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Summary: Suddenly everyone is fighting for ownership of a key
Review: It's a pleasure to see Garth Nix's Keys To The Kingdom: Mister Monday in affordable paperback, presenting the first book in the series for a new generation of readers in an affordable paper format. Arthur is slated to die an early death but his life is saved by a key shaped like a clock's hand ' a key which brings with it the power not only to reverse predictions, but to introduce bizarre creates into the world. Suddenly everyone is fighting for ownership of a key which will change the world in this first book of a gripping adventure.
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Summary: Good beginning...
Review: I liked the story, but it lacked the detail and depth that can be found in Tolkien and Rowling. A bit more story and it could reach their level easily. As it is, it will take the series as a whole to compete the depth if it goes on as is. A story should leave you wanting more, but this left me knowing I wasn't going to get any more from the first segment only the story as a whole would grow. It's a shame cause I think the author has created in this story a work that could have become a classic epic within the genre. Now, it's simply a good read that could have been great.
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Summary: excellant story
Review: This book just draws you into it. The way Nix writes keeps you guess wo or what will show up next.
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Summary: Read This Book
Review: This book ROCKS.Let me tell u a little about it. Athur Penhaligon is supossed to die an early death ,but he gets this weird key thing from a person named Mister Monday.After this strage thinds start to occur strage beings begin to happen and a sickness comes from Fetchers ( i dont want to give u the whole story so read the book:) if u want u can ask me stuff about the book e mail me at s19bzrwizbird@aol.com and yes Dusk RULES
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Summary: Nix has use a familiar KEY to unlock a new world
Review: Mister Monday, takes us on a familiar journey of a young outcast boy struggling to survive in a new town when suddenly faced with unimagined dangers and unsolvable problems and adventures that naturally follow such. While the outline is familiar, Nix has found a truly imaginative way to transporting the reader to a new world filled with amazing places (The House, dead Suns, a Future vision, the Past), things (Robots, Written Words that talk and act, Unbreakable Chains) and people (with Wings, Magic, Faults, and Secrets). Perhaps the fact that Nix is an Aussie allows him to invoke a Victorian English matrix over this fresh new world with should wit, humor and charm.Nix's new realm allows the reader to gain an understanding of the use of language that is flexible and that interpretation of ones' worldview is within their control. The power of working together to solve problems, trusting others and forgiving are also expressed within this book. Any parent would be surprised by the underlying message of hope in this book (and a fair amount of conflict to keep your attention too). While the elements of conflict, risk and danger where in the book, I think a bit more character development would be to the benefit of both reader and author.
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Summary: Amazing book
Review: Dear reader
This book, (Mister Monday) is a great book. It is very well written. The begin was confusing.(The prologue) Garth Nix really did this book well
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Summary: 14 Year old reader
Review: WOW! thats all I can say is WOW garth nix has always writen great novels and this one promises to be just as good cant wait for the second book to come out! Its about a boy who gets a weird key and then gose through an adventure and meets some cool friends and all such. dont want to say to much because the ending is sooo cool dont wana give it away :) by the way to the people who have read the book you have to agree DUSK RULES! hehe ok e-mail me if you guys want to ask some questions will be happy to answer them l8er!
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Summary: He Was Never Supposed to Be a Hero!
Review: Arthur Penhaligon dreaded his first day at his new school. His family had just moved to the area and he was starting two weeks later than everyone else because he was in the hospital with a severe asthma attack. His PE teacher thought he was just slacking off when Arthur told him that he couldn't run so Arthur thought it was best to just go with the flow and joined the other kids. Arthur knew it was a mistake when he felt his lungs start to shut down in the middle of the park - far away from help. Not even his inhaler seemed to be giving him oxygen. When he saw a cadaverously thin man with terrible teeth pushing the most beautiful man Arthur had ever seen in an old fashioned wicker wheelchair, Arthur was sure that he was having a weird, oxygen-deprived dream. Then the beautiful man gave Arthur a key and he could breathe again. After Arthur recovered from his asthma attack, he discovered that the key was actually the key to a clock and that it came with a book, the Compleat Atlas of the House and Immediate Environs, which shows pictures of how to use the key to get into a big house on the block that only Arthur can see. Arthur doesn't know what to do, but he knows that he cannot stay at school when an army of dog-faced Fetchers show up to get the key from him. Even more frightening than the Fetchers is Mr. Noon, who is just as beautiful as the man who gave him the key, and just as deadly. When a deadly virus strikes Arthur's new town, he knows that he has no choice but to go into the House. When he passes through the gateway, Arthur is immediately plunged into a strange world where people collect paper and writing and the children the Pied Piper lured off are trapped. Suzy, one of the trapped children, decides to help Arthur and, together with the Will, a mysterious creature that Arthur is not sure is helping him or not, Arthur and Suzy set out to win the other key from Mr. Monday and take over the world so that Arthur can return home. But it seems that everyone Arthur meets has another plan and he doesn't know who to trust and why was he chosen to have the key anyway? Mister Monday was a good book and I enjoyed it, but it was pretty confusing and very different than other books that I have read. I was kind of expecting this because Garth Nix writes a lot of really good dark fantasy, but it isn't what you would call easy to understand. I liked Arthur, but he was a little standoffish and the other characters were pretty weird too. The worlds that Arthur explored were the most confusing, but this may be on purpose because the reader only learned and understood things when Arthur learned and understood them. I think it may be too confusing for younger readers, but older readers and those who have enjoyed the Harry Potter series will enjoy having another set of books to read in between waiting for Rowling's next offering. This appears to be the first in what will be a new series for Nix and I am eagerly awaiting the next - Mr. Tuesday, I presume?
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Summary: Very interesting, waiting for the sequel
Review: A very interesting book, sort of surreal. It goes from seeming to be a fairly standard school story to being thrown into a very weird world.
Trevor
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Summary: A wonderfully written work of art.
Review: I'll be honest with you all. I would have never picked this book up in a store, and wanted to read it. I hadn't even heard of Garth Nix before I looked at the cover of this book. My mother got it for me, and the moment I opened the paperback covers, I was immersed in a rich, and deeply unique story-line. At first, it didn't make much sense to me, for I seemed to be reading it too fast, half-aware. As I got half-way through the prologue, I set down the book, and went off to do something else; clearly, I wasn't interested. Later, I willingly picked up the piece of writing again, and began to read. Then, I saw the reason why Garth Nix is such a highly-regarded author. The way he describes the plights of a young boy, possibly around my age, is so realistic that you can easily picture the scenery, events, and characters in your mind. The way he makes a clearly impossible act visible. All-in-all, reading the story of a boy who is destined to rule the universe may seem ridiculous, but will give you a thirst for Nix's next book (for Keys to the Kingdom): Grim Tuesday.
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