I finished reading Inkheart last Saturday night. Melissa and I got home from a party around 11:30 and she stumbled into bed. I dashed into the bedroom and grabbed the book, knowing that I was going to get to finish it. This is one of those books that I eagerly devoured. One day last week when I was swamped with work, Melissa suggested that she take the book to work with her for fear that I would be tempted by it and read all day, rather than doing the work that I was drowning in. We agreed that she would hide it from me, in case I decided I had done enough work to reward myself before she got home. (I did not get enough work done to reward myself and I didn't look for it.)
It's marketed as a children's book, or maybe young adult fiction or something. I felt like it had some scary stuff in it (not Stephen King scary, but still suspenseful) and because it was set in a contemporary setting that scary stuff (even though it was fanciful) still seemed real enough to me. So I wouldn't recommend it to Olivia yet anyway.
But it's a great book about a girl and her father and some other interesting characters. It explores the line between fiction and reality much in the same way that Jasper Fforde books do. I was surprised by this because I often think that's a unique perspective. But now that I think about it, I guess Sophie's World also explores that line. And that's another one of my favorite books.
I have already recommended this to Dad because I thought he would enjoy the father/daughter connection. I really liked the book and, aside from Olivia, can't think of anyone to whom I wouldn't recommend it.
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That's some review. I went to Amazon and used their "Search Inside" feature to read the opening pages of the book. These days my reading is mostly limited to TIME, The New Yorker (the non-fiction) and the odd article on Slate.com. It looks like this novel would be a good one to enjoy in a TV-less vacation cabin somewhere.
I also enjoyed Sophie's World.
One critique: I don't care too much for the cover art.
So how long will you wait before you go after the other books in the series?
Who would you cast as the father in a fantasy film version of the novel? Who would be Dustfinger?
Having read the review, I am now chomping to get home and read my loaner copy!
And read it I now have. While I did not find it as entrapping as the reviewer, I did read it in a long weekend and enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks for the tip L (and M). By the by, I have amazoned you a book I heard mentioned on NPRrecently that I think you will enjoy. Let it be a surprise unless I have already told you. Hasta basta pasta.
I'm probably a book reviewer like Brian is a movie reviewer. I pretty much like most every book I ever read. And I like most of them pretty enthusiastically.
I'm waiting to go after the others in the series because I like to hold off on things I know I will enjoy and take some risks in between. I also find that when I read back to back books in a series, I am unable to distinguish between them.
As for the film version,
I'll be on the lookout for who I would cast. I'm thinking the dad would be some small guy with crazy hair, dark and Dustfinger needs to be gaunt and mysterious and not really loveable.
Hmmm... I imagined Dustfinger more as the Bob Hoskins type, a mole instead of a ferret, Mo as tall, dark, and handsome, Maggie Smith as Elinor? or maybe someone younger than she.
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