So, the other day I finally had the money to buy my own paper back copy of Inkdeath. I haven't read it yet and it's been several years since I read Inkheart and Inkspell so I thought rereading them would be wise.
Halfway through the book I was finding it really hard to get through it. If you would recall they made a movie about it several years ago and I've watched it several times so the story felt too known. I knew what was coming and I knew what happened in the end and I really can't stand that measure of predictability. But I digress.
Inkheart is truly one of the better fantasy trilogy's in existence today. Simply because it hasn't really been done as much. The written word is magic, a magic I don't possess, and Cornelia Funke does a wonderful job at bringing this magic that we all feel whenever we open up a book. I always find it amazing when an author creates a book inside there book. Just thinking about the amount of thought that must take is hard for me to comprehend because not only do you have to know the story that you're trying to create but you must also know the story that creates the one that you now write.
Inkheart is one of my favourite books (you can tell by looking at the spine. It's actually been broken unlike all the other ones that inhabit my shelves) and although I didn't enjoy the reread as much as I enjoyed the first time I opened the book I would still recommend it to anyone even if fantasy isn't really your thing. I would rate this book a 9 faeries out of 10 because it is really well written and very well translated, because as we all know Cornelia Funke is German...We all knew that right? Fun facts.
But in all seriousness, read this book, even if you've seen the movie and don't think you'll like the book. As always the book has surpassed the movie in all ways possible.
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