This was a really fun reading. This was a good start with world building, and I love the overall concept of the story. While there were a few plot points that didn't make sense or were annoying, I enjoyed it, and I'm interested in reading the rest of the series.

Better than I remember, but not one of the better books in this series. And we're off and running with Keys to the Kingdom.

A quick refreshing read.
Yes it's Y.A. but it's well written and not to predicable.
Will probably use the rest of the series as fillers between longer or more serious books.

I'm going to be honest I was more than a little dissapointed with this book, but mostly I think I was just very confused for most of the time.

The main character is Arthur, a boy who gets dragged into a situation he knows nothing about and has to go on a dangerous mission to find out what's going on. Arthur is a very strange character who gets pulled into something he knows little to nothing about. He is very unsure and stumbles for most of the way.

There are some secondary characters but honestly I was so confused I can't say any of them grabbed me.

The storyline was complex and confusing to me pretty much all of the way through. I might reread this at a later date to see if my mind can tackle the complexity of the story but I can't say for sure right now. The pacing is OK but I didn't really notice it that much because I couldn't tell what was going on in the story.

1.5 stars, not a great read for me

Having read Garth Nix's Sabriel and other related books, I admit I had rather high expectations of this series. Of course so far I have only read Mister Monday but although it was well written and a good read, it definitely doesn't match up to the high standards that Sabriel set.

Mister Monday is a fun book, where the protagonist Arthur Penhaligon, an adopted young boy with severe asthma, becomes the inheritor of one of the lesser keys of power for another realm. It is the first part of the series and there is a lot of information shared throughout the book. In fact I found it a rather overwhelming amount of information, and I wonder whether I might have enjoyed it more with a more detailed sharing of key points, as opposed to such a large volume in one go. Arthur was likeable and I did find myself getting engaged in the story and wanting to know what was going to happen. In fact, despite my critisicms, I do find that I want to read the sequel, Grim Tuesday.

I did enjoy reading about some of the characters. The Fetchers were suitably intimidating, the Old One unpredictable, and the clock characters absolutely gave me the chills. I definitely regretted reading that part before going to bed! Mister Monday was also well written. However, I found the Will incredibly irritating, although perhaps this was how it was meant to be experienced, in which case it was successfully done.

Overall, I have missed the depth of the Sabriel series in this series so far. However, Nix's excellent writing skills carries this story through, where a less talented writer might have failed. Mister Monday is a fun, light read and I would recommend it.

I was fascinated with this series the moment I began reading this first installment. Garth Nix has an incredible imagination and way of sucking the reader into his complex parallel world. In an industry where young adult fantasty has begun to become repetative, Nix's Keys to the Kingdom Series is striking and unique.