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Reckless (Mirrorworld #1)
Ever since Jacob Reckless was a child, he has been escaping to a hidden world through a portal in his father's abandoned study. Over the years, he has made a name for himself as a finder of enchanted items and buried secrets. He's also made many enemies and allies--most important, Fox, a beautiful shape-shifting vixen whom Jacob cares for more than he lets on.
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Hardcover, 391 pages
Published
September 14th 2010
by Little Brown Books
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Oh dear....
What a disappointing book. The very pages stunk of mediocrity.
The main issue with 'Reckless' lies solely with the characters: Cornelia Funke plunges us right into the middle of the story, with no detail on the characters what-so-ever. Jacob, Will and Clara are possibly THE WORST leads in a novel I have ever read about. There is absolutely no chemistry between them. I couldn't care less about what happens to them.
I imagine Cornelia Funke's brainstorming of these characters wasa litt...more
What a disappointing book. The very pages stunk of mediocrity.
The main issue with 'Reckless' lies solely with the characters: Cornelia Funke plunges us right into the middle of the story, with no detail on the characters what-so-ever. Jacob, Will and Clara are possibly THE WORST leads in a novel I have ever read about. There is absolutely no chemistry between them. I couldn't care less about what happens to them.
I imagine Cornelia Funke's brainstorming of these characters was
I'm not sure if it's because this book was originally written in German, and German translated into English is clunky by default (have you ever had to read Weber? remember how fun that was?) but Cornelia Funke's style really takes some getting used to. It's not for everyone--I'm not even sure if it's for me. On one hand, the Mirrorworld was intriguing, and my favourite part was learning that the there were different types of Goyl based on the types of rocks. On the other, Jacob has got to be the...more
Reckless dalam bahasa Indonesia berarti Sembrono. Mungkin nama belakang yang disandang Jacob itu benar-benar mewakili dirinya. Jacob Reckless. Kesembronoan Jacob membuat nyawa adiknya dalam bahaya.
Selama bertahun-tahun, Jacob memiliki dunianya sendiri di balik cermin ajaib di kamar kerja Ayahnya. Semenjak Ayahnya menghilang dan Ibunya yang selalu bermuram durja, Jacob selalu melarikan diri dari kenyataan dan ketakutan hidupnya untuk menikmati petualangan di dunia cermin tersebut. Sampai suatu h...more
Selama bertahun-tahun, Jacob memiliki dunianya sendiri di balik cermin ajaib di kamar kerja Ayahnya. Semenjak Ayahnya menghilang dan Ibunya yang selalu bermuram durja, Jacob selalu melarikan diri dari kenyataan dan ketakutan hidupnya untuk menikmati petualangan di dunia cermin tersebut. Sampai suatu h...more
I am extremely happy to write a review of this book. It was simply excellent. If you can imagine the fantasy of Tolkien, with the emotional connectivity of modern stories, and an anti-hero Paul Newman would be proud of, you will get a little taste of this tale.
The modern idea of taking timeless fairy tales and "revealing" their true, much darker, origins is an idea Funke plays out in this novel where a young man named Jacob runs from the pain of his youth, through a looking glass, and chooses t...more
The modern idea of taking timeless fairy tales and "revealing" their true, much darker, origins is an idea Funke plays out in this novel where a young man named Jacob runs from the pain of his youth, through a looking glass, and chooses t...more
First when I read the first couple of chapters I felt a bit disapointed because I realized the style was meant like a fantasy adventure book for children. But as I keep reading the book became more and more engaging.
The dark twist in the fairy tale world may not be a new concept but is pretty well handled in this novel, sometimes when authors focus on writting this type of books they only develop certain aspects of the fantastic world delivering an uncreative, unimaginative book. On the contrary...more
The dark twist in the fairy tale world may not be a new concept but is pretty well handled in this novel, sometimes when authors focus on writting this type of books they only develop certain aspects of the fantastic world delivering an uncreative, unimaginative book. On the contrary...more
Since the INK trilogy I've been a huge fan of the author, Cornelia Funke's, work, so I thought this book would be easy peasy to fall in love with, like I did with the INK trilogy, only I did not fall in love with Reckless
The book has such a great potential; it has a lot of retelling elements such has Sleeping Beauty and magical creatures such as dwarfs and faeries. The universe behind the mirror was a brilliant idea, but unfortunately I did not find the universe appealing at all. To me it was to...more
The book has such a great potential; it has a lot of retelling elements such has Sleeping Beauty and magical creatures such as dwarfs and faeries. The universe behind the mirror was a brilliant idea, but unfortunately I did not find the universe appealing at all. To me it was to...more
What if all those fairy tale stories, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty etc., all those stories with magical creatures or witches, stories of trolls and giants, what if these stories didn't come from the minds of men. What if they were true stories from a different world. A world you could get into through a magical mirror.
This is that story. The story of Jacob Restless, a boy who's father had disappeared years earlier, a boy who one day, while in his fathers study, discovers wri...more
This is that story. The story of Jacob Restless, a boy who's father had disappeared years earlier, a boy who one day, while in his fathers study, discovers wri...more
Nope, not for me! I liked the idea very much. I love the old fairytales and read them over and over again when I was a child (still do sometimes) and often imagined myself to be a part in them. And I absolutely LOVED John Connolly´s The Book of Lost Things (read this instedad). So I did have quite high expectations.
I never got involved in the story. The characters never came to life. I didn´t really care what would happen to them. Somehow the story lacked the fantasticness and the fairytaleness...more
I never got involved in the story. The characters never came to life. I didn´t really care what would happen to them. Somehow the story lacked the fantasticness and the fairytaleness...more
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Jacob Reckless wechselt seit Jahren Hin und Her zwischen unserer Realität und der Welt, die sich hinter dem Spiegel im Büro seines verschwundenen Vaters versteckt. Alles verläuft gut für den angesehenen Schatzsucher in Grimms Märchenwelt, bis sein kleinerer Bruder Will ihm folgt. Will wird von Goyl, eine Art steinerner Menschen, verletzt und dadurch mit dem Fluch belegt, selbst ein Goyl zu werden. Natürlich setzt Jacob, sich und alle jeglicher Gefahr aus, um seinen Bruder vor seinem Schicksal zu...more
"El joven Jacob Reckless llega a un mundo fantástico tras cruzar un espejo que halla en el despacho de su padre. Es un lugar extraño y peligroso, pero el muchacho pronto se encuentra en él mejor que en casa, y sus viajes a través del espejo se hacen más frecuentes. Muchos años después, cuando Jacob es ya un reputado cazatesoros curtido en mil batallas, su hermano menor, Will, lo sigue hasta allí y cae bajo un hechizo que petrifica su carne poco a poco. Si Jacob no hace nada para evitarlo, su her...more
I didn't think I'd like this book at first - I was afraid it was going to be too dark. And it nearly was. All the way through, it skirted the boundary of 'too dark' for me - and was therefor more memorable and intense.
I loved the way that each chapter was very short, and the first page of each had a black and white sketch-style drawing wrapping around the outside margins, almost like an illuminated manuscript. The drawings were, of course, quite dark.
I also loved how many elements of 'fairy tal...more
I loved the way that each chapter was very short, and the first page of each had a black and white sketch-style drawing wrapping around the outside margins, almost like an illuminated manuscript. The drawings were, of course, quite dark.
I also loved how many elements of 'fairy tal...more
3 1/2 stars
Funke creates a stunning fantasy world where fairy tales are true, yet are twisted by the dark magic of fairies. Many reviewers have commented on the awkward start to the story, and I have to agree. We are suddenly taken to the Mirrorworld and are given only a little information about his family which he eventually adandons. It was definitely confusing. This is not my favorite work by Cornelia Funke.
However, the Mirrorworld as a whole is a fantastic, imaginative world. St times we are...more
Funke creates a stunning fantasy world where fairy tales are true, yet are twisted by the dark magic of fairies. Many reviewers have commented on the awkward start to the story, and I have to agree. We are suddenly taken to the Mirrorworld and are given only a little information about his family which he eventually adandons. It was definitely confusing. This is not my favorite work by Cornelia Funke.
However, the Mirrorworld as a whole is a fantastic, imaginative world. St times we are...more
Definitely not Funke's best, but still a pretty entertaining read. Other reviewers have commented on the story's rocky start, and I definitely agree. The first few chapters are presented with ZERO exposition, but I suppose it's meant to be one of those scenarios where the author drops you into the world she's created and you just have to try and figure things out on your own...Fine.
Moving on...I really enjoyed all of the characters, not just the female leads who (admittedly) seemed a bit more f...more
Moving on...I really enjoyed all of the characters, not just the female leads who (admittedly) seemed a bit more f...more
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In all honesty, I was more intrigued by the Mirrorworld than I was with the main 'conflict'. I feel like the point was for the reader to care greatly about what was happening to Will, but I just didn't really care at all. The only character I cared about was Fox and occasionally Jacob, but that was mainly when he was about to do something stupid for his brother who I couldn't care less for.
I felt sorry for Fox, because her character was deeply neglected. Jacob was always running off places with...more
I felt sorry for Fox, because her character was deeply neglected. Jacob was always running off places with...more
Reckless – bei Jacob Reckless ist dieser Name Programm. Immerhin lebt er auch in der Welt hinter dem Spiegel. Allerdings kommt es, dass er ein einziges Mal zu waghalsig ist und ihn sein Bruder Will dabei beobachtet, wie er im einstigen Arbeitszimmer ihres Vaters im Spiegel verschwindet. Kurz entschlossen folgt er seinem älteren Bruder und setzt mit dieser Entscheidung eine Kette von Ereignissen in Gang, die das Leben der beiden Brüder für immer verändern werden.
Denn im Land hinter dem Spiegel i...more
Denn im Land hinter dem Spiegel i...more
November 9 must be a bad day for books because not only did I toss aside The Once and Future King today, but I am pitching this hastily-written, ill-conceived piece of writing in the can, too (Go see my review of White's book to see why). At least T.H. White is working with sentences; Cornelia Funke is pasting together fragments, bits of text that have all the auditory significance and irritation of a hacking cough. I am not sure from where comes her sudden infatuation with fragments--incomplete...more
The description on the inside cover of my copy was incredibly vague so I really wasn't sure what to expect. I checked this out solely because of the author, I love her other works like The Thief Lord and Inkworld, but this one was a little disappointing.
It was an interesting idea, and there were some good concepts, like the melding of so many different fairy tales and mythical creatures. I liked some of the characters but not the protagonist. The writing wasn't terrible but it wasn't great. The...more
It was an interesting idea, and there were some good concepts, like the melding of so many different fairy tales and mythical creatures. I liked some of the characters but not the protagonist. The writing wasn't terrible but it wasn't great. The...more
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Cornelia Funke works her magic on readers with this first book in a new series. The prologue begins with 12 year old Jacob Reckless heartsick for his missing father and finding a magic mirror which takes him to the magical and dangerous Mirrorworld. Throughout the years he frequently travels to this other world, but the love of his younger brother, Will, always calls him back home. As we leap ahead twelve years, Will has found the mirror, which begins Jacob’s horrifying quest t...more
Cornelia Funke works her magic on readers with this first book in a new series. The prologue begins with 12 year old Jacob Reckless heartsick for his missing father and finding a magic mirror which takes him to the magical and dangerous Mirrorworld. Throughout the years he frequently travels to this other world, but the love of his younger brother, Will, always calls him back home. As we leap ahead twelve years, Will has found the mirror, which begins Jacob’s horrifying quest t...more
Cornelia Funke: Eine Autorin vieler bekannter Jugendbücher, unter anderem von "Herr der Diebe" und "Tintenherz" - zwei Bücher, die bei mir auf jeden Fall unter "Lieblingsbücher" fungieren. Ihr neuester Roman, "Reckless", ist zwar kein absoluter Favorit, doch vier von fünf Sternen sind auf jeden Fall drin.
Der Begriff 'Reckless' ist nicht nur der Nachname der Brüder Jacob und Will Reckless, er steht auch für 'waghalsig' - und waghalsig ist Jacob Reckless allemal. Seit sein Vater vor Jahren auf rät...more
Der Begriff 'Reckless' ist nicht nur der Nachname der Brüder Jacob und Will Reckless, er steht auch für 'waghalsig' - und waghalsig ist Jacob Reckless allemal. Seit sein Vater vor Jahren auf rät...more
wow,wow!!
udah lama gak baca novel fantasy yg genre begini. hmm terakhir kali pas baca novelnya Heroes of the valley karangan jonathan stroud..
pas beli, aku gak tau loh kalo ini pngrangnya sama ama inkworld dan penunggang naga. sempet bingung juga pas d awal, soalnya banyak istilah yg aku bingung. bahkan gak tau sbnrnya kami'en itu nama raja goyl, kirain nama makhluk aneh jg.
okeee. dsni ceritanya ttg jacob yg berusaha nyelematin adiknya, yg gak sengaja kena cakarnya goyl. jadii, bt mencegah adikn...more
udah lama gak baca novel fantasy yg genre begini. hmm terakhir kali pas baca novelnya Heroes of the valley karangan jonathan stroud..
pas beli, aku gak tau loh kalo ini pngrangnya sama ama inkworld dan penunggang naga. sempet bingung juga pas d awal, soalnya banyak istilah yg aku bingung. bahkan gak tau sbnrnya kami'en itu nama raja goyl, kirain nama makhluk aneh jg.
okeee. dsni ceritanya ttg jacob yg berusaha nyelematin adiknya, yg gak sengaja kena cakarnya goyl. jadii, bt mencegah adikn...more
Will Reckless has followed his brother through a magic mirror into a strange fairy tale world and been slashed by a Goyl, a terrible creature made of stone whose wounds turn flesh to stone courtesy of the magic of a dark fairy. Jacob found the mirror in his father's study and although he has never found his father in the world beyond there is plenty of evidence that he was there, iron bridges, mementoes from his world in the city museum, and the memories of people. But the world is under threat,...more
Rating: 3 stars
I picked up this book thinking it was going to be a pretty typical YA read; nothing special. The picture on the cover looked kind of werewolf-ey and according to the blurb, there was romance.
It wasn't really anything like that, at all. It is a completely unique world with unique fantastical creatures. Had I known that this was truly what the book was about, I probably would have avoided it -- I eschew these kinds of books like the plague. I've always thought them far-fetched and t...more
I picked up this book thinking it was going to be a pretty typical YA read; nothing special. The picture on the cover looked kind of werewolf-ey and according to the blurb, there was romance.
It wasn't really anything like that, at all. It is a completely unique world with unique fantastical creatures. Had I known that this was truly what the book was about, I probably would have avoided it -- I eschew these kinds of books like the plague. I've always thought them far-fetched and t...more
The wording of this book is very lyrical, mystical, and dialogue is not common. The tale is dark, and plot lines intertwine so no outcome is predictable--characters are revealed along the way, but be prepared to do some guessing yourself.
Summary:
Jacob Reckless has sought ... something ever since his father died and left a gaping hole in his life. He finds the place he calls the Mirrorworld, which he enters by way of a mirror in the normal world, a place that soon becomes a second home. He earns...more
Summary:
Jacob Reckless has sought ... something ever since his father died and left a gaping hole in his life. He finds the place he calls the Mirrorworld, which he enters by way of a mirror in the normal world, a place that soon becomes a second home. He earns...more
Overall this book was not at all as good as I expected. I didn't like the characters very much, things felt rushed, and the book seemed to be running only on the problem that they needed to overcome. Oh, and I found a lot of things weren't really explained. Of course, my review might be affected by how I paused in reading the book for a week to reread another, much better, book. Though I really must be honest in saying how even before I paused, I didn't much enjoy the book. I liked how clever so...more
“It still looked as if John Reckless had last sat in his desk chair less than an hour ago, instead of more than a year…Come back! Jacob wrote it with his finger on the fogged-up window, on the dusty desk, and on the glass panels of the cabinet that still held the old pistols his father collected. But the room remained silent - and empty. He was twelve and no longer had a father.” (page 2)
The room is silent and empty except for the mirror. And it’s not even a very good mirror, it doesn’t even wor...more
The room is silent and empty except for the mirror. And it’s not even a very good mirror, it doesn’t even wor...more
I’ll start out with an interesting cover note, the one pictured here is the paperback copy that I have. Featured on the cover is Jacob as distinguished by the fact that his eyes are green, not blue or gold. Though the green swirlies made me unsure at first. The original cover the black with the frame and the green face, that is Will. Now a making fun of myself moment: notice those names? Jacob and Will… hmm that rings a bell… Jacob and Wilhelm… okay so yes they have the Grimm brothers name. The...more
Jacob Reckless is impulsive, fast, edgy and reckless. He travels between two worlds using a mirror looking for his father who disappeared mysteriously. In the real world he disappears for weeks at a time leaving his brother and mother to fend for themselves. In the alternate world Jacob finds a place where fairy tales come to life with fairies, witches, and Goyls (something of a cross between a gorgon and gargoyle).
Jacob’s brother Will follows him into the alternate world and gets infected by a...more
Jacob’s brother Will follows him into the alternate world and gets infected by a...more
My sister bought me this. As I have read all other books of Cornelia Funke I was pretty excited to read this book.
Jacob Reckless was 12 when he first found the world behind mirror in his father’s study. For 12 years he has carefully guarded his secret until one fateful night when his carelessness led to his brother following him to the other world. Now his brother is slowly turning into a Goyl, creature of stone, because of the Dark Fairy’s curse. Can Jacob free his brother from this curse befor...more
Jacob Reckless was 12 when he first found the world behind mirror in his father’s study. For 12 years he has carefully guarded his secret until one fateful night when his carelessness led to his brother following him to the other world. Now his brother is slowly turning into a Goyl, creature of stone, because of the Dark Fairy’s curse. Can Jacob free his brother from this curse befor...more
Loving every one of Cornelia Funkes books, this was no exception. She created yet another world Id happily exchange for this one, where enchantments and magical objects, better referred to as treasures, lie hidden, including marvelous pocket-handkerchiefs that spill gold, wishing sacks, scales of Watermen and glass slippers, hairs of Rapunzel that grow thick as ropes and long like one too, slime of carnivorous snails that make one invisible, and of course, the mythical creatures, which extend to...more
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Cornelia Caroline Funke is a multiple award-winning German author of children's and YA fiction. She is best known for her Inkheart trilogy. The Inkheart books have gained a variety of attention, and critics have praised Funke as the "German J. K. Rowling". Her books are very popular in her native country, and many have now been translated into English. Her work fits mainly into the fantasy and adv...more
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“The night breathed through the apartment like a dark animal. The ticking of a clock. The groan of a floorboard as he slipped out of his room. All was drowned by its silence. But Jacob loved the night. He felt it on his skin like a promise. Like a cloak woven from freedom and danger.”
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