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NOTE: Michael Marshall's alter ego is sci-fi and horror author Michael Marshall Smith | sci-fi | positive | 0 |
The solution given here is fantastic and a bit bizarre and there lies the appeal of this book | book | positive | 0 |
This book is Paul Zindel's second and was first published way back in 1969 | 1969 | neutral | 0 |
Arthur, and young boy that was not athletic and had asthma problems, saved the whole world with his key | Arthur | positive | 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 | positive | 0 |
In My Darling, My Hamburger, they talk about many topics amoung teens today | topics amoung teens | 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 | murder | neutral | 0 |
Actually, though, you probably won't be able to resist reading the entire book | book | neutral | 0 |
He has a feeling that the answer to curing the sick people is to go in there | sick people | negative | 0 |
This book is jam-packed with many fantastical inventions that is purely Nix at his best | Nix | positive | 0 |
But having said that, this is a good read and a great adventure story that features some extraordinary people | adventure story | positive | 0 |
It is a novel and not historical text book but he really takes you into the time and place | historical text book | negative | 0 |
"Mr Keay explores literature (such as the Ramayana), the leftovers of earlier civilisation (such as coins), architecture (Buddhist, Hindu and Moslem), and paintings | leftovers | neutral | 0 |
The suspense and amazing imagination that Nix uses draws the students in and keeps them hooked from page one | Nix | positive | 0 |
My only complaint is that Garth Nix takes about a year for every book he writes and that's a long time to wait | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
One of my favorite books of all time | books | positive | 0 |
I can definitely see the connects between Mister Monday and these other series, but there is little else there besides the fact that Mister Monday is a somewhat dark, young adult fantasy novel | Mister Monday | neutral | 1 |
Taking David Hume as a prime example, Gellner shows that the scientific, empiricist thought of the Enlightenment abandoned the angel/beast dichotomy | angel/beast dichotomy | neutral | 0 |
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 | House | neutral | 0 |
The author followed through with the title in the beginning with an overwhelming introduction | author | positive | 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 | Morrow Days | negative | 0 |
This author did both, and added a plot that, as others have pointed out, grows satisfyingly creepier on each page -- so much so that I found myself standing at a cross-walk in broad daylight thinking, "I really need to start paying more attention to who's around me | author | positive | 0 |
Nix certainly did not disappoint | Nix | positive | 0 |
I liked this book because it had a lot of action and although the hero had asthma he kept on going | action | neutral | 0 |
It's an asthma attack that almost kills him, but he is saved through the efforts of a small piece of a Will and a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock | Will | positive | 0 |
The plot moves right along and the young hero is likeable and delightfully normal | young hero | positive | 0 |
All the people living at the hotel for the moment are somewhat involved in the matter of the murder | murder | neutral | 0 |
It's little things like Komodo Dragon decorations coming to life, candle flames that don't flicker, and coins capable of screaming that make this book great | book | positive | 0 |
This was one of the best books on the subjects of women, work, and family that I have read to date | family | positive | 0 |
My two year old loves the book, a friends 4 year old thinks its boring and too short | two year old | positive | 0 |
I kind of suspected the killer to be who it was | killer | neutral | 0 |
But Jack has no time for Gary as he's just discovered his wife's cell phone has been found in a Seattle taxi | Jack | neutral | 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 |
This was not supposed to happen, the Days were supposed to keep the Will whole and pass it on to a rightful heir without conflict | Days | neutral | 0 |
and at school, some dog faced men come in to kill him along with Noon for the key, so Arthur couldn't be master of the Lower House if he could get the hour hand key from Monday inside the strange house | Monday | neutral | 0 |
I picked this book up in Bangkok as I was browsing through a second hand book store, and didn't expect much until I read that this was a novel by the guy who wrote House of Cards, To Play the King and The Final Cut | guy | positive | 0 |
The novel creeps along at a good pace, and the whole time there lingers the mixing tastes of a crime novel, a psychological thriller, and speculative fiction | psychological thriller | neutral | 0 |
Diana Wynne Jones writes the most fantastic young-adult fiction I've ever read, so when I heard that she'd also written one for younger children, I couldn't wait to read it | Diana Wynne Jones | neutral | 0 |
Despite its cover 'Turbulent Priests' has little to do with bedraggled young women who smoke | Turbulent Priests | neutral | 0 |
The Budapest is great for quick kills versus weaker or similar strength players | The Budapest | neutral | 0 |
here he must reclaim the house from the sinister morrow days mister monday, grim tuesday, drowned wednesday, sir thursday, lady friday, supirior saturday, and lord sunday | mister monday | negative | 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 |
Garth Nix takes his focus from high fantasy -- such as the Abhorsen trilogy or the Seventh Tower series -- to a more modern fantasy that takes place in our world | fantasy | positive | 0 |
Carol's other police officers are very important to this novel | police officers | positive | 0 |
I believe the author could have said more of the world of Al Capone more in terms of his after effects | author | negative | 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 | key | neutral | 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 |
The reference material in this book is very good and numerous examples were selected to support each theory presented | reference material | positive | 0 |
There are a couple of add-on chapters that seem a bit out of place, concerning flora and fauna | add-on chapters | negative | 0 |
With these new powers, she burns her house down too | powers | neutral | 0 |
She's not a great writer but she's a fabulous storyteller and her Tony Hill/Carol Jordan mysteries are the best of the bunch | writer | negative | 0 |
Weird dog faced creatures from the Secondary Realms called Fetchers who were sent to retrieve the key by Mister Monday | Secondary Realms | neutral | 0 |
a great dark read for dark fantasy people | read | positive | 0 |
Suzy, although a secondary character, is brave and resourceful as well as funny, and without her, Arthur probably would not have survived his first hour in the House | House | neutral | 0 |
Capone because of his leadership qualities and friendship with Torrio becomes a effective leader of the Chicago underworld | Torrio | neutral | 0 |
We see the return of criminal psychologist Tony Hill and Carol Jordan a police officer who has just applied for a job with Europol, working behind a desk processing information | Carol Jordan | neutral | 0 |
I am not opposed to marriage and hope to get married one day; furthermore, I was not at all offended by the tone of the book and did not feel that Kingston was trying to discourage anyone from getting married | tone | positive | 0 |
And in this book, the serial killer and the surrounding hunt for him are as limply portrayed as Dr | serial killer | 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) | dusk | neutral | 0 |
Monday, one of the seven trusties entrusted with the Will while GA is off gallivanting about | the Will | 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 | wife | neutral | 0 |
(EG 9, 10) The plot isn't exactly complex but the language colours the story very well and inpires a lot of imagination | language | positive | 0 |
Slightly more relevant, but still mildly tedious, was the dysfunctional relationship between Brendan Bracken, Churchill's closest confidant, and Kennedy's niece, Anna Fitzgerald | Kennedy | neutral | 0 |
Angela has all goodness,while Diabolo is utterly disgusting | Angela | positive | 0 |
At first I was amused an entertained by Angela and Diabola the novel by Lynne Reid Banks, but as it progressed and became exceedingly darker, I read the jacket to find that this book was recommended for ages 9-12 | novel | negative | 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 | criminal intelligence officer | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday while Arthur was having a asthma attack and some fetchers | asthma attack | neutral | 0 |
First, the overuse of what seems to be the main character's (Arthur) only fault: his asthma | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
It is in "The House" that Arthur makes friends with Suzy Turquoise Blue, and learns from "The Will" of his true destiny and has his final showdown with Mr | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
On the face of it, Arthur Penhaligon is very poor material for a hero | Arthur Penhaligon | negative | 0 |
Poirot's last case takeS place at a small hotel called Styles, out In the countryside of England not too far away from London among people from the upper middle-class | Poirot's last case | neutral | 0 |
Diana Wynne Jones writes the most fantastic young-adult fiction I've ever read, so when I heard that she'd also written one for younger children, I couldn't wait to read it | younger children | 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 | Aurther | neutral | 0 |
It's a wonderful blend of desert culture and how-tos | desert culture | neutral | 0 |
Diabola tries | Diabola | neutral | 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 |
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 | neutral | 0 |
She's not a great writer but she's a fabulous storyteller and her Tony Hill/Carol Jordan mysteries are the best of the bunch | mysteries | positive | 0 |
Although it is the literary equivalent of a cluttered desk, Mister Monday's images are rich, and will leave you wanting more | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
My Darling,My Hambuger is a well written novel by Paul Zindel that might illustrtate the life of a teen durign hi high school years | My Darling,My Hambuger | neutral | 0 |
I suppose that's not Zindel's fault, but I do expect a fiction author to be able to cause the reader to feel what the characters are feeling, or sympathize with their situations | Zindel | negative | 0 |
this series takes a break from the usual fantasy and delivers more dark and sinister book | fantasy | neutral | 0 |
The real plot involves Carol, her relationship with Tony, and a sting operation that is completely unbelievable | plot | positive | 0 |
This book was really, really good and I would recommend that alot of people buy it | book | positive | 0 |
Arthur's immediately visited by the sleepy Mister Monday and his butler Sneezer, and is given a key in the shape of a clock hand | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Well-liked by both boys and girls in my middle school classes, this series is favored by boys; and though written at a seventh grade reading level, is also well-liked by high school boys into about tenth grade | seventh grade | positive | 0 |
But later their parents made them to be christian and the good one called Angela while the bad one called Diabola | Diabola | negative | 0 |
Arthur's battle to save earth requires a level of bravery that he only imagines in his dreams | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
The handling of the parallel world, the Will, Sneezer, and the Key and Atlas are all wonderfully woven together, not to mention the characters of Dawn, Dusk, Noon for each day, and so on | Noon | positive | 0 |
Diabola also discovers that she has powers where she can set things on fire, which is how she burned the school down | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
The book is a great read right until the end, so rare in non-fiction | non-fiction | neutral | 0 |
A well written novel by Lynn Reid Banks weaves good and evil into a touching and unforgetable novel | Lynn Reid Banks | neutral | 0 |
Arthur got taken to the hospital and in a few days he got back up and went to school | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
The Architect's Will was broken into seven pieces by the treacherous Trustees to prevent it from ever being executed | Will | neutral | 0 |
Overall a good book from the period | book | positive | 0 |
This book is well written and extremely intrigueing,as I found; once I started it, I couldn't put it down! It rocks!Garth Nix has a way with words | book | positive | 0 |
I recommend this book to anyone and everyone | everyone | positive | 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 | Aurther | neutral | 1 |
'Tadzio' has more chemistry with Carol | Tadzio | 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 |