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Osho

Osho

I read widely and in most genres but romance and westerns. Here you'll find my reviews since 2007, with a few reviews of previously read books as well.

 

In 2012, I completed an "authors of the world" challenge, reading a book for every country (and a few other entities) by someone who'd lived there for at least two years. I expect to tag these books by challenge and country in the near future. I'm still refining my list by adding books that better meet my challenge criteria.

The Keys to the Kingdom #6: Superior Saturday - Garth Nix In contrast to previous episodes, the sixth installment of the Keys to the Kingdom series ends on a literal cliffhanger and does not in any way stand alone. Though this may disappoint some readers who want each volume to provide some closure, it neatly parallels the changes in the House, which is being destroyed and collapsing into Nothing, sometimes at Arthur's heels. As Superior Saturday strives to disrupt the levels of the house to penetrate the Incomparable Garden of Lord Sunday, the tidy structure of one book for each day is also disrupted. Though the action is briskly paced and interesting, the real story is Arthur's maturation. As he wields the power of the keys on behalf of others and to save himself, he becomes less human and more Denizen. Though Denizens are powerful and attractive, Arthur also finds himself becoming more aggressive and contemptuous. This process of becoming the other is, of course, a metaphor for becoming an adult, and this aspect of the story is similar to the developmental metaphor of Donohue's The Stolen Child.I hope that in the final book, Arthur will have to reconcile his human/Denizen identities, rather than renouncing one or the other, which I always think is a too-easy and meaningless solution.