Inkheart - unabridged |
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Cornelia Funke
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Pages: (Audio CD)
ISBN: 0307282279
Pub date: 2005
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 248305
Reader Reviews:
Dark and sinister but enjoyable (0/0 people found this helpful)
Inkheart isn't aimed at adults but it was entertaining enough to keep this adult reading to the end.
The cover of the book makes it appear like a light, fantasy story filled with fairies and nice things......but nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, there are a few fairies but only enough to fill a sentance or 3, the rest of the book is given over to dark, sinister types with murderous intent.
The concept is a fascinating one. The ability to read characters and things out of the pages of a book. As great as that sounds, the reality of it is more of a curse than a gift as the lead characters find out, and you're left wondering right up to the end how they can put things to right.
I'm looking forward to reading the next installment 'Inkspell', to find out what happens next.
If this book has any flaws, it's perhaps that at times the pace stalls and is slow to pick up again, and I feel the villians seem to be a bit too one dimensional. Pain, suffering, misery and fear are all there is to them but perhaps since they're a 'baddie' in a storybook, that's all they need ???
A Cracking Read (0/0 people found this helpful)
This is a lovely book. It has a fantastic plot, that of a man whose reading voice is so enthralling and powerful that he can literally draw characters out of the pages and bring them to life, and the chaos that ensues when he brings a particularly evil villain into the world. It has lovely characters, complex, humane and interesting, and a real fascination with the world of books and stories.
Each chapter has an epigram, or short quotation from books as diverse as Wind in the Willows to Fahrenheit 451, and these are as interesting as the story themselves. An exciting, compelling book for twelves and over that will draw you in and keep you on the edge of your seat to the very end.
This is the first of a trilogy, the next being Inkspell and then Inkdeath. Originally Funke wrote this as a standalone book so you will not have to get the next one to find out what happens, although I suspect you might want to.
Magical!!!!! (0/0 people found this helpful)
this book is a fantastic read.....
To be able to emerge yourself in a world where not only do all of the main characters care passionately about books, but where the possibility of books coming to life is a reality is an incredible feeling.....
Cornelia Funke's writing style is strangely addictive and you cant help turning the next page.....
inkheart (0/0 people found this helpful)
this is one of the best books i've read. right from the frist page the story grabs hold of you and you just need to keep reading to see what mo and meggie get up to and see if the adventure turn out to be a good one well wroth the read
Inkheart (0/0 people found this helpful)
I heard of this book a long time ago but did not bother to read it but I saw that it was going to be a movie and thought that I should at least read the book. I am glad I did. A very interesting twist on fanstay and, although the beginning was a tad slow, I got completely pulled in.
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