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It says that he is the rightfull heir to the kingdom{the House} but all Aurther wants is a cure to the Sleepy Plauge | House | neutral | 0 |
Angela and Diabola is not only a good book for girls, but also for boys with a good sense of imagination | boys | positive | 0 |
He doesn't know why he was given this key, but it is the only thing keeping him alive | key | neutral | 0 |
at the last moment he is saved by a mysterious figure who hands him a minute like key that saves him | key | neutral | 0 |
Later that week a plague hits the town, Arthur has to unravel the mysteries of the key to save his family and friends | plague | neutral | 0 |
-enjoy the genre of fantasies, of a unknown world, as Nix weaves a wonderful tale of the things that will open your eyes to a different world | fantasies | positive | 0 |
My favorite part was when Arthur and NOon both had swords | Arthur | 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 | police officer | neutral | 0 |
When Jack calls the hotel where Amy is supposed to be staying he learns she was never booked there | Jack | 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 | hour hand key | neutral | 0 |
its very exciting and garth ends it so it makes you read more | garth | neutral | 0 |
In this installment, MacDonald turns the tables and has good ol' boy Skylar venture north to visit the very rich Whitfields, where he is, yes, a fish out of water | Skylar | 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 | Carol Jordan | neutral | 0 |
Yet East of the Mountains remains a beautifully imagined work, in which the landscape reflects both Ben's desperation and his intermittent delight | Ben | neutral | 0 |
Along with the key comes a plague brought by creatures from another realm | plague | neutral | 0 |
Michael Marshall has a knack that few authors possess | Michael Marshall | positive | 0 |
Angela and Diabola's mother and father start to realize that being around each other Angela and Diabola are slowly balancing | Angela | neutral | 1 |
She spends a great deal of time focusing on the upper classes, whether royalty, celebrities, politicians or CEOs | upper classes | neutral | 0 |
It was a very dark and mysterious book, but it kept me gripped all the way through | book | positive | 0 |
The character development is very good for the supporting characters like Suzy Blue and the Will, but not so good for Arthur himself | the Will | positive | 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 | key | neutral | 0 |
Gary Fisher brings a strange tale and Jack, with his beat cop instincts slowly coming alert, senses his visitor isn't telling him everything & some of what he's said doesn't ring true | Gary Fisher | neutral | 0 |
The author explains the "Wedding Industrial Complex" that drives the image of the "perfect" wedding at the expense of all sensibilities | wedding | 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 | 0 |
" The wartime episodes, however, are less satisfactory | wartime episodes | negative | 0 |
Suddenly he was the holder of a strange key, shaped like the minute hand of a clock, and Mister Monday was impatiently waiting for Arthur's expiry date to come up | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
He also makes a friend, in Susie Turqouise Blue & we learn what really happend to the Pied Pipers children, and why it wasn't such a bad thing | Susie Turqouise Blue | neutral | 0 |
I recommend this for fans of fantasy, or other books by Garth Nix | fantasy | neutral | 0 |
Garth Nix has woven another intricate fantasy tale including wonderfully believable characters, strange creatures, and a tendency for the unexpected | fantasy tale | 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 | Hill | 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 | plague | 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) | Mondays Dusk | positive | 0 |
But when a fight emerges between the two figures - Mister Monday and Sneezer - they both disappear without any further regard to Arthur | Sneezer | neutral | 0 |
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 | Nicky | neutral | 0 |
I don't find her descriptions to be gratuitous, just very graphic | descriptions | positive | 0 |
After Arthur had to go on a bus but made him self have an asthma attack and then was taken to the bus to be taken to the hospital | asthma attack | 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! | Carol | neutral | 0 |
In the letter he urges Hasting to come to the hotel where they once met for the first time the Styles, because there is to be a murder | murder | 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 | novel | neutral | 0 |
Liz is a little more outgoing and popular, who sets Maggie up on a double date with her and Sean | Maggie | neutral | 0 |
It's darker than any other teen / Young Adult novel I can think of | novel | 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 | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Arthur is a great protagonist, though he lacks the charm of Sabriel and Tal from Garth Nix's previous books | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
My only comments are "Do we really need the Ed and Leaf characters?" and "Why's the guy in Ancient Greece speaking English?" Ed and Leaf may be useful throughout later books in the series, but the Greek guy seems to have been a boo-boo | Ed | neutral | 1 |
But if you're looking for a book about abortion and sex, this is the book for you | abortion | neutral | 0 |
'Angela and Diabola' by all means, is a very good book | Angela and Diabola | neutral | 0 |
This is a detailed biography of Alphonse Capone | biography | positive | 0 |
The author begins the story of Capone in his service to Johnny Torrio | author | neutral | 0 |
But THE INTRUDERS is pretty much a middling effort, at least when it comes to the plot | plot | negative | 0 |
Soon Arthur is being pursued by more dog-faced Fetchers, and a strange plague is sweeping his town -- and somehow the Key is keeping him alive, even though he was supposed to die of an asthma attack | plague | negative | 0 |
This book was pretty good | book | positive | 0 |
Fisher, now a lawyer teetering precariously on the brink of something he himself is struggling to understand, has ostensibly come to ask for Jack's opinion on an estate case he's handling, owing to Jack's past in law enforcement and their connection as former classmates | Jack | neutral | 0 |
McDermid handles her large cast of characters and a complex plot adroitly | McDermid | neutral | 0 |
Soon Arthur realizes, that he, himself will have to venture into "The House", a house that only he can see, to save his world from utter destruction | The House | neutral | 0 |
WINSTON'S WAR is the first in a series of novels about Churchill's wartime leadership | novels | 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 | tenth grade | positive | 0 |
Carol Jordan entices Tony Hill to join with Dutch and German Detectives to try and capture a serial killer that drowns his victims then scalps their pubic hair for his collection | Detectives | neutral | 0 |
That made me want to read just some of the first chapter, and I ended up reading the entire book | first chapter | positive | 0 |
Can Angela stop Diabola before its too late? Or will Diabola destroy the city? Read Angela and Diabola, by Lynn Reid Banks and find out! | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
I, like other reviewers, though, wish that a lot more had been done with Leaf and her brother Ed | Ed | negative | 0 |
This book is a wonderful choice | book | positive | 0 |
because the Will tricked Mister Monday into giving the key to Arthur, Noon | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Written slightly below the level of the Harry Potter books this series should still capture the attention and imagination of young readers attracted to these types of stories | young readers | 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 | Suzy Blue | neutral | 0 |
It was a real story about a real boy in an exciting, intriguing situation | story | positive | 0 |
While Paul Zindel's classic tale of four teenagers and their relationship problems is at times both moving and perfectly toned, mostly the problems presented in it are as dated as they come | relationship problems | 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! | adult motivations | neutral | 0 |
I will be perfectly honest, Mister Monday is amazing | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Hercules Poirot is a person that you never really get hold of during the story | Hercules Poirot | neutral | 0 |
When the idea that she's got to go somewhere sets her traveling, the people who help her along the way come to rue it as this nice, little girl with headaches has a killer's instincts | girl | negative | 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 | key | neutral | 0 |
This book far surpassed my expectations | book | 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 | Monday | neutral | 0 |
The book follows the adventures of a young, asthmatic boy, who inherits a strange clockhand | clockhand | neutral | 0 |
The story is basically a double romance but Zindel has too much of a grip on the ugliness of life to describe the book as 'romantic | Zindel | neutral | 0 |
The story is basically a double romance but Zindel has too much of a grip on the ugliness of life to describe the book as 'romantic | romance | neutral | 0 |
Much to her surprise, Jordan is not granted her promotion | Jordan | neutral | 0 |
I would certainly RECOMMEND this book to all the young readers out there, and even a few of the older ones | book | positive | 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 | book | positive | 0 |
Jack Whalen, a retired L | Jack Whalen | 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 | Kingston | neutral | 0 |
Stuart Murphy has written many books | Stuart Murphy | neutral | 0 |
It also has a little bit of religion questioning | religion | neutral | 0 |
As an Indian, this book was revealing and awe-inspiring by the scope of the discoveries that it describes | book | positive | 0 |
Liz and Sean seem to be a smooth and sophisticated senior high school couple | senior high school couple | positive | 0 |
I definitely recommend reading this book, though I feel it is a touch lower than Garth Nix's Sabriel and Seventh Tower | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
Likewise, when both Tony and Carol are captured separately, both are left tied up, but only one is gagged, and that omision serves purely to advance the plot from a seemingly impossible situation) | Carol | neutral | 0 |
A girl and her boyfriend decide to take that step but they don't think of the consequences | boyfriend | neutral | 0 |
Tony Hill is on the trail | Tony Hill | neutral | 0 |
The author does ultimately admit that there is "no singular meaning of wife | meaning of wife | neutral | 0 |
But she's such a self-absorbed person, constantly ridiculing her best friend and at the same time dragging Maggie into horrid and dangerous situations, that by the end you feel zippo pity for her | Maggie | neutral | 0 |
I would recommed this book for ages 11 and up | ages 11 and up | 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 |
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 | two stories | neutral | 0 |
I like books with drama and stories that seem true, so I really liked this book | stories | positive | 0 |
I've had friends like Liz and Sean and I was a Maggie once myself | Liz | neutral | 0 |
Monday gives Arthur the minute hand to the "Key to the Kingdom" that he posesses | Key to the Kingdom | 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 | Jack | neutral | 0 |
When he returns home after another stay in the hospital, Arthur finds that the Key seems to be attracting unwanted attention -- a statue of a Komodo dragon comes alive, and a winged man-dog tries to come into his house | Key | neutral | 0 |
And yet Mr Keay has some great words for it:"No pin-up ever approached the provocative postures, the smouldering looks and the langourous gestures of the Khajuraho nymphs | Khajuraho nymphs | positive | 0 |