Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy) by Cornelia Funke Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy)
Book Review: Great price for hardcover
Summary: 5 Stars
A great book and a great price for a hard cover, considering it is 24.00 in the stores.Book Review: Great story!
Summary: 5 Stars
In reading other reviews about this trilogy, some people seemed concerned that some characters were not as present as they would have liked in this book. As a reader who really gets attached to a book's characters, I can understand this concern. However, as I read this trilogy, I found that my first impressions of who the significant characters were changed over time as did their importance to the story and new ones introduced. For example, in Inkheart, I just could not put the book down because I had to find out what happens to Dustfinger who had been an unwilling addition to our "real world" and was so desperate to get back home to the "Inkworld". What must that be like!?
Inkspell, to me, was a wonderful bridge between Inkheart and Inkdeath and helps the reader to better appreciate and understand Inkdeath with many important events contained within its pages. Some issues are resolved and some new ones occur. It is quite a page turner as well.
In the end, I have to say that Inkdeath is my favorite book of the trilogy. After reading all three books, I have come to the conclusion that, for me at least, the main character in the series is Mo. It was pure joy to watch this character grow and to learn what kind of man he actually is. There were many fine hints of who he is in the first two books but you really find out in Inkdeath. There are many poignant scenes in this book regarding him. My favorite such scene is when Resa helplessly has to watch Mo ride through the castle gates...alone...in the face of great danger. A reader can greatly feel her extreme pain, fear, and pride, all at the same time, as she watches this man of immense courage, who belongs to her, do what he has to do. (This scene also clearly shows why the "White Women" loved Mo's "heart" as well as his voice so much). Beautifully written!
I highly recommend this trilogy to you. Beware, though! Try not to get caught up in the action and read Inkdeath at too fast a pace. This book keeps you on the edge of your seat; and if you let your eyes fly over the pages too quickly, you will miss some subtle, very important clues which help to make so much more sense of the story in the end that you are left thinking...well, that was clever! I say this because I found myself constantly rereading in an effort to try to catch up with what I missed in my haste to find out what would happen to Mo! And, the ending is quite surprising. (Ugh!!! It was so hard not to read the last few chapters before the story took me there!)
Anyway, if you decide to read this trilogy, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. It would probably be a good idea to read all three books and in order so that your reading experience with this story will be so much richer.
Thanks for reading my review.
Book Review: Great.
Summary: 5 Stars
The book came withen the given date. I have not read the book yet, but I am having high hopes for it. The other two books in the series were amazing so im assuming that this will be just as good if not beter. Funke is an amazing writer and i love all of her works. No complaints.Book Review: Guilty Pleasure
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this trilogy and i'm way over the 12-18 reader recommended age. Just a gem and isn't it every readers dream to drop into a novel at some point!Book Review: I Love Inkdeath
Summary: 5 Stars
Inkdeath, Cornelia Funke's stunning ending to the Inkheart Trilogy, takes place in a magical world that has come to life from the pages of a book in which anything can happen. I really enjoyed this book for many reasons. I found it to be one of those books that is impossible to put down. It really draws you in and is full of cliffhangers. It is the story of people who originally lived in our world but have traveled to a magical place called the Inkworld after a special book was read aloud. At the time that this story takes place, the Adderhead, a villainous king, is immortal. This book is about the Bluejay, a robber who resembles Robin Hood, and his family and friends and their plight to take away the Adderhead's immortality. It is a marvelous book because of its excellent characters and plot.
The characters in Inkdeath are one of the aspects of the story that make it so great. There are quite a few characters in this book, and each one is very different. The characters draw you into the story because they seem so realistic. Although the protagonists are full of kindness and bravery, none of them are perfect. An example of one of these characters is Fenoglio, a writer who can control the Inkworld but who is always either exceedingly vain or convinced that he is a failure. Because the characters are so human, it is easy to relate to them. Another way that Cornelia Funke makes the characters seem more real is the way in which the story is told. Every chapter is told from a different character's point of view. This makes is easier to understand the characters and their decisions. The villains in this story are very disgusting and evil and many of them are characters that you love to hate. The following quote is an example of the way Cornelia Funke makes the Adderhead, one of these villains, seem so real and loathsome that readers will cringe everytime they read the Adderhead's name. The quote comes from the time in the story when Orpheus, another villain, first meets the Adderhead. "And of course Fenoglio's description had said nothing about that devastated face, the pale and puffy flesh, the swollen hands. Every step the Adderhead took seemed to hurt him. His eyes were bloodshot under their heavy lids. They watered even in the sparse candlelight, and the stench given off by his bloated body made Orpheus want desperately to cover his own mouth and nose." (Pgs. 375-376). The vivid way that the characters are descibed and the faults in all of the characters that make them seem human make Inkdeath an excellent book.
The plot of Inkdeath is another well done aspect that makes this book so excellent. There are many different conflicts that are woven together in this story; each of the main characters seems to have his or her own worries. There is also the major conflict, the Bluejay's battle with the Adderhead, with which all of the characters are involved in some way. All of the miniature conflicts and climaxes make the story more interesting. This is a very suspenseful story and is almost impossible to put down once you start reading it. Every time things seem absolutely hopeless and it seems that the characters can find no way to solve all of their numerous problems, something happens to turn things around. Likewise, every time things seem to be going well and the end seems to be in sight, something happens to take away that momentary hope. This balance really keeps the reader hooked and makes this an enjoyable story.
Many people with different tastes in books will love this story. It is a book for people of both genders and all ages. Lovers of adventure will especially like this book because it is so full of excitement. Fantasy lovers will also enjoy this book because it is full of magic and fantastic creatures that are described in vivid detail. However, I think that people who take joy in other genres of books will also like this book because of it's wonderful characters and plot. I think that lovers of such books as The Chronicles of Narnia and the Harry Potter novels will enjoy this book because those books are like Inkdeath in many ways. Many different people will enjoy Inkdeath because it tells a lovely story full of courageous heroes and loathsome villains.
Inkdeath has many similarities to the first two books in this trilogy, but there are also some striking differences between it and the others. Overall, Inkdeath is more similar to Inkspell than to Inkheart. Inkheart takes place in the regular world and its main villain is a man named Capricorn. Both Inkspell and Inkdeath, however, take place in the Inkworld, and among the many villains present, the Adderhead is a main one. One difference between Inkspell and Inkdeath is that all of the characters are working on fixing their own separate problems in Inkspell, whereas in Inkdeath all of the characters have their own worries but are more focused on working to save the Inkworld. Another difference is that two main characters, Meggie and Farid, are no longer very much in love with each other in Inkdeath. This is a big change from Inkspell where there was a lot of time devoted to them being in love. Also, I think that Inkspell is darker and scarier than Inkdeath is. Though Inkdeath has several important differences from the other books in this series, I think that fans of the series will very much enjoy this conclusion to the story of the Inkworld.
Overall, Inkdeath is a very entertaining novel. It is very suspenseful and full of adventure. The characters seem very real because they all have weaknesses and find some challenges very hard to overcome. There are some things that I would have done differently had I been the author, but generally I think that both the plot of the story and the way that the story is told are excellent. I highly recommend this book both to people who have read the earlier books in the series and to those who have not, because I think that this book is the best in the series.