Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy)
by Cornelia Funke
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Book Reviews of Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy)
Book Review: Good, but not spectacular
Summary: 3 Stars
I was highly anticipating the release of Inkdeath for months and months, and was hoping that it would conclude the trilogy with as much style and flair as Inkheart began the story and Inkspell continued it. In some regards I was disappointed, but in others was satisfied.
Overall the book is much darker than Inkheart or Inkspell, and I found the middle rather dragging. However, the darkness works with the story and makes sense. After all, the book is called Inkdeath. Cornelia Funke's husband died while she was in the process of writing it, and I'm sure that influenced the tone to some degree. The quality of writing is the same, though, magnificent as always.
I was disappointed in some characters, as almost all of them had changed to some degree, but in some the change made sense.
If you have been loyal to the trilogy definitely read this book, but come into it with small expectations and you'll be happier when you finish it.
Book Review: ink-awesome!
Summary: 4 Stars
wow. that's all i have to say! This book left me breathless. Like the other books, the detail was intricate and beautifully woven in and out of the tale. There were times when the detail started to feel a bit repetitive and times when it felt over done, but over all it was amazingly written, intoxicating with its gothic details and diverse characters. Dustfinger is my favorite character and i was excited when he came back!
The most enthralling part of this tale is it's how well Funke intertwines darkness and light so flawlessly into her writing. There were times when all felt lost, but even in its more hopeless hours, when your heart started ponding in worry for your fav characters, there was light infused in it. No matter the despair and pain the characters felt, there was never a moment when you thought there was no chance. It gives the book depth the most tales are missing, and a balanced feel.
Book Review: review from One Book At A Time [...]
Summary: 3 Stars
After a so-so first book, a fantastic second one, I was not sure what to expect for the final book in the Inkheart trilogy. Honestly, it fell somewhere in the middle. It was still rich in descriptions. I really love the characters the author has created. And the story is such an original concept. But, at times this book was just too long. I found myself skimming areas just to get to the next set of adventures. I don't think we need long paragraphs about why or why not something is going to happen. At this point, we already know the characters and nothing was out of the ordinary. And it switched view points a lot. When you have so many characters that play important parts in the story and they are in so many different locations, the story gets overwhelming. There are still some fabulous parts of this book and it wraps up the story wonderfully. I'm sure it won't disappoint anyone who has enjoyed the series.Book Review: By far the weakest of trilogy
Summary: 3 Stars
I really enjoyed Inkspell and Inkhart. They were very imaginative and well written books with great spacing, great characaters and a great plot.
Inkdeath is just not as good. It's like Corneia Funke knew what she wanted to do for the ending and just filled in six hundred pages with mindless bantering and story lines that just went around in circles again and again. There were several storylines that just tried to build up suspense... such as the Bluejay and his final confrontation with the Adder. Maggie chosing between her two fictional boyfriends. I was reading it wishing she would just get to the point.
The book would have been a lot better if she would have just cut out 300 pages of uselss junk and shortened up the story.
Inkdeath is not a bad book to read but it definilty isn't nearly as strong as her other books.
Book Review: loved it!
Summary: 5 Stars
After eagerly awaiting this books arrival, Firstly, I finished this book in 3 days! I was not dissapointed! and without giving away spoilers (like some other reviewers did), let me just say...
Like the previous books, this one sucked you right back in - wondering the fates of your favourite characters, and at certain points there were sooo many bad things happening all at once that you just couldn't help but worry how or if your characters were going to emerge alive!
I simply adored this book and was perfectly happy with all the different twists and turns in the book - a few predictable, but most were totally unforseen (at least to me anyway). And what I loved most, was the fact that at the end it hinted at the possibility of yet another book or maybe even trilogoy...
Great Read, and I would highly reccomend it!