Inkspell (Inkheart Trilogy) by Cornelia Funke
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Book Summary Author: Cornelia Funke Brand: The Chicken House Edition: Mass Market Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2007-04-01 ISBN: 0439554012 Number of pages: 656 Publisher: The Chicken House Product features:
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Book Reviews of the Inkspell (Inkheart Trilogy)
Customer Review: Too long to be missing an ending!
Summary: 2 Stars
Inkheart melded the real world and a fantasy world in a way I never thought possible. As an English teacher, I loved how Funke praised the written word and then made it come alive. While I thought Inkheart dragged out the story a little bit, I was intrigued enough to read Inkspell, mostly because I wanted to see what happened to Mo, Meg, and Elinor.
Unfortunately, I couldn't read more than 10 or so pages of Inkspell at a time. The beginning is fabulous as the characters get pulled into the new world.
But once they get there, the best characters lose their lead roles in the story. Really, Meg does not get to do much until late in the book, and Mo has his hands tied for most of the novel. Elinor is left behind so what are the 600 pages about? The answer is mostly new characters and conflicts, which are good, but it isn't until around page 250 when you get a real sense of conflict. I only continued to read because I wanted a sense of closure. Eventually it builds and becomes interesting, since I felt this book wasn't strong enough to read the next part, I rushed to the ending, which ironically is missing. There is only an abrupt end of a chapter and not much of clue as what is going to happen.
I loved the closure of Inkheart and I really felt that Funke was good enough to provide some closure in this book before setting up Inkdeath. That is not the case, so don't read this unless you are really patient and plan to read part 3.