silquesoleil 's review for:

Grimmiger Dienstag by Garth Nix

4.0

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This book is like a catchy tune you heard on the radio that one likes without knowing why and while being full aware that there are better pieces of art. At least I can tell what I disliked about the books. It's Arthur. I feel no connection to him whatsoever, although I used to have asthma when I was younger – how can that be?
Well, it's a fact that Arthur Penhaligon is not the most complex main character that a book can have. Not the worst one, but there is not much to look at, to be honest. He's grateful for being adopted by such a nice family (a family the reader doesn't get to know well, either, so it's no surprise that I'm not quite convinced by Arthur's motivation), he sucks at sport due to his constitution, he can be brave and smart when needed but he seems to be an incredibly boring guy to me, when one can ignore all the stuff that happens around him.
How can this be? How can the hero of such an original story be so dull and uninspired when the House with all its dangers and inhabitants is so full of lovely steampunk elements and surrealistic logic?
I don't know. All I know is I'm going to read the next book soon.