Sir Thursday (The Keys To The Kingdom, Book 4)

352 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2007 by Scholastic Paperbacks.

ISBN:
978-0-439-43657-1
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Get ready for more brilliant page-turning fantasy from master, Garth Nix. On the fourth day there was war! Pick up with Arthur Penhaligon as his Keys to the Kingdom adventures continue in the mysterious House.Following their adventures in the Border Sea, Arthur and Leaf head for home. But only Leaf gets through the Front Door. Arthur is blocked because someone – or something – has assumed his identity and is taking over his life. Before Arthur can take action, he is drafted by Sir Thursday and forced to join the Glorious Army of the Architect. The Army has its headquarters in the Great Maze, a defensive area of the House. Half of the Maze has already been dissolved by Nothing, and hordes of Nithlings emerge regularly to attack the rest. If the Nithling invasion can overcome the Army and the Great Maze, the House will be lost and the whole …

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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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