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Arthur has such terrible asthma that his main ambition in life is just getting a next breath, so when a magical key is pressed into his hand and he becomes imbued with extraordinary powers, he's more than a bit nonplussed. There's little time to ponder, however, and Arthur quickly learns how to use the key while being chased through his school by dog-faced men in suits. All too soon Arthur is lost in a magical realm where no one and nothing is as it seems. Through it all, Arthur never loses sigh
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This reminded me of Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and the Dark is Rising books... but with something peculiarly Garth Nix, of course. Not sure whether it's the Australian part or something else.
I do like the sort of transcendent world, but have to say I am disappointed at the lack of a Christian worldview: after death, there is Nothing. The fantastical aspects are so rich, that lack seems highlighted somehow.
I am interested to know what happens next, and already got the other six books in the s ...more
I do like the sort of transcendent world, but have to say I am disappointed at the lack of a Christian worldview: after death, there is Nothing. The fantastical aspects are so rich, that lack seems highlighted somehow.
I am interested to know what happens next, and already got the other six books in the s ...more
i usually love garth nix books, but this one just didn't do it for me. the story itself was interesting, but there was a little too much explanation and description rather than action so i felt like it just plowed along and never really drew me in. i'm continuing with the series and hope that the excessive description present in the first book in the series was just to set the reader up for the overall plot and that the following books won't be as ho-hum.
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May 11, 2008
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The story is okay but seems cobbled together from a few too many stock mythological bits and pieces. I hear the series gets better though, so I'll keep on.
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Apr 17, 2007
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