Inkheart - Cornelia Funke

Inkheart - Cornelia Funke

Rating:

4.3/5          573 customer reviews

Review:

Summary

Meggie’s father, Mo, has an wonderful and sometimes terrible ability. When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to life--literally. Mo discovered his power when Maggie was just a baby. He read so lyrically from the the book Inkheart, that several of the book’s wicked characters ended up blinking and cursing on his cottage floor. Then Mo discovered something even worse--when he read Capricorn and his henchmen out of Inkheart, he accidentally read Meggie’s mother in.

Meggie, now a young lady, knows nothing of her father's bizarre and powerful talent, only that Mo still refuses to read to her. Capricorn, a being so evil he would "feed a bird to a cat on purpose, just to watch it being torn apart," has searched for Meggie's father for years, wanting to twist Mo's powerful talent to his own dark means. Finally, Capricorn realizes that the best way to lure Mo to his remote mountain hideaway is to use his beloved, oblivious daughter Meggie as bait!

Good Points

• Great ideas!
• Very detailed.
• Describes characters very well.
• Easy writing style to understand.

Bad Points

• It can become a bit boring at some times.

Overall

Not bad, but seems way too stretched out.  I think Cornelia Funke could have shortened and included more action and exciting bits to this book.  I recommend this book to dedicated readers who like fantasy and magic; for any age group.

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