Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy) by Cornelia Funke Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy)
Book Review: I have to say, this is best book I've ever read.
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this book so much. It is my favorite book in the whole wide world. It is full of magic and excitement, fantasy and story. I am so sad that the series has stopped here, it could be a series that goes on for over 100 books. Cornelia Funke is the best author you can get to, she is way off limits in awesomeness! If I could have a chance I would give this book over a million stars!Book Review: I loved this book
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed the last book in this trilogy very much. Of course it didn't wrap things up and we will need to have another book to keep us up to date with the pretend world because we love the characters. The question is always looming in our mind about if they ever returned to the real world. This is the kind of book that you wish existed when you were ten years old. Oh well, better late than never.Book Review: I think Inkdeath is the best of the Inkheart trilogy
Summary: 5 Stars
I think Inkdeath is the best of the Inkheart trilogy. It is a great end to the trilogy. It is one of my favorite books.Book Review: I wanted to love it....I tried to love it.... But I just coudn't get there
Summary: 3 Stars
Oh, how excited I was to get my hands on Inkdeath, I am a huge fan of Inkheart and Inkspell and after waiting so long for the finale I was ravenous to see how and where the end would come. Just looking at the cover thrilled me. it's beautiful, one of the best I've seen. I traded sleep for just a few more pages and couldn't wait to pick it up again in my free time. I so wanted to write a glowing, fantastic review, I wanted to say that this was one of the best series conclusions ever and that it cemented my love of the trilogy, but I can't do either of things things. When I closed the book after the last page I couldn't help feeling unsettled at the way some of my favorite characters where treated and at a loss as to why Cornelia Funke would choose that direction, Though I was overll very pleased with the book.
The trouble with getting to attached to a story is that, when it ends as all stories must there is at least a chance that the the conclusion will rain all over your parade. which is what happend to me. Except that the rain was more more of a torential down pour, with huricane force winds, and lightning. Just so we'er clear it's not that I'm disappointed with the ending of Inkheart. It works really well, So why the let down. Well I'm writing this the night after finishing the book, so I havn't had a chance to process everything yet. But I can't help feeling that Funke through some major characters under the bus and just kind of left them there. My problem started with the fact that Meggie plays a greatly dominished role in the third installment. I was suprised to find her so much changed, she moved almost to the side of the story, and just doesn't do that much. I found myself often frustrated with her throughout the book and ultimately found her to be a much weaker and almost boring character then she was in the previous two novels. I also found myself upset by the way Darius was treated. I mean I knew his main purpose would evenually be to read Elinor over to the ink world, but what I hadn't expected was that after he'd done it, that he would dissapear into a sea of incidental characters. It just seems a poor way to repay his loyalty. Next, I can except what happend with Meggie and Farid, it doesn't thrill me, but I'm ok with it. what bothers me is this. Farid was a flawed but basicly good character, sure he made some pretty large mistakes in Inkdeath and was annoying in that special teenage boy way, But I don't think he deserved the way things went. Not only does Farid not get the girl, but he gets replaced by a completely new character that was just too perfect, and not only is this the guy that replaces Farid but there's a scene between Meggie and Fenoglio, that pretty much tells you that she will eventually end up marrying Mr pefect. I'm not sure way but it made me sad for Muggie to miss out on the suprise of finding that out in the course of time, sort of like the worlds biggest spoiler. After all the time we've spent with him and all the trouble Cornelia went to in previous books to paint him into the center of the story. In the end Farid literally just walks away leaving Dustfinger behind. And I said WHAT?
Inkdeath has pacing issues, there are places where it just crawls, places where the detail overwhelms the story, and more then a few times where information is repeated over and over again. I don't mean to be all gloom and doom, there where quite a few times that the magic was there and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough Inkdeath has a lot of twists that you wouldn't expect and several times I held my breath, both in awe of the authors creativity and fear for what would become of these beloved characters. So no disappointed is not the the right word. Cofused maybe and more then a little sad beause when Inkdeath was over, I found that I wasn't sad that it was done and that is not a good feeling when you started out loving a series but now it's just not the same.
Book Review: Ink Spell Death!
Summary: 5 Stars
Having read the other two I was enticed by the story thus far. The ending of Inkspell left off on such a cliffhanger that i had to read on.
Right from the off this book pulled me in in way neither of the other two did. This book as a master piece of fantasy that did everything short of pulling me into its pages. You get so much more from the world of the book and so much more depth from the characters than the previous books. This is true for all characters, not just the main ones. You get into the minds of the diabolical Adderhead, the cheesefaced Orpheus, her ugliness Violante, and even the black prince. This book is full of dramatic twists and turns that not only keep you guessing, but also take you for an emotional joy ride along with the characters. Never in my life have I felt so close with the characters on the page and so at home in the words.
The book is fast paced and it never lags. This is truly a book for anyone who is a fan of the series and anyone who has ever loved books. I strongly recommend this book to own or to give as a gift to anyone. It is the stunning conclusion to the Inkheart series and even if you may not have liked the first two as much, you will love this ending.