This is a book I have had on
my to read pile for some time, and having a bit of extra free time on my hands
have finally got round to. I vaguely remember seeing the film that was made,
but luckily the film wasn’t that memorable so I couldn’t remember how it ended.
However, I enjoyed the book very much and realise why the film maybe didn’t do
as well as was expected. Most of the characters are either hiding their
emotions or a secret of some kind throughout the story, this did not portray
over well in the film and just made everything pretty confusing.
On the whole this is a book
about a father and daughter who love to read and have the ability to make books
come to life and this appealed to me greatly. It was a slow starter but built
up the characters well and I really wanted to know what happened to them. I am
not saying this book was the pinnacle of literary accomplishments, but I
enjoyed the fantasy, the adventure and how with some characters, even towards
the end you weren’t sure if you should like them or not. For instance the
character of Dustfinger who is ripped from his story into a world he despises
and he yearns just to return home. You never know whether to trust him, to not
trust him, to pity him or to think he is selfish. Not all the characters in
Inkheart fall into a black and white category, which is refreshing, especially
in a book aimed at slightly younger/teen readers.
Great amounts of cheesy
humour, good general read I would definitely read the next two books as the
characters are all built up now so I think the next books would pick up
quicker. Would have probably enjoyed this book more when I was in my yearly
teens.
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