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A review by americangirlemmie
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
4.0
Inkling was a simple novel, but surprisingly deep. Firstly, as someone who is currently struggling to enjoy being bad at art (which is an entirely different essay altogether haha), this is the story I wish I had stumbled across as a child.
The moral of the story was, as a whole, simple and easy to pick up. Maybe it was because I felt a personal connection to it; growing up I was in a group of incredibly gifted, naturally creative kids, and I felt I was supposed to be the non-creative, serious friend. Thus, that is the role I fulfilled. So, I connected with Ethan a lot; he was struggling to find his identity as an artist, whilst surrounded by people whose attitudes and skills made him feel like the “role” was already taken.
I really enjoyed this; Ethan struggled with quite a lot, mostly surrounding his dad (who I couldn’t help but despise, sorrynotsorry). Ethan was forced to grow up must faster than he should’ve had to, and thus he had a lot of disconnect between himself and the nature childhood creativity inside of him. I felt that this message was projected really well, for such a simple little book, and was one I have never seen in a MS novel before.
This moral and idea was very simply written, as I said. Inkling is one of those stories that has morals written very literally on the pages, but also some subliminal messages as well. There was an entire plot line surrounding Inkling (the character), and if his purpose or worth expanded off of his innate ability to create art.
OH! Side note: Inkling is just adorable in general but his bookishness was literally the perk of my week. If you’re a classic lit. fan, this book deserves at least a skim reading because it had some very cute references.
Overall, I really enjoyed this simple little book, and I think you would too!
The moral of the story was, as a whole, simple and easy to pick up. Maybe it was because I felt a personal connection to it; growing up I was in a group of incredibly gifted, naturally creative kids, and I felt I was supposed to be the non-creative, serious friend. Thus, that is the role I fulfilled. So, I connected with Ethan a lot; he was struggling to find his identity as an artist, whilst surrounded by people whose attitudes and skills made him feel like the “role” was already taken.
I really enjoyed this; Ethan struggled with quite a lot, mostly surrounding his dad (who I couldn’t help but despise, sorrynotsorry). Ethan was forced to grow up must faster than he should’ve had to, and thus he had a lot of disconnect between himself and the nature childhood creativity inside of him. I felt that this message was projected really well, for such a simple little book, and was one I have never seen in a MS novel before.
This moral and idea was very simply written, as I said. Inkling is one of those stories that has morals written very literally on the pages, but also some subliminal messages as well. There was an entire plot line surrounding Inkling (the character), and if his purpose or worth expanded off of his innate ability to create art.
OH! Side note: Inkling is just adorable in general but his bookishness was literally the perk of my week. If you’re a classic lit. fan, this book deserves at least a skim reading because it had some very cute references.
Overall, I really enjoyed this simple little book, and I think you would too!