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Mister Monday by Garth Nix

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protoman21's review against another edition

3.0

A good start to a series. The story was interesting and made me curious about the strange world Arthur lives in. I didn't get super attached to the characters yet, so I'm not sure how connected I am going to feel, but I do want to read the next book, so that's a win.

dream_book_12's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

helloiammikki's review against another edition

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5.0

Maybe it's the nostalgia speaking, but this was just as good as I remember. An original story setting, beautiful world building, engaging characters, well crafted plot, and excellent pacing. I enjoyed it when I was twelve, and now at thirty-two I enjoyed it just the same.

stephxsu's review

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3.0

12-year-old asthmatic Arthur Penhaligon was supposed to die that Monday. That’s why the unfulfilled Will—created by the Architect, broken by insubordinates—managed to infiltrate the body of Mister Monday’s butler and convince his master to hand half of his clock-hand-shaped key to Arthur. Mister Monday does so, believing that he will be able to quickly retrieve the key back after Arthur dies and thus fulfilling the Will.

However, once Arthur accepts the key, he is mysteriously tied to it as the rightful heir to the Will. The key heals him and gives him powers, but throws him into a frightening strop with Mister Monday, who infiltrates the world as we know it with a deadly plague and scary dog-faced Nithlings. In order to save the human race and discover the answers to his many questions, Arthur enters a House that only he can see.

This brings him to another world, one whose main object is to keep records of everything that is happening in our universe. There, he befriends Suzy Blue and the Will, who is in the shape of a frog in this world. Monday and his cronies are determined to take the key back from Arthur, though, and so Arthur must endure many trying episodes on his journey to claim the other half of the key from Mister Monday.

MISTER MONDAY begins a series that looks to be extremely interesting. Fans of high fantasy or science fiction will appreciate this book.

gmrosiee's review

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adventurous dark funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

embereye's review

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3.0

This is a fun little book. It's definitely for the young, but Garth Nix's imagination takes off as always. A clock hand key, a will with a purpose that takes off and makes things happen as it can, dog faced creatures, terrifying clockworks, Prometheus, etc. It is stuffed full of ideas. It's not perfect as it is the first of a series and there are moments where I'm not sure of the progression of the story, but it's still pretty fun.