Sir Thursday by Garth Nix

[meganbmoore]

I am happy to report that this does not have anything along the lines of “Oh Garth Nix no!” and “Did you really go there? Really? That was not a good place to go!” of Drowned Wednesday. I’m dismissing that one as an aberration.

In the fourth Keys to the Kingdom, Arthur gets drafted into the army by Sir Thursday, the fourth Trustee. There isn’t much done with the central plot during that, with most of it being Nix’s exploring the odd army and manifestation of the military. As the different realms and Nix’s worldbuilding are the main draw of this series for me, I’m not exactly complaining, but it does keep Arthur’s storyline from being overly compelling on its own. More interesting are Leaf’s adventures, in which she returns to Earth to find and stop an impostor who has the ability to take control of anyone it touches.

Despite the “blah”-ness of my comments, I actually enjoyed this one a good bit! Though I’m not sure how much of it is on its own merits, and how much is because it didn’t inspire the rage of Drowned Wednesday.