A review by readerturnedwriter
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

4.0

I liked it, but didn't love it. I felt the book was too long, that if she'd introduced her characters at the beginning, skipped to the middle and picked up the story there, it would have been a better book. It had the same problem as the seventh Harry Potter to me--the characters were just kind of wandering around, not sure what to do, never really making a plan (and when they did, they didn't tell it to us, so we were still just wandering around with them). It also felt like she did things just so she could get to where she wanted in the plot and the "bad guys" didn't really feel real or like a real threat to me, because it was obvious they weren't going to hurt or kill the protagonists.

I really liked the way they talked about books and words and stories, in a magical way. I like the premise and I really liked the protagonists (especially the aunt). I also liked the ending for the most part. She left it happy but open (for sequels, I found out later). The writing was well done. I liked it enough that I will probably read the rest of the series.