Lady Friday (The Keys to the Kingdom, #5), Garth NixLady Friday is the fifth novel by Garth Nix in his 'The Keys to the Kingdom' series. At the beginning of Lady Friday, a cleaner tells Leaf that everybody has become infatuated with a "Dr. Friday", because she is so beautiful and refined; as a result, every member of the staff calls her Lady Friday. Lady Friday, a Denizen and Trustee of the House, is in command of the Middle House. It is later revealed that Lady Friday has kidnapped thousands of...

The past few books have lost some of the charm :/

A bit of a stall compared to the previous couple volumes, with a bit less action and creativity, but then there is some progression in Arthur's character, as he matures and becomes less whiny. I'm still annoyed that he keeps handing over keys to Dame Primus, but at least now we know he can reclaim them at will. Also, there is some good progress on building up Leaf and Suzy.

This is the kind of series I would have been crazy for when I was 8-10 years old. Sadly, it was not written then. Book 5 follows both Arthur and Leaf. Arthur seeks out the fifth key and the fifth part of the will, exploring the Middle House, which is Lady Friday’s domain. Leaf is stuck somewhere in the Secondary Realms (Earth), where Friday has been taking comatose hospital patients to her private retreat to “experience” them. It’s pretty weird and kind of creepy. This is a great Middle Grade se...

Enjoying seeing how Arthur's different experiences are starting to come together.. also I'm really glad Suzie and Fred are all right! Aaaand I really liked Ugum.

It's encouraging to see Arthur start to take responsibility for the role he was thrust into.Nix handles vice of "lust" very tastefully for a children's book. The vice isn't named explicitly. As denizens, Lady Friday (and those in the Middle House) lack many of the rich experiences of mortal life--joy, happiness, regret, melancholy, and the like. Desiring to share in these experiences, Friday gathers old mortals (mainly humans from earth) and sucks their experiences from them, leaving them a livi...

I loved how much time in this book was spent with Leaf. I think the focus on her is the first time the point of view has spent so much time with a character other than Arthur -- we don't see the adventures of Suzy Turquoise Blue in quite the same way, for example. The more inhuman Arthur becomes, the more time is spent with Leaf...Each new book seems less and less resolved than the others, partly because the first two books make you begin to expect Arthur to go home at the end, and partly becaus...

We're at Lust, for those playing along at home. I was wondering how Nix was going to use this sin in a children's book -- very sly indeed.Not the most compelling storyline of them all, and the ending was much more abrupt than previous ones. Arthur is finally much more mature than his twelve (earth) years, and his friends play even more integral roles.One of my favorite things about these books (and Nix's writing in general) is the way he cleverly uses puns and double entendres (rather similar to...

The series is interesting enough that even one of the weaker installments is still pretty decent, but I would definitely rate this as one of the weaker ones. Quite a bit of the momentum that was built in the first three books stalls a bit in Sir Thursday and Lady Friday with the main characters stumping through less scenic parts of the House to confront less dynamic Trustees. Also, due to Arthur's growing maturity and strength as the Rightful Heir, his trusty sidekicks (Leaf, Suzy, and now Fred)...

There’s certainly one thing to be said about everything Nix writes, and that is that it’s rife with original creativity and completely new fantasy stories. However, sometimes the books themselves, although phenomenally imaginative, are hit or miss depending on how much Nix is able to flesh out the story. The Seventh Tower series, for instance, is deftly imagined, a two worlds drawn together through light and shadow, and the ability to use colored gemstones to create light beams that can do all s...

This book was a great addition in the series. It picked up immediately after Sir Thursday with Arthur in the Great Maze. He gets a strange letter that literally whisks him into his next adventure to take the 5th key. Lady Friday is like the other Trustees, hiding under a calm behavior but with sinister plans to keep her key. Arthur also finds out his mom is missing. Did Friday take her away as leverage? I guess you will have to read the book to find out.

Eons ago, the Architect of the worlds left, willing her power to whosoever was the Rightful Heir. She left behind seven of her most trusted children behind as Trustees of her Will. But the Trustees did not see any need to relinquish their power, and so they hid the Will away and kept the Keys to the Kingdom for themselves. The Trustees, also known as the Morrow Days because each controlled a single day of the week, were slowly twisted by the Keys, and their foibles and weaknesses became magnifie...

I think the thing I love most about this series is that with each new book, Nix finds new characters and different types of denizens to introduce, which is just awesome. In addition to that, there's a new domain of the house being explored. In this one, we see the middle house. It didn't really seem much different from the lower house, but I probably just missed the description.I liked that Lady Friday did things a bit differently than the other key holders, (view spoiler)[ it was pretty ingenio...

Recently I have read Garth Nix's Lady Friday. sadly it was not one of his best, so I'll focus on the good parts. Such as the scene setting being tremendous, I could almost feel myself watching them in my imagination, it also raises some interesting views like Denizens, being immortal and feeling less making one denizen (Lady Friday ) do some nasty things. such as kidnap Arthur's mom, or is she really just framed? Find out more in this thrilling series! Arthur is even experiencing changes, such a...

I did not like this book at all. I felt like I was reading a book meant for a 5th grade. It was slightly confusing and all over the place. I liked Argue and how he was determined to do what he had to. I was glad he saved Suzy and Fred from being slaves. I liked Leaf but the whole sleeper thing was weird. It kinda reminded me of Divergent. I guess it was good that Arthur got all 5 keys. 2 stars.

A satisfying read, as always. Garth Nix has been a favorite ever since I picked up Shade's Children; his ability to twist away from the expected plot cliche pitfalls (i.e. story climaxes with a swordfight, story climaxes with the clashing of ultimate magic powers, etc.) has been consistently refreshing. Of course it helps that the villains, Trustees to the Houses of Monday through Sunday, in his The Keys to the Kingdom series are modeled after the seven deadly sins. The parallels so far have bee...

I really thought I'd like this book more than the others, but the plot wasn't as interesting as the blurb made it sound. For someone whose deadly sin was lust, Lady Friday was quite dull. I'm looking forward to reading Superior Saturday, since she sounds pretty bitching.... I just wanted to use the word "bitching" in a review. :(

Great fifth installment to the series. Nix has thought out the whole series, and it's delightful to watch old elements rise up, and to see the evolution of some of the characters progressing through each book. Only two more 'Days' to go, and though i have some ideas about how the books might end, it's still very up in the air, and there are many questions yet to be answered. I have no doubt but that Nix will deliver.

Love! Love! Love!Loved this fifth book of the series - maybe that’s fitting, since Friday is my favorite day of the week. I’m fascinated and impressed by Nix’s imagination - it makes perfect sense that if the universe were run like a bureaucracy, it would be like this: with pettiness and office politics and weird traditions and rituals endemic to the particular organization. There are so many cool parts of the House, but the Secondary Realms are mostly creepy and the Morrow days are downright fr...

I finished my house project that kept be busy enough to get through five of these books, so I think I'm bailing here. The fifth installment ran the same path as the previous four, with my same praises and criticism. To the author's credit, I did get the sense that it all started to "come together" in this book, which was refreshing to see finally, but it ended up just kind of being a mess. When reviewing the first book, I said that I was willing to forgive some plot weaknesses given that its a c...