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Then they disappeared and Ed and Leaf came running back | Ed | neutral | 0 |
Diabola does many mean but funny things | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
The book has lots of interesting magic, blue-and-yellow-striped dinosaurs, an angry old man who is chained to a gigantic clock, and a pair of truly macabre creatures who gouge out the old man's eyes every day at 12 o'clock | dinosaurs | neutral | 0 |
he journeys up the house into Mister Monday's room on the top floor of the house | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
I can't really describe the plot without blowing it, suffice to say, you need to experience it for yourself and I highly recommend that you do | plot | positive | 0 |
My favorite part is when Diabola and Mrs | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
Garth Nix has become my new favorite writer, and my discovery started with Mister Monday, the first in the Keys to the Kingdom series | Garth Nix | positive | 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 |
This book was one of the best books I have read ever | book | positive | 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 | boyhood | neutral | 0 |
There are also too many characters to keep track of, and some of them are just stereotypical (the world-weary hit man for example) | characters | 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 | cure | positive | 0 |
NOTE: Michael Marshall's alter ego is sci-fi and horror author Michael Marshall Smith | Michael Marshall Smith | neutral | 0 |
On the plus side, McDermid decides to branch out from northern England and take the reader into continental Europe, particularly Germany, where Carol Jordan has gone as an undercover operative to investigate a drug dealer/slave trader | Carol Jordan | neutral | 0 |
Unsurprisingly, that is exactly what happens and soon the big question in the book is whether or not Sean will do the honorable thing and marry Liz (!!) or if Liz will seek out an illegal abortion on her own | Liz | neutral | 0 |
The main character, Arthur is flawed and that is what makes him the "chosen" one for the Keys to the Kingdom | Arthur | negative | 0 |
This is the third novel I have read by Val McDermid | Val McDermid | neutral | 0 |
I'm very glad I did, because this book turned out to be much more than I expected | book | 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 |
Their task was to take over the supervision of our world (or `The Secondary Realms') from the creator - the Architect, who left Her instructions written in a Will, to be carried out accordingly | Will | neutral | 0 |
Through this undercover work, she and Tony Hill renew their acquaintance and begin chasing down a German criminal named Tadeusz Radecki | Tadeusz Radecki | neutral | 0 |
And it's the length of WINSTON'S WAR that is, perhaps, a minor flaw | length | negative | 0 |
The story is sad | story | negative | 0 |
Aurther has heavy asthma, which places him in the hospital quite often | asthma | negative | 0 |
This landmark study argues that although psychoanalysis offers an incisive picture of human nature, it provides untestable operational definitions and makes unsubstantiated claims concerning its therapeutic efficacy | study | positive | 0 |
Kingston does a great job of weaving together pop culture and history, and she's a fun writer | Kingston | positive | 0 |
In novel after novel, from Only Forward to Blood of Angels and now to The Intruders, he is able to deftly create sharply incisive and deeply observed characters inside the first page and sustain that sense of compassion and understanding throughout the work, no matter the form within which he is working, no matter the subject | The Intruders | neutral | 0 |
If you're looking for some real Zindel, try I Never Loved Your Mind | Zindel | neutral | 0 |
The arc of the stories is huge, but strongly anchored in the characters and Nix's attention to details | Nix | neutral | 0 |
In the end Arthur defeats Mister Monday and saves the lower house, but there are more days of the week to be stopped | Mister Monday | negative | 0 |
Even though the book was written in the late 60's, some underlying themes stay the same: pregnancy, abortion, not getting along or being able to communicate with parents, suicide, and premarital sex | abortion | neutral | 0 |
Her writing continues to soar above most of her peers, and the relationship between the two protagonists keeps the reader coming back for book after book | relationship | positive | 0 |
what seems to be a bath tub-wheeled chair, and a sickly looking butler from the old movies, his uniform long overdue for patchwork and replacement of gloves, and such things, he inherits a blade-like key, and the Compleat Atlas of the House | House | neutral | 0 |
Carol and Tony (former lovers) are haunted by the memories of a past criminal investigation | criminal investigation | neutral | 0 |
But, if you are expecting a nice meaty serial killer novel, reasses your beliefs quickly, because it is not what you're going to get | novel | negative | 0 |
It's not a sort of book for a reluctant reader, or someone under the age of 12 | age of 12 | negative | 0 |
Kingston covers all the bases, beginning with the world's fascination with Princess Diana's foray into wifedom | Kingston | 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 |
This book is an example of kids with problems and their friends problems all in one book | kids with problems | neutral | 0 |
During this attack, A strange man named Mister Monday comes, and is tricked into giving Aurther a minute hand shaped "key"- which is what they called it | Aurther | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday changed from a ruler of many to be a pathetic man grobbling for his life in front of Arthur | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday is an interesting Fantasy novel that draws readers in from the very beginning | Mister Monday | positive | 0 |
Unsurprisingly, that is exactly what happens and soon the big question in the book is whether or not Sean will do the honorable thing and marry Liz (!!) or if Liz will seek out an illegal abortion on her own | Liz | neutral | 1 |
But then again Zindel is so far above other writers that I would certainly still recommend reading the novel | Zindel | positive | 0 |
It's an insight into the law enforcement agencies across Europe and an undercover police operation all rolled into one | law enforcement agencies | neutral | 0 |
I liked it when Dybo pushed miss Mursles off the climbing frame without any clothes on! Angela and Diabola is a great book for all ages because it is not violent but it is extra funny | all ages | positive | 0 |
Actually a very good novel, just not what i was expecting | novel | positive | 0 |
When a disease breaks out, he finds that it is spread by the Fetchers | Fetchers | neutral | 0 |
But the key altered his "record" and he lived, to the surprise of Mister Monday | key | neutral | 0 |
The historical aspect is educational and the various topics explored in this book has opened my eyes to the little things I take for granted every day | historical aspect | positive | 0 |
I'm inclined to agree with Ramseelbird's review, and unlike indiegirl29, I don't recall Liz going out with another guy who nearly rapes her | Liz | neutral | 0 |
So along the way he meets Suzy Turquoise Blue who once was a human like Arthur, but has become a "denizen" of the house where it is almost impossible to be killed/die and you never Have to eat or drink, and never get colds | house | neutral | 0 |
An asthmatic seventh grade boy, Arthur Penhaligan, is the hero for this seven book fantasy | Arthur Penhaligan | neutral | 0 |
Val McDermid is a superb storyteller | storyteller | positive | 0 |
When I took the first look at the cover I knew that it would be a wonderfull book | book | positive | 0 |
I loved this book probably because I love every book I read but mostly because Garth Nix is an awesome author | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
This confusion is only helped by the fact that Nix tends to rely on extremely vague descriptions of characters and environments that leave the reader wondering where the characters are and what they look like | Nix | neutral | 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 | Gary | neutral | 0 |
The Endless Game is the first of a two-book series (the second is: A Spy at Twilight) in the vein of the Le Carre "Karla" quartet | two-book series | neutral | 0 |
If you are looking for a thrilling mystery, this is the book for you! This book is about an asmatic boy who has moved to a new school and the first day has a asma attack | asma attack | negative | 0 |
Meanwhile, relegated to the periphery of British politics and virtually an outcast, Churchill obstinately lashes out against appeasement and loudly proclaims the necessity for total war to save democracy from the depredations of the Nazis | democracy | neutral | 0 |
In fact this novel should be read after you have read a substantial number of Agatha Christies | novel | 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 descriptions of Arthur's travels through the House are both interesting and highly confusing at times | House | neutral | 0 |
Capone was not a member of the Mafia group, but he knew their main leaders | Mafia | neutral | 0 |
This book is based mainly for teens having troubles | teens | positive | 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" | correspondence | neutral | 0 |
In this fantastic story of trust and adventures, a boy named Author holds the Key to the future, and what will that bring? | Author | neutral | 0 |
When Angela is near Diabola, she can't do anything wrong | Angela | 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 |
It is an off-beat,slightly wacky and very page-turning book,that I imagine would make a really fun family movie with a similiar humour to Matilda | book | positive | 0 |
I thought this was a great book it had non-stop action | book | positive | 0 |
Though I enjoyed fantasy theme, I do think that Nix went slightly overboard | fantasy theme | positive | 0 |
I would not suggest this book to anyone it was terrible! I should be more careful when I pick up a book | book | negative | 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! | undercover assignment | negative | 0 |
I was interested enough in the strange and original concept to read on to the next book, so I would venture to say that Mister Monday is definitely worth reading at least once | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Garth Nix makes every chapter eventful and ends the chapter so that you want to keep reading what happens next | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
I loved the chapter: Diabola develops new skills | chapter | positive | 0 |
It's a pleasure to see Garth Nix's Keys To The Kingdom: Mister Monday in affordable paperback, presenting the first book in the series for a new generation of readers in an affordable paper format | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
Angela and Diabola is a silly, funny and a great book | book | 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 | Master of the Lower House | neutral | 0 |
The Intruders is no different in this regard, but that's why its so much fun to read! If you like to be mentally twisted up in a book, Marshall's writing will accomodate you | The Intruders | positive | 0 |
Taking David Hume as a prime example, Gellner shows that the scientific, empiricist thought of the Enlightenment abandoned the angel/beast dichotomy | Gellner | neutral | 0 |
first he must reclaim the lower house from mister monday and survive his minions | mister monday | neutral | 0 |
McDermid concentrates far too much on Carol Jordan's side of the book, and not nearly enough on the serial killer aspect of the plot, which is what she is known for, and what she does best | McDermid | neutral | 0 |
After reading nearly 30 novels, Poirot had been a part of life | Poirot | neutral | 0 |
The cast of characters in this sweeping story by Michael Dobbs of political maneuvering, skullduggery, and backstabbing is an historical Who's Who of the times: the ailing, haughty, and pacifist Chamberlain, who personifies England's bitter memories of the Great War and the popular concept of "never again"; the ambitious and self-absorbed Churchill, whose pugnacity sometimes clouds prudence; the defeatist, philandering, and anti-Semitic U | Chamberlain | negative | 0 |
5) As much as the storylines are resolved, the resolution was also satisfactory and didn't make me feel cheated or the author tried too hard or too little to provide a satisfying ending | author | neutral | 0 |
On of the greatest scenes of action is when Arthur and Mister Monday are fighting, the descriptiveness was so vivid I thought I was watching them the whole time | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
This definitive handbook, written by one of the world's leading authorities on C | authorities | positive | 0 |
This book surprised me | book | positive | 0 |
Everyone is sure to luv this book! | book | positive | 0 |
At the same time, we have the bloodwinged, silver-tongued Noon and the ugly Fetchers, not to mention the hideous nithlings | Noon | neutral | 0 |
Imagine a vast world inside a House where everything we know in the modern day is questioned | House | negative | 0 |
Diabla always throws things at Angela, but Angela still loves her anyway | Angela | neutral | 0 |
This novel focuses on the issue of sex and it helps teenagers understand how complicated it gets if the teenager decides to develope a intimid relationship | novel | neutral | 0 |
during the run he comes to have this thing known as the lesser key, it looks sorta like the minute hand of a clock | lesser key | neutral | 0 |
This was one of the best books on the subjects of women, work, and family that I have read to date | work | positive | 0 |
Throughout the book the narrative switches between Maggie and her tentative relationship with Dennis and Liz's problems with Sean | Sean | neutral | 0 |
One Monday morining, Aurther is in Gym in his new shcool, and has an asthma attck on the run they were on | Aurther | neutral | 0 |