Inkspell - Cornelia Funke

The captivating sequel to INKHEART, the critically acclaimed, international bestseller by Cornelia Funke, an author who is emerging as a truly modern classic writer for children.Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of INKHEART, the book whose characters became real. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the ability to read him back, Dustfinger leaves behind his young apprentice Farid and plunges into the medieval world of his past. Distraught, Farid goes in search of Meggie, and before long, both are caught inside the book, too. But the story is threatening to evolve in ways neither of them could ever have imagined.

Published: 2005-10-01 (The Chicken House)

ISBN: 9780439554008

Language: English

Format: Hardcover, 635 pages

Goodreads' rating: -

Genres

Adventure Magic Young Adult Fantasy Childrens

Reviews

Roosevelt rated it

Inkspell was an okay kind of book. It was very long for an audio, even longer than Inkheart and it was also kind of boring until the last 25% of the book.The gang is basically all back in this book. Mo, Resa, Meggie, Elinor, and Dustfinger. However, there are a few more people added into the mix. A lot of action happens in this book and at one point I feel like I missed so much in one chapter when I got so distracted at work. I had to go back to that said part and it felt like the book was even longer.. and more boring (if that's even possible?). At one point, I stopped caring if I was confused because I assumed at one point everything would make sense to me.Eventually it did.Besides the confusion and the action, I loved Meggie in this book. She didn't annoy me as much as she did in the first book - but that's probably because I kept shipping the heck out of her and Farid. They were so cute together. Other than loving Meggie's character, I despised her dad in this book. Mo was such an idiot! God that man frustrated the HELL out of me. I hated how he wouldn't tell anyone anything! Plus his decisions were just weird and annoyed me.Remember how I mentioned that I was confused at one point? Yeah, it probably happened more than once but trust me.. it get's confusing. I didn't get the little glimpses into what Elinor or Darius were doing with their lives. It did nothing for me except make this book feel a lot longer than it needed to be.The villains in this book were good and entertaining but other than that I was mostly bored while listening. I'll probably end up listening to the next book because it's the last one. Usually I would want to dive into the last book because of the cliffhanger.. but yeah, that's not the case for this one.Overall, it was meh.

Julissa rated it

SERIE CUORE D'INCHIOSTRO vol. 2Lettura di gruppo E&LDevo dire che con questo libro la Funke si è riscattata. Mi è piaciuto di più. Più intrigante e meno noiosio del primo. Solo che purtroppo è rimasto ancora superficiale. Le storie, poco approfondite e senza quel phathos che ti fa affezionare e patteggiare per un personaggio o per l'altro. E poi i personaggi tutti odiosi ed egoisti e ingenui. Forse si salva Resa. Però meglio del primo. La trama è più articolata,e un finale shock. Almeno per me. Adesso non mi resta che leggere l'ultimo perchè non può finire così! Lettura leggera, senza troppe pretese. Forse è davvero per bambini, ma per quelli che non pretendono di più da una storia. Voto 3,5

Tonya rated it

I like that the story got more complex with the second volume. It didn't fall into cliche storylines or plots. That said, this book felt really *long* to me. And the story felt rather... loose. Like not a lot was happening, given how long I spent listening to it. I'm willing to admit that a lot of that might have been due to the fact that I was listening to it on Audio. It was 18+ hours long, and while Brendan Fraser did a good job, his reading was a little dramatic for my taste. I prefer a more understated narrator. I think part of the problem is that pretty much *everyone* in the book is a POV character. Not only does it mean there's a lot more storylines, but if you know what everyone's thinking and doing *all* the time, it pulls a lot of the tension out of the story.... I want to finish the series to see what happens, but honestly, I'm not looking forward to another 19 hour slog through an audiobook, or reading a 600+ page novel just to satisfy my curiosity.