The ending didn't really exude the sense of story self-containment which the other books in this series have. Ok, it could be argued that none of the stories are self-contained. However the last page in this volume, far more than the others, felt like it was simply a cliff-hanging pause between t...
Grim Tuesday is the second book in a series of seven known as the Keys to the Kingdom series each book named after a day of the week. The first book Mister Monday was a book I reviewed a long while ago. I had a desire to go through and finish the series but needed to re-read the first two and a h...
Mister Monday - Book One of the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix. (Fantasy; Young Adult)Reason for Reading? After not really enjoying Jim Butcher's work, I wanted to read something that was both light and that I knew I'd enjoy. I knew this book fit the criteria. Also, I read this book ...
This might be the best in the series yet. Action packed, quick-paced, shifting viewpoints and parallel stories--I hardly put it down!We begin with Arthur desperately trying to get home, after Wednesday's adventures, only to find that he can't get through the Front Door. As it turns out, this happ...
The book I read was The Keys to the Kingdom: Drowned Wednesday by the author Garth Nix, who has also, wrote some other action, fiction, books. This story was about a Kid in an ordinary town who has lots of problems in his life till one day after almost dying from an asthma attack everything chang...
For me, this was an eagerly awaited read, as Keys to the Kingdom is one of my favorite series, and each installment always leaves me wanting more. Which is no different in the case of Lady Friday. The wait was a little worse on this one, since Lady Friday is actually introduced in the final pages...
Endings are hard, I suppose. I just wasn't that thrilled with the explanation given for why everything was happening. This was very fast paced. It felt like everything happened so fast. I appreciated the split in perspectives, it fleshed out the difference happenings of the ending but...what happ...