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Loading... Inkspell (2005)by Cornelia Funke
None.  Ameliapei | Apr 18, 2013 |  5763  BRCSBooks | Apr 10, 2013 | There's a lot to like about Inkspell. I enjoyed the concept of Inkheart, and I like the way it's expanded here -- going beyond just reading characters out of books into going to live in books. That's the skill I'd like more, I think. If I could go and live in some of my favourite books... But again it feels like it's missing something. The story is interesting, it's easy to read, I identify with the characters and really really like some of them (Mo and Dustfinger, mainly), but... I end up abandoning it in favour of other books all the time. Normally it wouldn't take me this long to read it. I only really sat down to read it in such big chunks the last couple of days because I need to return it to its owner. Anyway, I did enjoy a lot about the book. I thought the family reunion which also brought tensions instead of a pure happily ever after was good, quite interesting and realistic. Some of the descriptions of Inkworld are lovely, and the little details about it. The relationship between Dustfinger and Farid is sweet and what eventually happens because of it is heartbreaking. I like Fenoglio's little character arc, although I kind of want to kick him for being a pompous git, too. The relationship between Farid and Meggie is interesting, too, although I wish it was somewhat slower since Meggie certainly doesn't seem old enough for a passionate love affair! The idea about Death ruling the story is interesting, and I'm sure from the title of the next book, Inkdeath, it'll be a continued theme. Bring it on. (  ) shanaqui | Apr 9, 2013 | Disappointing sequel to Inkheart. A lot of it traversed exactly the same territory, with several of the same characters in nearly identical situations as the first book. Even the villains were recycled. That being said, the good guys are still a pretty likable bunch. (  ) satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 | Whew! FINALLY finished the audiobook. It was 16 discs long! This book was really good. There were times when I had a hard time getting into it, but I thought the story was very interesting. It reads a lot like a bedtime story, where you can't always predict what's going to happen next, and sometimes the next step in the story seems awfully random... like the storyteller pulled the idea out of their butt... but it was a really fun, entertaining story! I LOVED the Farid/Meggie thing. Yes, she's REALLY young (13), which is crazy-young to be "in love", but she IS more mature than most girls her age. And I just thought Farid was so incredibly sweet to her. I'm just glad their "love" isn't so overpowering that they're forsaking all others in their lives, you know? Meggie's #1 allegiance is to Mo, and Farid's #1 allegiance is to Dustfinger... both of which are very clear in the story. Speaking of Dustfinger... *tears up* WOW. I've never been moved by a death scene the way I was with this one. I read the description of [b:Inkdeath|2325825|Inkdeath (Inkheart, #3)|Cornelia Funke|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pG7yf45IL._SL75_.jpg|3897683] before I finished this book, so I knew Dustfinger was going to die.... but I didn't know how. I would have predicted that Dustfinger would jump in front of the dagger, you know? A kind of split-second, reflex type thing that would cost him his life, but save Farid's... but WOW. It was thought out and very obviously a CHOICE. Dustfinger had (a little bit of) time to weigh the... pros and cons, if you will — the gains and losses. He'd be losing HIS WIFE and daughter again.... and Meggie says something about Dustfinger giving her Farid back, but I don't really know how much that argument played into it. Farid is Dustfinger's legacy, you know? The one person he truly cared about more than himself. It was SO SO TOUCHING. BUT, it sure sounds like Dustfinger will come back in Book 3. I can see an opening, for sure. I mean, he's with the White Women, playing with fire for their eternal entertainment.... which means he's not dead-dead, you know? He's somewhere... somewhere he can be summoned back from. I predict that after many many many many days of Orpheus using Farid as his personal slave, he'll find the words for Meggie to read to bring Dustfinger back. I'm looking forward to his return!! (  ) saraferrell | Apr 3, 2013 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in
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Of course, it's that sort of earnest, almost gushing veneration of books and book-loving that made the absorbing suspense-fantasy Inkheart so wonderful in the first place, with that lit-affection getting woven integrally into the plot (Inkheart being both Funke's first book in the series, and the fictitious book within that book, authored by the frustrated Fenoglio, now trapped within the book, er, within the book. Fenoglio, perhaps not surprisingly, self-referentially wishes in Inkspell that he had written a sequel to Inkheart.) Inkspell should serve as a special treat for fans of the first book, as characters from Inkheart who have found themselves in the "real world" (if there is such a thing) find themselves read back into their own mythic, word-spun world--along with some of our favorite "real-world" characters. As with the previous book, Funke's greatest accomplishment here is telling such a rich and involving (and fun!) story, while still managing sweet, subtle commentary on the nature of words and meaning. Expect a tantalizing finale, too--as Funke says, "No reader will forgive me the ending, though, without a part three." (Ages 8 and up) --Paul Hughes
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Dustfinger leaves his young apprentice Farid behind and plunges into the medieval world of his past and Farid goes in search of Meggie.
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That witch...that sadistic, treacherous, evil witch! She killed him! Killed him off! There I was, in bed, at 10:30 last night, crying my eyes out while reading the last few chapters...(I cry at books every bit as much as movies, if they're any good.)
If she doesn't make it right in Inkdeath, I swear I'll never read anything by that wretched woman ever again!
Mentoring witch! (