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Work InformationInkheart by Cornelia Funke (2003)
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Despite all the fuss, the film, and the many sequels to this book, I just don't think I will be reading the rest of her series. The storyline was inventive and interesting, with many references to popular children's works and a true love of books echoes on every page the heroes grace. The pace is slower than I had expected for a children's book, and the villians are less than interesting despite their supposed relevance to the work they spring from. There are no real surprises in the storyline and while I finished the book, I just can't say I would recommend it to anyone. I think most children would have a hard time finishing it, and as an adult I still had a hard time finishing it. ( ) It's too long. Not in interesting ways that a book can be long, not extra character development or world development, just meaningless moments in scenes that are too long. Do I blame Anthea for not bringing it forward, or is it in the text? Oh, I was hoping to find something I could read in english and then in german, because that's the level my german has fallen to, but I don't want to do this one again. There's a much shorter story in here that could be good with some editing. I really enjoyed this audiobook. It's kind of ironic that I was listening to a book read aloud that talks about the power of reading a book aloud. I think Lynn Redgrave could be a "silvertongue"- I love the way she does the characters' voices. Especially Dustfinger. It was as if he was always whispering very intensely, like someone afraid of being caught.
Such breathtaking things are going to happen, you cannot even imagine. SPECTACULAR!, FABULOUS! BREATHTAKING! If you've got to read a book it's got to be this one. Inkheart is a book about books, a celebration of and a warning about books. The "Inkheart" of the title is a book. I don't think I've ever read anything that conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading. ... When the villains are at last defeated and the denizens of the book tumble through into reality, it is quite disappointing to find them gaudy, small and trivial. Is Funke saying that, while books as books are wonderful, real life has a solid sort of grimness that renders make-believe flimsy? Or is she pleading with us to mix at least a little fantasy with our reality? I don't know. Inkheart leaves you asking such questions. And this is, to my mind, an important thing for a story to do. Is contained inAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. No library descriptions found. |
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