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    Drowned Wednesday: The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3

    Written by Garth Nix

    Narrated by Allan Corduner

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    About this audiobook

    With his unlimited imagination and thrilling storytelling, Garth Nix has created a character and a world that become even more compelling with each audiobook. As Arthur gets closer to the heart of his quest, the suspense and mystery grow more and more intense . . .

    This is the third audiobook in the thrilling, triumphantly imaginative Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix, the bestselling author of Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 8, 2005
    ISBN9780807217344
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    Drowned Wednesday: The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3
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    Garth Nix

    Garth Nix is a New York Times bestselling novelist and has been a full-time writer since 2001 but has also worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. Garth’s many books include the Old Kingdom fantasy series, beginning with Sabriel and continuing to Goldenhand; the sci-fi novels Shade’s Children and A Confusion of Princes; the Regency romance with magic Newt’s Emerald; and novels for children including The Ragwitch, the Seventh Tower series, the Keys to the Kingdom series, and Frogkisser!, which is now in development as a feature film with Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios. Garth has written numerous short stories, some of which are collected in Across the Wall and To Hold the Bridge. He has also cowritten several children’s book series with Sean Williams, including TroubleTwisters and Have Sword, Will Travel. More than six million copies of his books have been sold around the world and his work has been translated into forty-two languages.

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    • 4/5
      Dear Dame Primus, Lady Wednesday invited me to luncheon and sent a ship for me, but due to an accident I am now in another Secondary Realm with a different, wrecked ship, called the Moth. A House Sorcerer called Dr. Skamandross is sending this letter for me. I think I might try to find the Third Part of the Will, since I'm here. If you can send help or advice that would be good.Shipwrecks, pirates, the Mariner, the strange curse on Lady Wednesday and especially the wonderful Raised Rats made this the most enjoyable book in the series so far. I also liked how Arthur is changing as he grows into his role, realising that he will have to deal with the remaining Morrow Days himself rather than running back to his everyday life and leaving Dame Primus in charge.
    • 4/5
      The quest by Arthur Penhaligon continues! Arthur has defeated Mister Monday and Grim Tuesday. In this book he seeks out Lady Wednesday, a trustee of the seas who through massive overeating has turned into an enormous whale. Since each of the Days represents one of the Seven Deadly Sins, my guess is that this is Gluttony! As with the other books in this series, Garth Nix creates a magical out-of-this-world setting with a strong plot. Great humor and a great listen. "Long Swim the Carp!"
    • 5/5
      I just finished listening to the audio as part of my reread of the series. I'd forgotten how much I loved this book. It's definitely my favorite of the series so far. Not only is there plenty of humor - I love the Carp and the crew of the Moth - but it's really a turning point where Arthur begins to take the initiative rather than just reacting to events.
    • 5/5
      This is a very good series, but at time can be a little confusing.
    • 5/5
      My favourite book of this series so far! Loved it
    • 4/5
      The same general likes and dislikes from Mister Monday and Grim Tuesday apply here. It's interesting to see that the formula of the plot has been disrupted, though -- Drowned Wednesday doesn't behave in the same way as Monday and Tuesday at all.

      It's also great that Leaf gets to play a greater part in this book, giving Arthur not one but two strong female characters at his side, at least for now. I'm not counting the Will here, of course, since the parts on their own are presented as male, as least so far. I hope Leaf has more to do, since despite her being swept off to have adventures with Arthur, a lot of the book was spent away from him.

      Edit -- I forgot to mention this at first, but I also loved the very brief reference to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Blink and you'd miss it, but given my interests, I wasn't likely to miss it...
    • 3/5
      Episode three of the series, in which Arthur ventures into the watery realm of Drowned Wednesday, mistress of the Border Sea. Its a fun one, full of pirates and the greatest of the great white whales and the Pied Piper's rats operating steamships!
    • 5/5
      Arthur's back, and this time...in the middle of the ocean on a hospital bed. He meets new quirky Denizens of the House and goes on an amazing adventure across and under the Border Sea, complete with pirates and giant sea creatures!I really did enjoy Drowned Wednesday more than Grim Tuesday. The adventure was so much fun, as were the characters. The Raised Rats are some of my favorite characters in the whole series, and who doesn't love a good secret passage? It got harder and harder to put down as I continued reading.
    • 4/5
      Arthur has already lived through the death of his birth parents when he was very young and conquering part of a mysterious realm ruled by the days of the week. He has already taken control of the parts ruled by Monday and Tuesday, so next is Wednesday. All Arthur wanted was to try and live the most normal life possible. He tries, but it’s hard to do this when you’re trying to take control of weird realms where everything is anything but normal. In this book Arthur is trying to reclaim the Border Sea, the part of the realm owned by Lady Wednesday, who is the next day of the week. Even though her name is Lady Wednesday, most people call her Drowned Wednesday because some magic in her caused her to eat a ton of food, making her turn into a giant whale, having to live in the ocean, hence the “drowned” in her name. In the other books, it has usually been a fight to reclaim the parts of the realm, because in order to have Yule, you’ll have to have the keys, which are like clock hands. Since she is a huge whale, Arthur is expecting to have a huge fight to get the key, but Wednesday is tired of having to rule the house, and says she would happily give it to him. The only problem is she doesn’t actually have the key. Someone stole it from her. The book, Drowned Wednesday, the second book in the series, The Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix. I believe that this book was the best of the three other books so far. Just like in the other two, the plot is mysterious and has some action. Unlike the previous one, it has a lot more action, making it a lot more interesting. Also, there weren’t as many parts where you could tell exactly what was going to happen, but there was just enough to make you wonder and want to read more.. The book itself was paced very well. There was also never a part where it was really boring or pulled out too far. Every part in it also had some significance in some other part of the book, so no parts were just “extra”. Overall, this book was a perfect combination of action of everything else. It really kept me reading it. I’d give this book four stars, and recommend it to anyone who likes a simple, fiction book.
    • 4/5
      Arthur has returned to his normal existence, in the hospital with a broken leg, when he receives an invitation from Lady Wednesday to have lunch. Not given an opportunity to refuse, Arthur and his friend, Leaf, are swept away on a tidal wave to the Border Sea where they are separated, Leaf to imprisonment on the pirate ship of Feverfew, the enemy of Lady Wednesday, and he set adrift on a treasure buoy.After being rescued, Arthur meets with Lady Wednesday, who has been transformed into a huge white whale with an insatiable appetite due to some curse put upon her by the morrow days. She has no idea where her portion of the will is, so Arthur has numerous tasks to perform - locate the third portion of the will, rescue Leaf, and resolve the curse and with these resolutions Lady Wednesday will hand over her key.The characters in this installment were entertaining, the predicaments amusing - reminiscent of Jonah and the whale, and overall great for Arthur's development as our hero.
    • 4/5
      A funny and exciting read. I especially loved the Raised Rats here.
    • 5/5
      Just returned from his contest with Grim Tuesday, Arthur would really like to be left alone. His leg is in a cast, he's in the hospital again... and he's received an invitation to luncheon with Lady Wednesday. When a tidal waves sweeps his hospital bed out into the Border Sea, his friend Leaf is carried out too, only to be taken away by a ship. How can Arthur save his friend, defeat Wednesday, and get the third key?I'm enjoying re-listening to this series, narrated by Allan Corduner. He does an excellent job of giving each character a unique and appropriate voice, and retaining recurring character's voices through the various audiobooks. Drowned Wednesday was no exception, though plotwise I think it the weakest of my rereads so far. Some of the events seemed just too convenient, too easy. There wasn't the same tension as there was in the first book when Arthur had to fight Mister Monday for the key. I do enjoy the complexity of the House and small details, like the attitudes of each part of the Will which seem to fit, somehow, the type of legalese that it would contain. Definitely worth a read, or even a reread.
    • 4/5
      Another splendid instalment, this time on the watery surface of the Border Seas.I'm glad that Leaf has a larger role here, and I'm sorry we didn't get to see more of her travels, but I enjoyed the new characters that we met here.Onwards to Thursday...
    • 4/5
      With the third book in Garth Nix' The Keys to the Kingdom series, young Arthur Penhaligon finds himself once more drawn to the great and un-Earthly House to win the Third Key and rulership over this land in the House, and bring order back to the vast Border Sea. The Sea is over run by pirates, and the current keeper of the Key, Drowned Wednesday, is a mammoth white whale with an uncontrollable, unappeasable appetite, devouring anything in its path--and Arthur must find a way to conquer her. His actions in the House as well affect those on Earth, where the economy is collapsing, threatening his family as well as millions of others, because of the imbalance of powers in the House.As with the previous books in the series, Nix manages to present an imaginative, wonderful world with internal consistency as well as rejecting the need for real-world accountability, which many modern fantasy novels obsess with. Arthur finds himself surrounded not only by sinister villains, but also with fleshed out, believable and likeable secondary characters, and as before he rewards his new friendships generously and loyally.My main problem with the previous two novels had to due with a major flaw in Arthur's character, namely his constant complaining. He continually bemoaned his fate and considered his adventures in the House a punishment. However, I was more than pleased to find that Arthur has grown as a hero and a person, accepting his responsibilities to both the inhabitants of the House as well as his Earthly family. He's far more pleasing to follow in his adventures, gaining nobility along with his new powers, even if he's not entirely happy about his responsibilities. In fact, at one point in the story he chastises a character: "So how about helping me instead of complaining?" This makes the entire story incredibly more enjoyable, and I hope his progression continues.I'm looking forward to visiting the imaginative House once more, and will read the next book in the series soon. Four stars.
    • 4/5
      Warning: This review is slightly spoilerish (but I don't give away too much).When I first picked up the Keys to the Kingdom series, I wasn't expecting that much. I really enjoyed Garth Nix's Sabriel, but that seemed to be of a more serious nature. This series was clearly aimed at a younger audience. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that while the stories was simpler and the characters were younger, Nix's writing did not disappoint: the fast-paced plot was fun, a book as close to watching a movie as ever I've read, the characters were engaging and distinctive, the underdog hero was likeable and I quickly found myself rooting for him, and the plot had some surprisingly mature moments.In this third installment of the series, Arthur is drawn back to the House again, this time on Wednesday, to deal with the Trustee that presides over that day - Drowned Wednesday. Unfortunately, Lady Wednesday has for many thousands of years been in the form of a whale (thus the name Drowned) and eats anything in her path as she cruises the Border Sea, the territory she previously ruled. Pirates are another constant threat on the sea because there is no leader to enforce order. Arthur receives an invitation from Drowned Wednesday while he is in the hospital, recuperating from a broken leg (the result of his encounter with Grim Tuesday), and not long after the Border Sea literally smashes down the walls of his room and whisks him away. This time, his friend Leaf is with him, and she is pulled into that mysterious domain known as the House to share in his adventures. I loved the setting of this book, which is so different from the previous two in the series. Clearly, Nix is having a lot of fun envisioning the strange and sprawling environment that resides within the House, which is actually the center of the universe. I was also excited to see Leaf on-board for the whole ride this time. In the first two books, she was allowed just a peek into the strange world of the House; this time, she was with Arthur from the start. However, they're quickly separated and we see only periodic flashes of her. Arthur makes new allies, and some of them were very interesting (like Doctor Scamandros and the Raised Rats), but I was disappointed that we had no Suzy and little Leaf until the latter part of the novel. More of them in the next installment I hope.Nix does a nice job of creating a formula and then mixing it up. The most significant pattern is the use of the days of the week, of course: Monday can only create havoc on Mondays, Tuesday on Tuesday, and so on. In addition, every book has a new and distinct region in the house, and a new main bad guy that Arthur must somehow overcome, against great odds, and regain the key from the Trustee. In every book he meets new allies and he must find a new part of the will. However, Nix introduces new elements. In this novel, Arthur isn't actually fighting the Trustee but another big baddy. The locale is completely different, of course, and Arthur is without his usual companions. This time the Will isn't hidden away, but has instead become an odd object of worship. The formula is consistent enough to be comforting, but different enough not to be boring.I continue to find the series entertaining while being an easy read. It's an epic fantasy on a child-sized scale. I like the characters, and how they are evolving, and am interested to discover what adventures await them on Thursday.
    • 5/5
      Another great book for the series, book 3 for me at least was perhaps a little bit boring because it had Arthur laid up in a bed for a bit of the book and hobbling around in the rest, but for it's lack of action it was still a fun read and as I said a wonderful tradition to the series.
    • 5/5
      This is a very good series, but at time can be a little confusing.
    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved the mind-bending concept of this book, but it has a downside when you bring it to class.
    • 4/5
      Well I think this will prove to be the turning point in this series - where the overall plot begins to pull together, as opposed to being a stand-alone book like the first two felt.The setting itself is one much written about before - pirates and ships on the high seas. Possibly in this respect it makes it less original than the previous two stories. However, Garth Nix manages to tread fresh ground even here, by combining it with the concepts of his own invented universe. It is good to see the characters Suzy and especially Leaf return, and start to play a bigger role. I still feel that Arthur's character could have more depth, as these books are more focussed on plot than character development. Overall a fun read.
    • 4/5
      "On the third day, there were pirates." How could anyone not like a book so succinctly summed up on it's fabulous dust-jacket? Arthur is finally taking command of his own fate and calling the shots, which makes things really pick up and run in this third book of the series. I can't wait to dig into Thursday's story next!
    • 4/5
      This was a really good book! I liked it a lot, and it was so neat how Nix stirs things around, especially with Drowned Wednesday after his readers get used to the Morrow Days...we get something totally new. Of course his brilliant imagination is exhibited, and more than once you will find yourself saying "How in the world did he think of that???" Best of all, its original, no copy-catting. Plagairism gets annoying in books, but especially in fantasy.
    • 3/5
      Arthur continues his adventures as heir to a strange kingdom, fighting pirates and trying to elude to bottomless pit of Wednesday’s hunger.While quite a brilliant world builder, Nix does not turn his formidable imagination to plot, so once again this is much more straight-forward than one might expect from an adventure story. The hurdles Arthur must overcome never seem overwhelming, which eases the dramatic tension. Seems like most things are solved with “Arthur tried something. It worked.” Still, a fascinating space in which to hold a story.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this a little more than Grim Tuesday. The setting was a lot of fun, and I loved the Raised Rats. I'm glad that Nix is shaking things up just a little bit, with Wednesday being of a different nature than Tuesday.