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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! | younger ones | negative | 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 | Nix | neutral | 0 |
The mystery is secondary to the rest of the story and is only really approached in the remaining 30 pages of the book | mystery | negative | 0 |
I recommend THE INTRUDERS if you enjoy good writing, but if you want a great story, you should try THE STRAW MEN instead | THE INTRUDERS | positive | 0 |
Arthur must get through some horrifying trials to save his Earth from the plague, and to prove that he is the Rightful Heir | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
I've read all of the major bios on "Big Al" and this is by far the best | bios | positive | 0 |
I was interested enough in the strange and original concept to read on to the next book, so I would venture to say that Mister Monday is definitely worth reading at least once | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Angela and Diabola is one of my all-time favorite books | Angela and Diabola | neutral | 0 |
this is a really great fantasy book | book | positive | 0 |
What Marshall does, however, is not only create a chilling tale that will keep you awake at night, but he also provides a possible answer to a question that has puzzled individuals for hundreds of years: What, precisely, makes us what, and who, we are? | chilling tale | neutral | 0 |
These books have Garth Nix's classic prosaic style of writing, with interestingly new concepts woven in, the Morrow Days; Dawn, Noon and Dusk; and the Will | the Will | neutral | 0 |
I picked up this book mainly because of its cover not knowing that is was a non-fiction book | non-fiction | neutral | 0 |
I think this is a very good book that answers the many questions of young adults as they are faced with them | young adults | neutral | 0 |
I have no idea if it was only my book with this problem | book | negative | 0 |
I first got this book when I was eight and I totally loved it! I have read it every year since then! It is about a pair of twins who are born one VERY good and one EXTREMELY bad | twins | neutral | 0 |
I liked this book, it caught my interest quickly which for me is important | book | positive | 0 |
I will be perfectly honest, Mister Monday is amazing | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
However, this quibble aside, I recommend "The Last Temptation | The Last Temptation | neutral | 0 |
Personally, I don't mind the sacrifice of order a bit, especially in a book for children | children | positive | 0 |
Monday, one of the seven trusties entrusted with the Will while GA is off gallivanting about | Monday | neutral | 0 |
It's a story about adventure, but also about responsibility, and courage, and overall I could recommend it to any boy or girl, and their parents, to read it! | adventure | 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 | guy | positive | 0 |
The story of Angela and Diabola all begins when Mrs | Angela and Diabola | neutral | 0 |
The kind of reader that might enjoy this book is someone that likes adventure, excitement and funny books like me | adventure | positive | 0 |
The main characters in My Darling My Hamburger are two girls named Liz and Maggie | My Darling My Hamburger | neutral | 0 |
I do have a suggestion; if you're a "happy" person and like to read "happy happy" books, Michael Marshall is probably NOT for you | Michael Marshall | neutral | 0 |
This is a great book and one that gets you thinking about marriage | book | positive | 0 |
If you are a parent and want your kid to get into reading, this book is perfect | book | positive | 0 |
Despite its cover 'Turbulent Priests' has little to do with bedraggled young women who smoke | Turbulent Priests | neutral | 0 |
Written for young adults this is a book that can be enjoyed by anyone who loves a good fantasy story | young adults | positive | 0 |
This is dark fantasy at its best | dark fantasy | positive | 0 |
He is now on the trail of a criminal who targets psychologists and murders them in a particularly gruesome manner | criminal | neutral | 0 |
THis series isn't as good as the Abhorson series, but then it is aimed at a younger audience | younger audience | positive | 0 |
THE INTRUDERS is a tale well-spun with lashings of deceit & determination, action & clues, body & mind invasions & chases, & other scary stuff | tale | positive | 0 |
That's why Mister Monday is so irresistible, and it's a great book not only for fantasy readers, but also for anyone looking for a great story | fantasy readers | positive | 0 |
But when a fight emerges between the two figures - Mister Monday and Sneezer - they both disappear without any further regard to Arthur | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
I enjoyed the story, but I still don't think its right for pre-teens | pre-teens | negative | 0 |
but before he can do that he has to dodge fechters, run from enemys like Noon and Dawn, run from dinosaurs, try not to get killed, and try to prevent himself from having a asthma atackk!! But, thankfully he has some help from a girl named suzy, a guy named Dusk, and a talking toad | suzy | neutral | 0 |
In fact this novel should be read after you have read a substantial number of Agatha Christies | Agatha Christies | neutral | 0 |
Somehow I was just left wanting to hear more about Leaf and Ed ( two classmates, who could have been good friends to Arthur ) | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
A very interesting read for both married and unmarried individuals | married | positive | 0 |
I finished the novel last night and found it hard to sleep after that | novel | positive | 0 |
This was one of the best books that I have read and I encourage other people to read it | books | positive | 0 |
Mister Monday is one book you will not put down | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
terrifying reading | reading | positive | 0 |
Monday is interesting enough but to really enjoy you have to continue the series | Monday | positive | 0 |
Ernest Gellner stigmatizes Freudianism as a secular religion, where the Unconscious (a new version of the Original Sin) is treated as a Revelation, with a sharp distinction between the sacred (those under analysis) and the profane, between the good (the true believers) and the bad, and where reason must be suspended | Ernest Gellner | neutral | 0 |
It's actually a very cleverly plotted story about a young girl on a island off Ireland who is claimed to be the messiah | story | positive | 0 |
If you like contmporary fiction, you might enjoy Angela and Diabla | Angela and Diabla | neutral | 0 |
Michael Marshall has a knack that few authors possess | Michael Marshall | positive | 0 |
Tony Hill is also in Europe, helping the police solve a series of murders in which psychologists are the victims | psychologists | negative | 0 |
I really enjoyed this book | book | positive | 0 |
McDermid, however, really gets into the heads of her twisted antagonists and she seems to have done a tremendous amount of research | McDermid | positive | 0 |
The Meaning of Wife picks up where that excellent book ends | Meaning of Wife | neutral | 0 |
Banks has writin better books than this book, | Banks | neutral | 0 |
Jack Whalen and his wife Amy live in Birch Crossing in Washington | Jack Whalen | neutral | 0 |
Dusk who tried to get the key but could not because the key has already bonded | key | neutral | 0 |
I have read many fantasy books in my life, but this one really wowed me | fantasy books | neutral | 0 |
The twist at the ending was thought out well | twist | positive | 0 |
The main gender that would want to read this book would be girls because of what the story is based on and because they can relate to it the best | girls | positive | 0 |
Monday and he is being pushed about by his butler, Sneezer | Sneezer | neutral | 0 |
I found this a good book from a good author | author | positive | 0 |
But when he publishes a novel of such quality as THE INTRUDERS, one remembers that any book of his is worth the wait, no matter how long it may be | THE INTRUDERS | neutral | 0 |
The book had a far-fetched premise, but once I was able to move past that detail, the book was readable, albeit unrealistic | book | negative | 1 |
Angela and Diabola is one of the best books I've ever read | Angela and Diabola | neutral | 0 |
I liked it when Dybo pushed the miss Mursles off the climbing frame without any clothes on! I think that Angela and Diabola is the best book I read this year!!!!!!!!!! | Angela and Diabola | neutral | 0 |
I found this a good book from a good author | book | positive | 0 |
I would also recommend this book as a book club selection because I can definitely see women talking about this in depth - from the heart | book | positive | 0 |
His fantasy works are not cliché or based on traditional fantasy but they are full of fresh, imagination and worlds and characters we can learn to love | fantasy | positive | 0 |
For this new series of book, Garth Nix obviously had a younger public in mind than for his best selling Abhorsen trilogy | younger public | positive | 0 |
Both the complexity of the plot and the at times nightmare-like imagery may keep this from being a book for fifth grade and under, unless a child in these years is looking to be challenged and a little frightened | fifth grade | positive | 0 |
Like when Arthur first got to the House, as everyone called the world he went to, the author quickly described where he appeared but I could vividly see it in my head | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Then, by diminishing his audience's reason, Marshall allows for a wide open thriller that presses on in relentless horror | thriller | positive | 0 |
In one chapter, Levi describes how many of the prisoners, after fourteen hours of manual labor, would assemble in one corner of the camp in a market | Levi | neutral | 0 |
Give Michael Marshall Smith, (sometimes without the Smith), a chance with this book--it is a guaranteed good read! | book | positive | 0 |
From there, the topics of sex and abuse, divorce and value are thoroughly portrayed | sex | neutral | 0 |
This is the first book in the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix | book | neutral | 0 |
It's a book that would best be classed as a shocker with some descriptive, grisly scenes | shocker | neutral | 0 |
Altogether, a most satisfying read for lovers of spy fiction | lovers of spy fiction | positive | 0 |
They show the 3 bugs currently under discussion (small, smaller, smallest, for example) in juxtaposition which makes it easy to talk about the concepts | bugs | neutral | 0 |
I first got this book when I was eight and I totally loved it! I have read it every year since then! It is about a pair of twins who are born one VERY good and one EXTREMELY bad | eight | neutral | 0 |
Garth Nix has become my new favorite writer, and my discovery started with Mister Monday, the first in the Keys to the Kingdom series | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
Personal I loved My Darling My Hamburger | My Darling My Hamburger | neutral | 0 |
So basically the author took the opportunity to explain all the confusing parts in the book up to that point | author | positive | 0 |
While Garth Nix's fictional characters often have magical powers he, too, has a power - the power to create fantasy tales that have earned him a host of young fans | fantasy tales | positive | 0 |
But then again Zindel is so far above other writers that I would certainly still recommend reading the novel | Zindel | positive | 0 |
Part of the "Paladin Movements and Ideas" series, this book is an exploration of the latter half of the 19th century, explaining where Sigmund Freud came from and why he happened when he did | Paladin Movements and Ideas | neutral | 0 |
Quite possibly the best biography you'll ever read | biography | neutral | 0 |
The only reason I gave this 4 stars was the fact that my 6 yo was too young for some of the content, making this book not appropriate for all ages | 6 yo | negative | 0 |
It is a great book for children, to help them start on a path to learning size relationships | children | positive | 0 |
He is followed by creatures called Fetchers | Fetchers | neutral | 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 | classic tale | neutral | 0 |
This book surprised me | book | positive | 0 |
In total, I found this book to be more than adequate | book | positive | 0 |
"The Meaning of Wife," by Anne Kingston, is an eye-opening page turner, which confronts social patterns, ideologies, and generalizations of what it means to not only be a wife, but a woman in Western Society | Anne Kingston | neutral | 0 |
She's not a great writer but she's a fabulous storyteller and her Tony Hill/Carol Jordan mysteries are the best of the bunch | Carol Jordan | neutral | 0 |
Angela is named because she acts like an angel, and Diabola is named because she acts diabolic (evil) | Angela | positive | 0 |
The girls grow up into toddlers and Diabola becomes even worse while Angela became sweeter | Diabola | negative | 0 |
This is slated as a 'crime novel' but it is so much more! | crime novel | neutral | 0 |
Kingston's book begins with a description of Prince Charles' and Princess Di's wedding and sort of stays there | Kingston | neutral | 0 |