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I saw the movie, and so decided to read the book. I got the same feeling from both: "it was good, but..." It felt like there was something missing, or it needed a little more something, or maybe a little less of something.
The premise of the book is, I think, lovely. I like the idea of being able to read characters into our world by reading aloud. There is a kind of magic in the written word, after all, and there are some characters that are written so vividly that they leap off the page and live ...more
The premise of the book is, I think, lovely. I like the idea of being able to read characters into our world by reading aloud. There is a kind of magic in the written word, after all, and there are some characters that are written so vividly that they leap off the page and live ...more
This book has an awesome premise - what if you could read so well, you could read a character out of a book? And what if that character was evil? Wow! Too bad Inkheart doesn't live up to its potential. Yes, Capricorn is evil - but why? He's a cardboard villain, with no personality, and no backstory. And no imagination. All he does is capture Meggie over and over again, three times, only to let her escape again. Meggie is supposedly the main character, and I wanted to spend more time with her, no
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Sep 03, 2008
Carolyn
marked it as saw-the-movie
Jan 09, 2009
Danielle The Book Huntress
marked it as to-read
Dec 31, 2013
Figgy
marked it as owned-but-not-read
