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Jul 08, 2008

Jessica rated it:

I was very much looking forward to reading this, as it had very good word-of-mouth as a high-quality children's/YA fantasy that adults will also enjoy. And the premise, that characters can exist in the "real world" outside of books, or that real people can enter the world inside a book, is endlessly appealing. However, my local library is on the verge of opening a new wing with my overdue book fines on this, because I keep hanging onto it in the hope that eventually I will be able to f More...

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Mar 11, 2008

Ann rated it:

What a great story!
This is quite the page-turner! I was driven to read more by both the action/adventure and the plot/conclusion. Both are excellently written! Funke’s style of writing (and indeed the translation made by Anthea Bell) makes for a smooth and beautiful read.
Wonderfully drawn and very detailed characters fill this book from cover to cover, each character being unique and complete. The story is told from multiple viewpoints, which adds another interesting dimension to More...

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May 06, 2008

Dana rated it:

Oy... I really wanted to like this book. I had such high hopes for it. It was one of those books that whenever my students saw me reading it they said, "Oh, I really liked that book! It was so good." So, I thought it would be great. It just wasn't. The story was nice. In short (very short): Meggie's father repairs books. Her mother disappeared nine years ago. After a mysterious visitor shows up at their house, Meggie finds out that her father has a secret. He can read characters out of More...

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Oct 18, 2007

Kathryn rated it:

A wonderful, imaginative story. The characters are so vivid, the tale so engaging, the prose so poetic... A glorious tale for anyone who ever dreamed of being transported into the stories she reads, or of having friends from the tales brought into our world!

On her website, author Cornelia Funke says,
"I didn't suspect that this story would grow untill it could fill more than one book. I have dreamed for a long time of writing a story in which characters from a book come i More...

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Dec 17, 2009

Patricia rated it:

This book is everything I ever wanted. It's a book about a book and lovers of books. It's very self-affirming for me. Now I don't feel like a COMPLETE goober for 1) smelling books 2) learning Elvish or 3) bringing at least 5 books with me everywhere I go.

Note: just because I don't FEEL like a complete goober, does not mean I am not one.

"Inkheart" is the first in a trilogy. "Inkspell" is already out, and "Inkdeath" will be out in 2008.

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Feb 26, 2009

Em rated it:

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Apr 02, 2009

Weni rated it:

Kalo kamu bisa memunculkan benda2 atau tokoh2 dari buku yang kamu baca, buku apa yg akan kamu pilih dan apa atau siapa yang akan kamu munculkan?

Mortimer (Mo), ayah Meggie, punya kemampuan ajaib, ia bisa mengeluarkan tokoh2 dari buku yang dibacanya (dibaca dg suara, bukan dlm hati). Kejadiannya sering tanpa sengaja dan awalnya Mo hanya mengeluarkan benda2 mati dari bukunya. Sampai akhirnya 9 thn lalu Mo membacakan Tintenherz untuk sang istri dan tanpa sengaja mengeluarkan Capricorn - More...

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Feb 08, 2008

Maia rated it:

Okay, I'm at hundred pages, and I'm like: someone just kill that loser Capricorn, and then FedEx the rest of the gang home! PLEASE! I'll pay Preferred!
It goes like this: go here, go there, go back here, go back there, return to here, and so on...
Also, this story was kind of scary, which doesn't rate high in my book (pun intended).
The idea was excellent, but poorly executed.

2 comments like (11 people liked it)

Jul 06, 2008

Richard rated it:

A young adult novel, published in Germany and translated to English. River Kikkert recommended this book. A man discovers he has the ability to make people become real when he reads about them aloud from a book. Some villains from another time are brought into this world and they cause great problems .Takes place in modern day Italy in the country side. All the characters are described and given personalities in the book. It would be along the lines of the Lord of the Rings series in terms More...

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Aug 20, 2008

Kirsty rated it:

Oof... it took me 12 days to finish this book. Not like me at all.

I liked the storyline. I love the fact that it is a book about books, and that is what initially made me want to read it. I read the blurb on the book and it sounded like a really fun read.

I was wrong.

The book was VERY long-winded. Whilst the plotline was good, and the characters were nicely built, the actual story dragged on most of the time. The best part of the book is the last few chapters, More...

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Jan 20, 2008

Thomas rated it:

Die zugrundeliegende Idee ist toll, leider macht Cornelia Funke dann eigentlich zuwenig daraus. Das Buch liest sich zwar angenehm (gut, es ist ein Kinder- / Jugendbuch, aber trotzdem keinesfall anspruchslos geschrieben), aber von Zeit zu Zeit scheint die Geschichte anzuhalten und die Autorin muss sie dann relativ bemüht wieder in Fahrt bringen.

Trotzdem ein durchaus schönes, empfehlenswertes Buch, wenn man Sinn für intelligente Fantasy hat.

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Feb 24, 2009

bookczuk rated it:

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 a More...

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Mar 01, 2009

Ayu rated it:

Tentu saja saya mencintai buku, kalau tidak buat apa saya ikut Goodreads? Tapi mempunyai kekuatan seperti Mo, ayah Meggie? Tunggu dulu, kayaknya saya akan berpikir ratusan kali untuk mempunyai kekuatan Lidah Ajaib. Sepertinya menyenangkan ya kalau ketika membaca sebuah buku tokoh-tokoh di dalamnya bisa keluar dan muncul secara fisik di hadapan kita. Kalau yang keluar tokoh yang baik seperti Harry Potter, ya tidak masalah. Tapi kalau yang keluar tokoh antagonis? Oops, di situlah konflik Inkheart More...

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Oct 24, 2011

AnEyeSpy rated it:

(Rerated to 5* after consideration. One of those books that stick in your brain until you relent to the sequel). The rain drummed; my brain thrummed. I couldn't sleep. I began to read about Meggie, similarly afflicted. Warning: Scary. Very.
"Inkheart" is a tale with fairies, trolls, magic, vicious men who torture. Read aloud by Mo, villains and a victim appear in place of his wife and cats. Years later, evil Capricorn's gang kidnaps Meg, now 12, to blackmail the magician they cal More...

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Mar 19, 2011

Xeyra rated it:

I first heard about this book during a book swap game. Someone offered it on the game and since I didn't end up with it, it went on my wishlist. It seemed an interesting book and people recommended it, so when this bookring was proposed, I didn't hesitate, despite the mile-long list of bookrings I was already in. I didn't really know much about this book aside from its premise -- never heard of the author before. Well, after reading Inkheart, I'll certainly be adding some more of her titles to m More...

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Oct 17, 2007

Michelle rated it:

Hoo boy did I love this novel. Firstly, it's a book about books and the people who love them. You really can't go wrong starting from there.

For a young adult novel, it has several interesting quirks. Maybe it's because I'm used to reading about American and British heroes and heroines in my YA novels, and this book is translated from the German, but it was a nice change to have a different setting ... from what I could tell, this book takes place mostly in Italy.

And i More...

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Apr 14, 2008

Ankita rated it:

This book was the best book ever! It reminds me of when I thought I could go into a book by jumping into it (I got that idea from Blues Clues, hey, you can't blame me for being immature!)I literally jumped into one of those encyclopedias (I was looking at the pictures)and ended up getting my mom really mad at me...
Inkheart, however, casts an enchantment upon you that really does pull you into the book to follow Meggie and her friends on a quest to attempt to defeat Capricorn.
Though More...

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Nov 12, 2008

Claudia rated it:

What an interesting idea: a book about books, and characters coming to life in the 'real' world. People 'reading' characters into and out of books. What fun to meet Tinkerbell and the Steadfast Tin Soldier. Every character is deeply involved with books in some way. The climactic scene was as full of suspense as any I've read. I think my favorite parts of the book were the exerpts from OTHER books at the beginning of each chapter...Princess Bride, Wind in the Willows, Once and Future King, LOTR. More...

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Apr 11, 2009

Helna rated it:

Judul Buku : Tintenherz: Inkheart
Penulis : Cornelia Funke
Alih Bahasa : Dinyah Latuconsina
Tebal : 535 hal.
Tahun Terbit : Januari 2009
Penerbit : Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Harga : Rp. 58.000,-

Inkheart adalah buku pertama dari Trilogi Inkworld buah karya penulis asal Jerman, Cornelia Funke. Sebelumnya Funke telah menulis Herr Der Diebe (Pangeran Pencuri).

Sembilan tahun yang lalu, saat Mo membaca Tintenherz. Tanpa sengaja ia memunculkan be More...

1 comment like (2 people liked it)

Jul 07, 2009

miaaa rated it:

I've always imagined what it would be like if the characters from the books I've read, especially those who I like so much, are really alive, flesh and blood and I can enter their world. Like Alice in the Wonderland. Or Harry Potter, oh I'd do anything to enter Hogwarts. I was destined to be a Ravenclaw student!

But Funke offers more than that, what if there's very special people who able to call out characters from books. Who can bring them across the unknown border to our world. If More...

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Dec 07, 2008

Queezle rated it:

I have no idea why people like this book. Where is the character developement, the intrigue, the plot? It's like a lump. After I read it, I thought back and couldn't even remember the storyline - it was too jumpy and mumbled. Not a good work of fiction.

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Jan 22, 2009

Rachel rated it:

I have little doubt that Inkheart is a magical read for children. As for myself, I wasn't particularly enchanted and can most simply describe my reaction to this book with a shrug of the shoulders and an indifferent "Ho-hum."

The writing style seemed rather stilted; I got to feel like I was reading the same paragraph over and over, but with different words. This, admittedly, is most likely the fault of the translator, but until I learn to read German, there is not much I ca More...

1 comment like (3 people liked it)

Jan 08, 2009

Camille rated it:

You know, I saw the movie trailer for this book and was intrigued so I went to the library and picked it up. It was interesting. I liked the idea for the story, but the writing style just was..... tedious. I had a hard time working my way through it. At the beginning of every chapter is a quote from another, more famous, literary work. This detracted from the flow of the story for me. I got pulled out of the story at every quote. I felt like a lot of the plot was left unexplored and under-descri More...

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Jan 04, 2009

Jeanne rated it:

Meggie's father, Mo, has a very special talent: when he reads books aloud, the books come alive. And characters leave the books and enter Mo's world. And vice versa.

There is one very special book, and that is Inkheart. When Mo last read this book aloud, characters left the book, AND Meggie's mother entered the tome. Several characters left the book, including the evil Capricorn and the amusing Dustfinger. And all of these characters know that Mo has a special reading ability. More...

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Dec 11, 2008

kaylajojo rated it:

HEY i read this book about a year ago. its very good and Dustfinger is my fav character hes hilarious... theres a sequel called Inkspell

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Feb 04, 2012

Chloé rated it:

Et bien et bien que dire sur Coeur d'Encre ? Que c'est un livre de fantasy jeunesse qui ravira les fana de lecture ? Mais je suppose que vous le savez déjà.

Qui n'a jamais rêver de voir sortir de ses livres préférés ses personnages préférés et de les rencontrer en personne ? Le problème c'est que ce sont parfois les "méchants" qui sortent... et les "gentils" sont nostalgiques de leur monde de papier et seraient prêts à tout pour y retourner. C'est en effet la tram More...

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May 03, 2010

Jillian -always aspiring- rated it:

Okay, let me be fair: Cornelia Funke is a very descriptive writer who has fashioned a fantasy world that should have worked wonders in any reader's mind.

The problem?

I believe it's the characters. Though Funke has written a book about -- of all things! -- stories within stories and the worlds that exist in other books that can be lured out by people who have the special talent of reading characters out of books . . . the characters don't just latch onto you in any way. More...

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Jan 29, 2012

Katniss rated it:

i wanted to like this book so badly!
i didn't.

first thing to annoy me badly: the names. stupid, silly names. i stumbled across them and well, they just did not fit into the story, they prevented me from liking the characters behind the names and words. i did not care a thing what did or did not happen to them.

meggie and mo are bibliophile. okay. nice. i get it. but don't rub it in that much! i'm not a bad person just because i don't carry a trunk full of books around More...

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Apr 24, 2010

Athira rated it:

At the outset, I should say I have been very hesitant to read this book. I was initially interested in the blurb at the back cover of the book, but from the instant I picked the book from the library, I have pretty much been dumping other books on top of it. What put me off? The cover! I guess the illustrator could have done a better job on that, I'm not sure. Or it could just be me. Somehow that magenta-pinkish-red color was repelling me. The book was screaming "fantasy" at me, fantas More...

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Aug 29, 2009

Darcy rated it:

This book I couldn't finish the second time around. I read this one before. But now I can't. The book to me was very boring. The plot moves to slow. The book makes me sick. It's very confusing to read. I want to see the movie though because it goes faster than the book. This book contains too much trivia for me. This book doesn't make sense. Perhaps the reason why is because it is a translation. The book was written originally in German than translated to English. Maggie is visited by Dustfinger More...

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