is the Rightful Heir | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Monday, one of the seven trusties entrusted with the Will while GA is off gallivanting about | Monday | neutral | 0 |
I loved how Angela was loved by every one and No one liked Dioblo | Angela | positive | 0 |
"The Meaning of Wife," by Anne Kingston, is an eye-opening page turner, which confronts social patterns, ideologies, and generalizations of what it means to not only be a wife, but a woman in Western Society | woman in Western Society | neutral | 0 |
It lamblasts both the (Catholic) church and Irish society in equal measure without taking it all too seriously | church | negative | 0 |
But the trustees defied it and set out to do things their own way | trustees | neutral | 0 |
I liked the way the author described all imnportant and non-important characters in such detail, but I didn't like the way he kept coming back to the question "why did Arthur get the key, why is he still alive, who are Mister Monday and Sneezer" | Sneezer | neutral | 0 |
But the Days tore the Will into seven pieces and scattered the scraps across the known worlds to be guarded forever more, and only now - thousands of years later - has one fragment of the Will managed to escape | Will | neutral | 1 |
Angela and Diabola's mother and father start to realize that being around each other Angela and Diabola are slowly balancing | Angela | neutral | 1 |
The Will tells Aurther that to find this cure, he has to defeat Mister Monday, using the Minute Hand key, and claim Mondays half of the key {the Hour Hand}which will then bind with the Minute Hand to become the first and leat Key to the Kingdom | cure | positive | 0 |
I had high expectations for Garth Nix's new series since I was an absolute fanatic over his Sabriel Trilogy and The Seventh Towers Series | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
At the same time, Carol Jordan, a very ambitious DCI and the love of Hill's life, is offered any position she wants if she does her superiors a "favor" --- seduce Tadeusz Radecki into a sting that will expose his drug, arms and people smuggling businesses | Hill | neutral | 0 |
His characters/story lines are dark, the segues can be hard to keep up with, and you'll probably have to read the book at least twice to pick up on nuances you missed | characters | neutral | 0 |
Both make the story seem real and really adventurous | story | positive | 0 |
He has to do his mile run but at the very end he fell to the ground because of his asthma | asthma | neutral | 0 |
"The Meaning of Wife," by Anne Kingston, is an eye-opening page turner, which confronts social patterns, ideologies, and generalizations of what it means to not only be a wife, but a woman in Western Society | The Meaning of Wife | neutral | 0 |
I kept on, trying to visualize where Arthur was | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
On the home front, Jack is married to a woman who, just like in all the best postwar noir stories, isn't what she seems | Jack | neutral | 0 |
But what he finds when he does is a another world, calle the House, which was created by the Great Architect- the creator of all things | House | neutral | 0 |
This story contains a great deal of violence, but fortunately while it is perfectly clear that pain is being inflicted with gleeful enjoyment and wanton abandon by Monday's associates, the descriptions are not graphic enough to be overly upsetting to the faint of heart | Monday | neutral | 0 |
The emotionally tangled pair must both tackle their own monsters with little help from anyone else and both of them, Carol in particular, will face great personal danger | Carol | neutral | 0 |
It certainly sounds simple enough, but this novel is anything but simple | novel | positive | 0 |
The author notes a curious reversal of sentiments among highly educated younger women, who are more and more eschewing independent careers advocated by feminism to become wives | sentiments | negative | 0 |
I liked the book for the most part but I think that the author could have put in more about Angela | Angela | neutral | 0 |
Capone and before that Torrio become the main influences in the Chicago underworld | Capone | neutral | 0 |
THE LAST TEMPTATION is an aggregate of pristine prose, complicated plot twists, roller coaster pacing, intelligent characters, and very interesting subject matter | plot twists | positive | 0 |
It focuses on the role of the wife, but in doing so, confronts the roles of the Husband | role of the wife | neutral | 0 |
, I admit I came into Mister Monday with rather high expectations | Mister Monday | 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 |
Mister Monday while Arthur was having a asthma attack and some fetchers | fetchers | neutral | 0 |
The key has tons of powers | key | neutral | 0 |
Angela and Diabola's mother and father start to realize that being around each other Angela and Diabola are slowly balancing | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
The main characters in My Darling My Hamburger are two girls named Liz and Maggie | Liz | neutral | 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 | Piper's Children | neutral | 0 |
For the most part, I thought this book was good and I especially enjoyed Maggie and Dennis | Maggie | 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 | Jains | neutral | 0 |
But what he finds when he does is a another world, calle the House, which was created by the Great Architect- the creator of all things | House | neutral | 0 |
It's in the minor details with which Dobbs fleshes out the story of Chamberlain's fall and the rise of his nemesis, Churchill, to an epic 685 paper-backed pages (UK HarperCollins edition) | Churchill | neutral | 0 |
THe last Poirot case was a heartbreaking affair | Poirot | 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 | plague | neutral | 0 |
The real plot involves Carol, her relationship with Tony, and a sting operation that is completely unbelievable | relationship | neutral | 0 |
Can Arthur save the world with the key as a young boy with asthma problems? Arthur just moved to his new house | asthma problems | neutral | 0 |
Arthur is whisked away into another world, where he must face the ultimate challenge: to defeat Mr | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
When Arthur is suffering from a asthma attack, two men appear to him, and one gives him a key shaped like the minute hand of an old clock | key | neutral | 0 |
Arthur Penhaligon is a classic YA hero-- asthmatic, smart, and non-conformist | Arthur Penhaligon | neutral | 0 |
Dusk who tried to get the key but could not because the key has already bonded | key | neutral | 0 |
Do their parents understand or even care about them? Are they ready for sex? Meanwhile can Maggie and Dennis learn to communicate enough to stay together? | parents | neutral | 0 |
I figure the reason I'm paying to read an author's book is because he or she is much cleverer than I and will say things that I haven't already thought or write things that aren't cliches and because of this, I am increasingly saddened by Gregory MacDonald's descent into mediocrity | Gregory MacDonald | negative | 0 |