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aneanara's review against another edition
adventurous
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Death, and Gun violence
Minor: Animal death and Torture
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.
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.
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.ballousclues's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I read this book back when I was in 5th or 6th grade and I remembered loving it. I saw it at my local library and wanted to re-read it as an adult. I was not disappointed. The book is very easy to read, has a strong plot, and very lovable characters.
In short, it's a fantasy book about a father and a daughter - Mo and Meggie. Mo is able to read characters out of books, but in return, someone from the real world is place din their storm. Mo and Meggie go on an adventure, one that has been trying to catch up with Mo for years, in an attempt to right Mo's long-lost wrongs. Great story for a young person wanting to get into a fantasy book.
In short, it's a fantasy book about a father and a daughter - Mo and Meggie. Mo is able to read characters out of books, but in return, someone from the real world is place din their storm. Mo and Meggie go on an adventure, one that has been trying to catch up with Mo for years, in an attempt to right Mo's long-lost wrongs. Great story for a young person wanting to get into a fantasy book.
Content Warnings
Minor: Toxic friendship, Bullying, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Torture, and Stalking
I would suggest the reader be at least 10/11 years old if reading this book. Some of the themes are a bit dark.laffi's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Stalking, and Gun violence
Minor: Murder, Violence, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death
orchidlilly's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-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? It's complicated
3.0
Well written, with characters impossible to not get attached to. It's been a hot minute since I've read this series, and it's still as fun as I remembered.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Gun violence, Ableism, Kidnapping, Blood, Child abuse, and Confinement
_throne_of_books_'s review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury
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
Content Warnings
Minor: Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Violence
meelia's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Kidnapping
Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment
nytephoenyx's review
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I have always been utterly transported by the story of Inkheart. The magic and simplicity of Cornelia Funke’s ideas makes me feel as though I could never be a successful writer because of how creative and clever she is, and also, sometimes it feels like all the very best stories are taken. And I mean that in the best way possible.
Sure, Inkheart isn’t perfect. For one, at about 550pgs., it is far too long. The pacing is quite slow and our characters spend a lot of time sitting around and waiting and worrying about things. For that, I’m not sure if Funke is to blame, or if there’s something to the translation that is more exciting in German. The writing weaves and tarries and wonders before moving on to anything truly interesting, and Meggie spends at least 50% of this book in a prison cowshed, being dragged back and forth and fretting and being sad and lonely.
She’s also a bit… flat, I guess. Not underdeveloped, but unresponsive. There are a great many magical things happening around her, but she takes these in stride, emotionally. As such, things from her POV are generally a bit blah, even though there is magic afoot and they shouldn’t be blah. But then again, I have never cared for Meggie. Every POV is more interesting than Meggie’s. And, in my opinion, the very best character is Elinor. Because there’s nothing like an ordinary person with a deep love of something she knows cannot be real…. getting to fall into something she’s only ever dreamed of. Besides, Elinor is bright and brave and deeply interesting, especially in her belief that she is not special when in fact she often steals the moment.
Inkheart is one of those rare books for me where I am here for the world and the story. How wonderful, how incredible would it be to read a book aloud and taste the words on your tongue and be able to draw characters out of the pages? Even though this magic is laden with consequences, it’s just… the very idea, you know? This is the same sort of magic that enchants me about The Eyre Affair, even though these are very different books. It’s the magic I love so much in this trilogy, for whatever faults it may have otherwise.
As a children’s book (although these days, I’d call it YA… it was simply published before YA was a thing), this is long and complicated, but it is so, so worth it. Funke has an incredible imagination that I envy, and her world is so intricate. There are some dark characters, although they may not seem so dark compared the way some villains are written today. Of these, I think Basta is the best developed.
As the trilogy gets older, Inkheart is more often overlooked as there are newer, shinier books to read. In my opinion, this trilogy deserves to be a YA fantasy classic because it’s just the sort of story that is timeless and extraordinary and even though the reading it takes me a long time… it’s worth it. It’s so worth it. I recommend this book to anyone who loves secrets and magic and two worlds bleeding together and father-daughter stories and believes that our world could be just a little more fantastical.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping
Minor: Animal death and Death
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