Original Title: Tintentod

 

The conclusion to the Inkworld trilogy, I'd been looking forward to this book for a long time, after I really liked the first to books.

 

Luckily, this book didn't disappoint! It was still very nice to read, I still like the idea and especially the characters (although I really missed my favourite one). It felt like a good ending to the series, although I liked the first two books best...

 

Overall, I think this is a very nice series probably best for ages around 12. It's one of those series where you can just feel how much the author loves books.

 

Note: I read a Dutch translation of this book

Original Title: Tintenblut

 

I really enjoyed reading the first book of this series. So after I finished Inkheart I went to the bookstore to get this second book. It's a book about a world in a book, and as a child I thought that was wonderful. In Inkspell, we actually get into the book!

 

This is a book for children, or maybe they classify it as YA nowadays (I wouldn't do that), so you have to keep in mind that the writing style is a little childish sometimes. I don't think that is a problem, cause you know you can find such things while reading a book for children. Anyway, I was a bit younger when I read the book and at that time I really liked it. The story has such wonderful characters and is very original, I would definitely recommend this series.

 

Note: I read a Dutch translation of this book

Original Title: Tintenhertz

 

This definitely was one of my favourite books when I was a kid. I completely fell in love with the idea of being able to - literally- bring your books to life. (But just as with the Hogwarts invitation letters, I'm still waiting for anything to pop out of my books =) ) It sounded magical, even though it doesn't really work out that well in the book.

 

Inkheart, the first book in the trilogy, I liked best of all. So many characters I liked are introduced in this book besides the wonderful concept. I was completely sucked into the story (pun intended =) ) and couldn't put it down. I finished this in 2 days, which was quite exceptional for me back in 2007.

 

Note: I read a Dutch translation of this book

There's nothing like settling down to revisit an old favourite, is there? When I pick up Inkheart, I'm taken back to when I was at university, still living at home with my Mum and Dad. One Christmas, I received all three books that make up the Inkheart trilogy in my stocking and I devoured them all within a week. I literally did nothing apart from lay on the sofa and eat leftover Christmas treats with my nose stuck in these books until I had finished all three. Even though I'm now twenty-six, married and definitely not living with my parents anymore, picking up these books brings back all the magic of the first time I read them.Twelve-year-old Meggie lives with her bookbinder father Mo after the disappearance of her mother in mysterious circumstances when she was only three. They are visiting a relative, book collector Eleanor when a strange man called Dustfinger arrives, claiming that Mo read him out of a book called Inkheart. What follows is a good old-fashioned adventure as Meggie and Mo race to stop the villain of Inkheart, Capricon, from destroying all the remaining copies and wreaking a terrible vengeance on his enemies. Along the way, they are assisted by Eleanor, the author of Inkheart, Fenoglio, and Farid, a young boy read out of the pages of A Thousand and One Nights. Here's the thing: I know Inkheart isn't exactly the finest literature and I know that the plot is a little silly at times (the Shadow being a case in point), but none of that stops me from loving the book so much that even thinking about it makes me smile. Who hasn't read a book and wanted the characters to come out of the book? I know I have and I love that the entire story revolves around the love of books and in particular, the love of all the classics I loved so much as a child (Peter Pan, Arabian Nights etc). In fact, the thing I enjoy most about Inkheart is the tone; it feels like the old-fashioned books I devoured when I was young. There's a good dose of adventure, a straightforward good vs evil plot and a hint of magic. Picking it up feels like picking up an Enid Blyton novel,Treasure Island or Peter Pan. Although Meggie is in for a lot of suffering, it's due to the danger she faces and the world of the book is like a lovely bubble I like to sink into every now and again.This isn't really a proper review as I'm not going to be critical. I understand this book isn't for everyone but I absolutely love it and I'm already looking forward to making time for a reread of Inkspell and Inkdeath over the next few weeks. For me, Inkheart is escapist adventure at its best.

I spent the first three hours of 2009 finishing this book. It took me about sixty pages to get into it, but then this one thing happened in the plot that I didn't see coming and then I couldn't put the dang thing down even though I was SO TIRED. The ending felt a little strange to me at first, but when you think about it, it's actually kind of perfect.

 

Sad that it's over :(