Inkheart (Inkheart Trilogy) by Cornelia Funke Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Inkheart (Inkheart Trilogy)
Book Review: Bravo
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is one of the most inspiried, orginial books I have ever read. Most of the fantasy books today have slumped off other works by other authors. Cornelia Funke puts a stop to this in her new world of Inkheart...
Meggie is absolutely crazy about books and her father is a book doctor. One night Meggie notices a stranger outside her house that soon is welcomed by Meggie's father and called Dustfinger. Meggie's father, Mo, keeps her stationed at her bed as he talks to his "old friend", but Meggie can't resist eaves dropping on her father...Soon after Meggie finds herself going through a fantasy adventure filled to the rim with villians, but being a hero isn't as easy as reading about one.....
Cornelia Funke has created a new world for the bored fantasy reader who just can't find an orginial!
Book Review: Caitlin's review of Inkheart
Summary: 5 Stars
I borrowed this book from the school library and started reading it but had to take it back to the library because it was the end of the school year. My Nan bought me the series because I was enjoying reading the book. I will finish this book while I am on holidays as I am about halfway through the first book and I enjoy it so much because you don't know what is going to happen next! InkheartBook Review: Complex and thrilling and not too heavy on the booklover angle
Summary: 4 Stars
Some of these books about loving books can be awfully heavy-handed and humorlessly self-impressed. Luckily, Funke doesn't beat this theme to death, and a kid can read and enjoy this story without having to wade through too much book fetishizing.
The other good news is that on almost all levels this book comes out above average. The lead characters are richer than usual, the secondary characters are more interesting and varied, the plot is more than a simple quest. There is more than one storyline. More effort is devoted to describing the world aqround the characters. The dialogue is snappier. The father/daughter dynamic has some authenticity to it.
So, while not a sure thing for every young reader, this book is worth a look.
Book Review: Cornelia Funke has done it again By: The Fonz
Summary: 5 Stars
The Fonz here with a new review for you!!! So i picked up Cornelia Funkes new book Inkheart a WHILE back (i actually dont no why ive waited so long to write a review for it)At first it didnt sound all that good for me but Cornelia Funke was on a roll with other hit books such as Dragon Rider, or The Theif Lord. This book sports everything a fantasy should have with the essence of drama and action perfectly blended into it. Such vivid descriptions that it set my imagineation to work to create master peices in my mind of what these things would look like. This book left me begging for more. Such vile villans, and inner conflicts between people on what to do and how to do it. I love this book I had to buy it and its sequel. Hope i was helpful sincerely The FonzBook Review: Disclaimer: I'm an adult...
Summary: 3 Stars
...and a novelist...and a screenwriter.
OK, now that I've gotten *that* out of the way...
This book is the equivalent of someone telling a story that contains all kinds of fabulous stuff...but just isn't up to the task.
There were times I had to remind myself of the audience. That 'bloat' is usually the stuff of mainstream, adult fiction. Because at around 550 pages, it's a good 200 pages too long. I applaud the author's commitment to telling the tale, but seriously: 'Less is more'.
On top of this, the dictum that 'If you're going to use the words you clearly get wholesale, if you're going to be indulgent, then please make it worth your while...and that of the readers'.' If Ms Funk had greater ability to tell the story with the flourishes it deserves, the result -for me, remember- would have been far more satisfying. As it was, I wasn't spellbound. I wasn't enraptured. I was hardly captivated.
Several 'sins' were committed that made the novel leave the impression it did:
-The fact that there's no primary hero. This is an adventure. A quest. In any great tale, there's one great hero. This one doesn't. Not Mo, not Meggie, not nobody.
-That Meggie calls her father 'Mo' and not 'Dad' put distance between the two characters (for me). I was never on-board with their relationship. In fact, I'd say that one of the author's shortcomings was in the area of relationships. Sad really, because there was so much there, ready to be mined.
-Mo is a wuss. And not a terribly well-drawn one, either. Again, another weakness: characterizations.
-The climax was...a fizzle. Ho-hum.
I'm very much looking forward to the movie. Because I suspect that many of the 'weaknesses' of the novel will be corrected in the adaptation. Such as the relationship between father and daughter. The 'hero' aspect. And the ending.
Here's my prediction: many, many fans of the book will HATE what they've done in the film...and not be able to admit they've improved on it.