![]() ![]() Despite him behaving appropriately for a 12-year-old, he doesn’t come across as childish to me. The main character, Arthur Penhaligon, is realistic and interesting. Thankfully, Garth Nix’s novel still managed to entertain me after a decade. I remember first reading Mister Monday in about 2005 but, apart from asthma, a girl named Leaf, and a clock hand, I couldn’t remember much of the story. It is in this house that Arthur must unravel the secrets of the key-and discover his true fate. A stranger named Mister Monday, his avenging messengers with blood-stained wings, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers will stop at nothing to get the key back-even if it means destroying Arthur and everything around him.ĭesperate, Arthur ventures into a mysterious house-a house that only he can see. Along with the key comes a plague brought by bizarre creatures from another realm. But then he is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock.Īrthur is safe-but his world is not. ![]() He is, in fact, supposed to die an early death. Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero. ![]()
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