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Garth Nix: Sir Thursday (2006, Scholastic Press)

344 pages

English language

Published Sept. 17, 2006 by Scholastic Press.

ISBN:
978-0-439-70087-0
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OCLC Number:
61229579

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4 stars (15 reviews)

When Arthur is drafted into the Glorious Army of the Architect by Sir Thursday, he must survive basic training, avoid getting posted to the Front, and figure out how to free Part Four of the Will, while Leaf tries to banish Arthur's doppleganger on Earth.

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Review of 'Sir Thursday (The Keys To The Kingdom, Book 4)' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

All of my same criticisms still hold, so I won't bother repeating them. Something that I'm now noticing about this series that I hadn't before is that the threat of the week is built up as quite a bigger danger than it ends up being. Arthur's dread about the skinless boy didn't end up amounting to much, and the massive threat with the New Nithlings ended up in one very brief "battle" scene, and then it was ended. I appreciate the build-up, I suppose, but it never quite leads to any "epic" ending scene that I hope for. I will say that this book has quite a bit more exposition into the story arc of the rest of the trilogy, which is refreshing.

Ultimately, this book was okay, but I'm getting a bit worn out on the series. I've finished painting my room, which was the project that had me …

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Subjects

  • Fantasy
  • Magic
  • Soldiers
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Space and time
  • Fiction