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Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

5 reviews

noellegrace8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

If you're not a booklover, as in, someone who loves both the content and physical presence of books, this wasn't written for you. If you are, reading this will be like your dream come to life. The idea is original, well carried-out, heartwarming and heartstopping at times, and just altogether cozy in an adventurous, high-stakes sort of way. It has some of my favorite characters of all time. Many people label this as elementary fiction, but in my opinion, it falls under a handful of books that I understand to be disconnected when it comes to content versus writing style verses perspective. Perspective-wise, sure we can call this elementary. But the way it's written is more teen, and the principles are more young-adult-oriented, only increasing in books 2 & 3. 

Altogether a favorite read of mine.

I don't factor performance into auidiobooks, but I'd give Lynn Redgrave a 4/5 stars. Her narration is very good, but her dialogue isn't varied enough to be engaging, and when it is, some of the voices can come off as overdone or even annoying.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Misogyny, Alcohol, Rape, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

All of these are either barely mentioned or just alluded to. Very minor stuff.

kryolitee's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexism and Murder

niaoliver's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Death

Minor: Body shaming

capitaens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Violence

poirot's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was my first reread of inkheart in years and the nostalgia is real. The inkheart series was one of the first bigger books I read as a child and rereading it reminded me of my love for this series and how much it influenced my love for reading and writing. If this would have been my first read, I might have only given it four stars but since it owns such a special place in my heart I needed to give it five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Body shaming

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, and Physical abuse