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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 |
It's a story of a middle school aged kid named Arthur | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
One thing is for sure, this is not another boring history book | book | positive | 0 |
The reader needs something familiar to help them relate to the story and characters | characters | negative | 0 |
Former LAPD cop turned author Jack Whalen and his wife advertising executive Amy left Southern California to live in the Seattle suburbs | Jack Whalen | neutral | 0 |
"Mister Monday" is another great book from Garth Nix, combining darkness and fantasy and leaving the ending open for the second book of the series | book | positive | 0 |
Monday is kinda of slow compared to the others in the series is because it is setting up the series and characters | Monday | negative | 0 |
Seeing no other way of helping, Arthur travels to the House, uses his key, and enters its domain | House | 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 | Arthur | neutral | 1 |
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 | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
because the Will tricked Mister Monday into giving the key to Arthur, Noon | key | neutral | 0 |
His supposed motivation for jumping through all the hoops that Nix puts him through is to find a cure for the plague that's sweeping his hometown, but it really seems like he's just going through the motions because he has to | plague | neutral | 0 |
I don't read many books in this type of genre, but Val McDermid seems as though her work should have a much greater following than it does | Val McDermid | positive | 0 |
First, the overuse of what seems to be the main character's (Arthur) only fault: his asthma | asthma | negative | 0 |
Very good characters with competent development and well thought out roles within the story | characters | positive | 0 |
Recommended for all ages | all ages | positive | 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 | main investigation | neutral | 0 |
It puts an ordinary boy in charge of the Center of the Universe, if just for the Monday, and which ordinary boy wouldn't think that a very attractive idea? | 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 | Dawn | neutral | 0 |
Norton, Judith the captain's daughter, Boyd Carrington and Miss Cole | Judith | 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 | key | neutral | 0 |
cute board book for the cat lover or animal lover | board book | positive | 0 |
The audience needs to set aside plenty of time as 392 pages is a one sitting suspense read | 392 pages | neutral | 0 |
This thought races through Arthur's mind as he saves the world in Mister Monday | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
I think this is a very good book that answers the many questions of young adults as they are faced with them | young adults | neutral | 0 |
Levi describes how the market followed classical economic laws | Levi | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday is about a young boy named Arthur Penhaligon who must save his world from a plague but must go through the biggest dangers that he must overcome in another realm | Arthur Penhaligon | neutral | 0 |
I first got this book when I was eight and I totally loved it! I have read it every year since then! It is about a pair of twins who are born one VERY good and one EXTREMELY bad | twins | neutral | 0 |
1) Great world creation in the House and the denizens of the House, their purpose, their origins, etc | House | positive | 0 |
I thought that this book was amazing, had great detail, and was imaginative in every way | book | positive | 0 |
Astonishingly, he consistently crafts genre novels that read like literature, with firm, muscular, and often unexpectedly brilliant prose that forcefully carries intricately layered and compelling stories | stories | positive | 0 |
I think Kolbler does a good job of detailing the rise of the Mafia | Mafia | neutral | 0 |
Garth Nix has created a surprising world of fascinating characters and ideas | characters | positive | 0 |
I felt like Liz was a friend of mine, kind of like I was Maggie | Liz | positive | 0 |
cop now living in rural Washington state, whose background may be a little murky, is surprised by a visit from a high school semi-buddy who wants his help with a murdered family and a disappeared husband who may have been onto some highly secretive organization | secretive organization | neutral | 0 |
Underneath the veneer of success Liz and Sean have problems with their parents and each other | parents | neutral | 0 |
When Amy turns up missing during what would otherwise be a routine business trip to Seattle, Jack immediately begins to investigate, only to discover that her disappearance is more a misunderstanding than anything else | Amy | neutral | 0 |
It seems as though the author had covered everything | author | positive | 0 |
They introduce their awkward friends Maggie and Dennis to each other | Dennis | negative | 0 |
I felt like Liz was a friend of mine, kind of like I was Maggie | Maggie | positive | 0 |
This is where Arthur must unravel the secrets of the key and discover his true fate | key | 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 |
Dusk who tried to get the key but could not because the key has already bonded | key | neutral | 0 |
The main character, Arthur is flawed and that is what makes him the "chosen" one for the Keys to the Kingdom | Keys to the Kingdom | neutral | 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 |
Garth Nix has woven another intricate fantasy tale including wonderfully believable characters, strange creatures, and a tendency for the unexpected | characters | positive | 0 |
The characters are likeable, the plot is complicated yet compelling and the writing superb | writing | positive | 0 |
This author uses atrocities committed by a group in the 20th century that I generally have tired of reading, as they have become the crutch for any form of evil | atrocities | neutral | 0 |
It's a wonderful blend of desert culture and how-tos | how-tos | neutral | 0 |
This book is not the best book for storytime or a bedtime story | book | negative | 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' | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Arthur knows he has to find a cure for it | cure | neutral | 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 | Sleepy Plauge | neutral | 0 |
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 | Petra Becker | 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 | Jordan | 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 | the Will | neutral | 0 |
This is my 3rd McDermid novel, I previously read 'Mermaids Singing' and 'Wire in the Blood | novel | 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 |
Though this series isn't one of his best, his style and vivid imagination is still very present | style | positive | 0 |
Jack is a former LA cop turned writer and Amy works in Marketing | Amy | neutral | 0 |
The only reason I gave this 4 stars was the fact that my 6 yo was too young for some of the content, making this book not appropriate for all ages | 6 yo | negative | 0 |
) I also feel that there is too much generalization - the author does not give much credit to individual choices & feelings | generalization | negative | 0 |
One Marshall is worth several dozen Greg Ileses, a bushel of Patricia Cornwalls, a thousand Gregggg Hurwitzes, a million Dean Koontzes and a number that defies notation of the mind blastingly insipid Kyle Mills | Marshall | positive | 0 |
male or female | female | neutral | 0 |
Liz and Sean seem to be a smooth and sophisticated senior high school couple | high school | neutral | 0 |
The real plot involves Carol, her relationship with Tony, and a sting operation that is completely unbelievable | sting operation | negative | 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 |
The characters do their job, i | characters | positive | 0 |
With the help of the key, he travelsinside the house and is swallowed into an adventure he'll never forget | house | 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 | 9 year's old | negative | 0 |
The book is by a British woman, the characters are mainly British, and yet the publishers chose an American man to read it! Wow! That choice totally ruins the book | characters | neutral | 0 |
" Capone is a classic in true crime literature | Capone | neutral | 0 |
I thought this book was good cuz it made me think about life | book | positive | 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) | Dawn | neutral | 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 | killer plot | negative | 0 |
I think this writer could be really talented and has a lot to offer he just needs to stay in the real world | writer | positive | 0 |
At times, I found myself wondering if the author would ever start discussing Capone | Capone | negative | 0 |
On Cannon Beach in Oregon, a nine year old girl is struggling with nightmares, her parents' uneasy marriage, & something far more frightening: loss of memory & the arrival of a stranger as she's out on the beach wondering how she got there | girl | negative | 0 |
Liz is a little more outgoing and popular, who sets Maggie up on a double date with her and Sean | Sean | neutral | 0 |
Kingston's book begins with a description of Prince Charles' and Princess Di's wedding and sort of stays there | wedding | neutral | 0 |
Monday rox my sox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Monday | positive | 0 |
At times violent, touching, and just plain creepy, The Intruders is the kind of novel that causes your brain to twitch in confusing glee | The Intruders | neutral | 0 |
With a lot of 'twinnish', a language which is used by the twins to communicate, Diabola talks to Angela because she does not know how to speak a lot of English | twins | neutral | 0 |
It might be an entertaining point of discussion with a child 12 or older, but it's too dark for younger ones, unless you're ready to talk about true evil, adult motivations, supernatural forces, and fratricide! | younger ones | negative | 0 |
(EG 9, 10) The plot isn't exactly complex but the language colours the story very well and inpires a lot of imagination | plot | negative | 0 |
This is an original book, well written with interesting characters | characters | positive | 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 | 1 |
As the twins get older they start to balance | twins | neutral | 0 |
The main characters are two twin girls, Angela and Diabola | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
The story has no story line, it isn't planned out well, the characters aren't described well and its mostly a narator telling the story | characters | negative | 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 |
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 |
You find your self almost hurrying to the next page because the suspense builds through to the end of the book | suspense | positive | 0 |
get the book today | book | positive | 0 |
The author makes clear that the meaning of wife is inseparable from images of women from a variety of sources, including corporate advertising, movies, books, etc | images of women | neutral | 0 |
Their parents knew they had to find a way to make Angela and Diabola be part good and part bad | Diabola | neutral | 0 |