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Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
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My reading soul was battered and bruised, and a friend offered this book to me to help soothe the hurt. A lovely fantasy tale, with just enough villains and heroic folks to keep it balanced. You root for a happy ending and keep reading. Each chapter starts with a quote from a beloved children's classic, so you get to visit old friends on the journey through the story.
A few passages helped assure me how much the author really does love books and all they represent. Meggie, tired and distressed at one point, wearily "took out a book and tried to make herself a nice nest in its familiar words." Any book lover should be able to identify with that! Or later, Elinor, when trying to get comfortable in the ruins of a deserted cottage, ponders, "Why are adventures so much more fun when you read about them?"
But perhaps my favorite is:
A few passages helped assure me how much the author really does love books and all they represent. Meggie, tired and distressed at one point, wearily "took out a book and tried to make herself a nice nest in its familiar words." Any book lover should be able to identify with that! Or later, Elinor, when trying to get comfortable in the ruins of a deserted cottage, ponders, "Why are adventures so much more fun when you read about them?"
But perhaps my favorite is:
Only in books could you find pity, comfort, happiness--and love. Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly.Love, truth, beauty, wisdom and consolation against death. Who said that? Someone else who loved books:..."
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Finished Reading
February 24, 2009
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February 24, 2009
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bookcrossing
February 24, 2009
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books-about-books
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Your review of 'Inkheart' sang peace into my soul - thank you.
I like the ending to the story. And I mean the last sentence specifically. Cornelia Funke is a pretty good writer.
"My reading soul was battered and bruised, and a friend offered this book to me to help soothe the hurt. " <<< why Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ exists.We know just how you feel!(Ten years later, to boot!")
I wanted Dustfinger to be happy in the end for he is a nice person though stupid sometimes. I even feel sorry for Fenoglio. I hope that he likes that world. But Meggie is reunited with her parents after all:-D. Funke 's imagination impressed me a lot. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for reading Inkspell and Inkdeath. Hope it has a happier ending. My favorite quote : Books have to be heavy because the whole world is inside them.