Inkheart / Inkspell / Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

And the Inkworld is lovely and scary and intriguing, filled with things like little glass men, blue fairies, and the white women of death. It's encouraging to read about so many characters (Mo, Meggie, Elinor, even Violante and Orpheus) who simply adore books. I still enjoyed the book, and I'm glad that I had the chance to read it (and appreciative of the people at Scholastic for giving it to me). And I think that's a shame, this being a children's book with a spunky girl character and all. But Meggie is mostly a spectator, or a motivation for others, rather than being an initiator. It's not that there aren't things happening in the book - there is a lot of drama and sadness and tragedy. Her most interesting situation in Inkdeath is her love triangle (she has two suitors), and even that is pretty passive.

She mostly waits around for her father (who is off being brave and doing great things), in case her voice is needed to read something into being. Even though I like the Inkworld, I still thought that the book dragged a bit.īut the real problem that I had with Inkdeath was that, even though this is a children's book, the primary child character, Meggie, doesn't really do much. It was like Funke didn't want to let go of the Inkworld herself, and so she introduced new wonders (giants, people living in nests up in trees), and a whole new castle, with a long journey through the woods to get there. It seemed long, and not in that 'falling into the book' way. This makes it very difficult to admit that I actually had a hard time getting through the third book. I liked the first two books in the Inkworld series a lot (I didn't review them because I listened to them on audio, but I enjoyed them both immensely). Don't even think about reading the books out of order. If you aren't familiar with the series, go and read Inkheart and Inkspell, and then come back here when you're finished. I'm not going to give you a plot summary, since I don't want to spoil the book, but I am going to offer up some thoughts about Inkdeath. Inkdeath is the final book in Cornelia Funke's Inkworld trilogy, after Inkheart and Inkspell. I was excited to get an advance copy of Inkdeath at ALA last month.

Inkheart / Inkspell / Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke