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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A wonderful ending for the Inkworld. The story does drag on at times, but overall, it is adventure packed.
Not a bad ending to this trilogy. This series is definitely for people who like fantasy and have a deep love for books.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was an astounding work of literature, and the fact that it's a children's book is only incidental. The relationships among characters are complex, and the story keeps rewriting itself as characters do what they want when they're not taken into the story by force by one of the characters with the ability to do it, , the antagonists are given a personality and motivations that make them complex and interesting, and the conversation about loyalty, to your family and to your friends, is ongoing and beautifully thought through. The relationship between an author and their story keeps being explored, and the complexity of writing a story that works is made quite evident by Funke.
A wonderfully vivid world to get lost in, hopefully from outside of the pages.
Spoiler
Meggie has feelings for more than one boy, like a normal girl instead of marrying the first boy she's ever kissedA wonderfully vivid world to get lost in, hopefully from outside of the pages.
WAY BETTER THAN BOOK TwO!! I REALLY LIKED IT
- enjoyable pacing, quick when it needs to be and slow when there is tension
- the plot was well established and much easier to follow than book two, I think book two was just made for preparation for book three which was fantastically written
- the characters become more interesting, though meggie really took a back seat in this novel, from being the main protagonist to being a side character whos main struggle is her love triangle
- the ending was satisfying and fun, and really shows that, even if you are safe and happy where you are, the idea that there is something better somewhere else, you will strive for it
- but this book is incredibly dark, and targets many uncomfortable themes (underage marriage, rape, murder, torture, depression and plenty more) and there isn’t really a break in it all. The characters are constantly anxious, scared and confused, and normally in books like this there is a scene or a moment in which the characters come together and laugh and joke around or just have a moment to relax. But this book is just constant anxiety, and I wouldn’t recommend this book to kids nor would I read it on a day off because it does dampen your mood
- the writing is incredible, and this has developed over the books and definitely made it more of an easy read
⚠️spoilers⚠️
- I really liked the ending, this idea that, silvertoungs child will have an adventure of his own. I can’t say I’m surprised they didn’t go back to their own world, but I can’t imagine that they would give up the luxuries of their old life for this new one, such as medicine, safety, a good law system and... you know... a life in which they can escape Orpheus.
- I really hated that meggie was reduced to a love triangle after all the independence she had in book one. She became a side character whos main worry became her dad or her choice of boyfriend. I wish she had a more prominent role like blue jay, as she did in the ending parts of book two, helping him face off Adderhead.
- I liked jacopo’s change in character at the end in helping get the book of white to kill his grandfather, it made for an interesting turn of events
- farid was so so annoying. His need for dustfingers attention and jealousy of roxane killed his character for me, but I guess that was the idea of him. I can’t lie though, when meggie choice was doria and not farid, I was very happy and wanted to see his stupid face when he saw he wasn’t king shit.
- I liked elinor. She is my favourite character to be honest, my heart broke for her at the start when she just wanted to be with her family, he character development was wonderful and heart-whelming
- the change of mo into blue jay was interesting though I didn’t like who he became. Risa wanted to leave to save her unborn baby and her family. But the blue jay risked their lives constantly. It made him a hard character to enjoy which, once again, I guess was the point to represent the difference between blue jay and mo
- I couldn’t get behind Briannas love for cosimo. It was never said how old cosimo was, but old is my answer and that shit do be creepy. And The ugliness’S acceptance of this was quite sad
- I liked dustfingers development after he came back from death. Less of a pitiful character and more of a heroic and respectful character
- I don’t understand how the magic system works with the writer and reading still after three books. As fenogliob stats at some point, it dosent matter what words were originally used for the story. So... there is no restriction? It seems the only restrictions are creative block or willing something to happen with characters that don’t exist (like what happened when Orpheus tried to hurt blue jay, but mo was no longer blue jay, hence having no effect) so this whole ability wasn’t bashed out properly. Also, Orpheus basically brought Basra back from the dead to aid him.
- I think what makes me sad is that inkdeath really has no connection with inkheart any more. It’s stripped of its target audience of children and takes a dark theme, the villains are basically all gone except for mortola, and the characters are vastly different (Dustfinger is no longer a trickster, mo is no longer a soft heart bookbinder, and meggie is no longer an independent and powerful individual, ect) and the setting is unrecognisable from book one and the plot is dark and filled with death. I think funk should have finished inkheart as a stand-alone, and made this series with new characters and a new setting, because, though I liked this book, I can only imagine the amount of kids who grew up and read this books and were thoroughly disappointed by the change of theme and how dark it all became.
- I also found I didn’t really care about any of the characters. If one of the characters died I’d be like “ok what next?” I wouldn’t have cared if mo or meggie or risa died because I just didn’t enjoy them, I didn’t connect with them or feel for them
Anyway, I’m happy I read this series, but I didn’t expect it to turn out this way, I thought I was going to read a happy, childlike trilogy but it became so sad and dark, even if I did come to like it. It’s like getting a cake you think is chocolate but you bite into it and it’s red velvet, both are good but I expected it to be chocolate ya know☺️
- enjoyable pacing, quick when it needs to be and slow when there is tension
- the plot was well established and much easier to follow than book two, I think book two was just made for preparation for book three which was fantastically written
- the characters become more interesting, though meggie really took a back seat in this novel, from being the main protagonist to being a side character whos main struggle is her love triangle
- the ending was satisfying and fun, and really shows that, even if you are safe and happy where you are, the idea that there is something better somewhere else, you will strive for it
- but this book is incredibly dark, and targets many uncomfortable themes (underage marriage, rape, murder, torture, depression and plenty more) and there isn’t really a break in it all. The characters are constantly anxious, scared and confused, and normally in books like this there is a scene or a moment in which the characters come together and laugh and joke around or just have a moment to relax. But this book is just constant anxiety, and I wouldn’t recommend this book to kids nor would I read it on a day off because it does dampen your mood
- the writing is incredible, and this has developed over the books and definitely made it more of an easy read
⚠️spoilers⚠️
- I really liked the ending, this idea that, silvertoungs child will have an adventure of his own. I can’t say I’m surprised they didn’t go back to their own world, but I can’t imagine that they would give up the luxuries of their old life for this new one, such as medicine, safety, a good law system and... you know... a life in which they can escape Orpheus.
- I really hated that meggie was reduced to a love triangle after all the independence she had in book one. She became a side character whos main worry became her dad or her choice of boyfriend. I wish she had a more prominent role like blue jay, as she did in the ending parts of book two, helping him face off Adderhead.
- I liked jacopo’s change in character at the end in helping get the book of white to kill his grandfather, it made for an interesting turn of events
- farid was so so annoying. His need for dustfingers attention and jealousy of roxane killed his character for me, but I guess that was the idea of him. I can’t lie though, when meggie choice was doria and not farid, I was very happy and wanted to see his stupid face when he saw he wasn’t king shit.
- I liked elinor. She is my favourite character to be honest, my heart broke for her at the start when she just wanted to be with her family, he character development was wonderful and heart-whelming
- the change of mo into blue jay was interesting though I didn’t like who he became. Risa wanted to leave to save her unborn baby and her family. But the blue jay risked their lives constantly. It made him a hard character to enjoy which, once again, I guess was the point to represent the difference between blue jay and mo
- I couldn’t get behind Briannas love for cosimo. It was never said how old cosimo was, but old is my answer and that shit do be creepy. And The ugliness’S acceptance of this was quite sad
- I liked dustfingers development after he came back from death. Less of a pitiful character and more of a heroic and respectful character
- I don’t understand how the magic system works with the writer and reading still after three books. As fenogliob stats at some point, it dosent matter what words were originally used for the story. So... there is no restriction? It seems the only restrictions are creative block or willing something to happen with characters that don’t exist (like what happened when Orpheus tried to hurt blue jay, but mo was no longer blue jay, hence having no effect) so this whole ability wasn’t bashed out properly. Also, Orpheus basically brought Basra back from the dead to aid him.
- I think what makes me sad is that inkdeath really has no connection with inkheart any more. It’s stripped of its target audience of children and takes a dark theme, the villains are basically all gone except for mortola, and the characters are vastly different (Dustfinger is no longer a trickster, mo is no longer a soft heart bookbinder, and meggie is no longer an independent and powerful individual, ect) and the setting is unrecognisable from book one and the plot is dark and filled with death. I think funk should have finished inkheart as a stand-alone, and made this series with new characters and a new setting, because, though I liked this book, I can only imagine the amount of kids who grew up and read this books and were thoroughly disappointed by the change of theme and how dark it all became.
- I also found I didn’t really care about any of the characters. If one of the characters died I’d be like “ok what next?” I wouldn’t have cared if mo or meggie or risa died because I just didn’t enjoy them, I didn’t connect with them or feel for them
Anyway, I’m happy I read this series, but I didn’t expect it to turn out this way, I thought I was going to read a happy, childlike trilogy but it became so sad and dark, even if I did come to like it. It’s like getting a cake you think is chocolate but you bite into it and it’s red velvet, both are good but I expected it to be chocolate ya know☺️
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes