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Manufacturer: The Chicken House
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780439866286
ISBN: 0439866286
Label: The Chicken House
Manufacturer: The Chicken House
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 656
Publication Date: 2008-10-07
Publisher: The Chicken House
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: 2008-09-26
Studio: The Chicken House
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Adderhead--his immortality bound in a book by Meggie's father, Mo--has ordered his henchmen to plunder the villages. The peasants' only defense is a band of outlaws led by the Bluejay--Mo's fictitious double, whose identity he has reluctantly adopted. But the Book of Immortality is unraveling, and the Adderhead again fears the White Women of Death. To bring the renegade Bluejay back to repair the book, the Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, dooming them to slavery in his silver mines unless Mo surrends. First Dustfinger, now Mo: Can anyone save this cursed story?
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Summary: Wonderful, satisfying culmination of a captivating trilogy
Comment: When I knew this book was in the mail, I went back and re-read the first two in the trilogy. I loved this book. I think it is the best written of all three, and it brings the story to a very satisfying ending...while leaving one villian still out there for Funke to bring back later if she wants to!
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Summary: loved it!
Comment: After eagerly awaiting this books arrival, Firstly, I finished this book in 3 days! I was not dissapointed! and without giving away spoilers (like some other reviewers did), let me just say...
Like the previous books, this one sucked you right back in - wondering the fates of your favourite characters, and at certain points there were sooo many bad things happening all at once that you just couldn't help but worry how or if your characters were going to emerge alive!
I simply adored this book and was perfectly happy with all the different twists and turns in the book - a few predictable, but most were totally unforseen (at least to me anyway). And what I loved most, was the fact that at the end it hinted at the possibility of yet another book or maybe even trilogoy...
Great Read, and I would highly reccomend it!
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Summary: Brilliant, Stunning, Cant even think of a word...
Comment: This book, this SERIES is just fabulous! It is art printed in black and white. The words paint pictures in your head and sing to you as you read them. It was originally in german, which makes it even more mind-boggling how good it is. The story is so incredibly original and captivating. It is action, it is fairy tale, it is romance, it is comedy ,it is everything a good book should be! Best of all is the writing. It draws you in and make you hungry for more. The whole plot makes you bite your nails and feel for the characters. The end was both sad and happy, something I love in a book! Overall, this book was so wonderful, there isn't a word amazing enough to describe it. Would recommend to anyone!
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Summary: I wanted to love it....I tried to love it.... But I just coudn't get there
Comment: Oh, how excited I was to get my hands on Inkdeath, I am a huge fan of Inkheart and Inkspell and after waiting so long for the finale I was ravenous to see how and where the end would come. Just looking at the cover thrilled me. it's beautiful, one of the best I've seen. I traded sleep for just a few more pages and couldn't wait to pick it up again in my free time. I so wanted to write a glowing, fantastic review, I wanted to say that this was one of the best series conclusions ever and that it cemented my love of the trilogy, but I can't do either of things things. When I closed the book after the last page I couldn't help feeling unsettled at the way some of my favorite characters where treated and at a loss as to why Cornelia Funke would choose that direction, Though I was overll very pleased with the book.
The trouble with getting to attached to a story is that, when it ends as all stories must there is at least a chance that the the conclusion will rain all over your parade. which is what happend to me. Except that the rain was more more of a torential down pour, with huricane force winds, and lightning. Just so we'er clear it's not that I'm disappointed with the ending of Inkheart. It works really well, So why the let down. Well I'm writing this the night after finishing the book, so I havn't had a chance to process everything yet. But I can't help feeling that Funke through some major characters under the bus and just kind of left them there. My problem started with the fact that Meggie plays a greatly dominished role in the third installment. I was suprised to find her so much changed, she moved almost to the side of the story, and just doesn't do that much. I found myself often frustrated with her throughout the book and ultimately found her to be a much weaker and almost boring character then she was in the previous two novels. I also found myself upset by the way Darius was treated. I mean I knew his main purpose would evenually be to read Elinor over to the ink world, but what I hadn't expected was that after he'd done it, that he would dissapear into a sea of incidental characters. It just seems a poor way to repay his loyalty. Next, I can except what happend with Meggie and Farid, it doesn't thrill me, but I'm ok with it. what bothers me is this. Farid was a flawed but basicly good character, sure he made some pretty large mistakes in Inkdeath and was annoying in that special teenage boy way, But I don't think he deserved the way things went. Not only does Farid not get the girl, but he gets replaced by a completely new character that was just too perfect, and not only is this the guy that replaces Farid but there's a scene between Meggie and Fenoglio, that pretty much tells you that she will eventually end up marrying Mr pefect. I'm not sure way but it made me sad for Muggie to miss out on the suprise of finding that out in the course of time, sort of like the worlds biggest spoiler. After all the time we've spent with him and all the trouble Cornelia went to in previous books to paint him into the center of the story. In the end Farid literally just walks away leaving Dustfinger behind. And I said WHAT?
Inkdeath has pacing issues, there are places where it just crawls, places where the detail overwhelms the story, and more then a few times where information is repeated over and over again. I don't mean to be all gloom and doom, there where quite a few times that the magic was there and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough Inkdeath has a lot of twists that you wouldn't expect and several times I held my breath, both in awe of the authors creativity and fear for what would become of these beloved characters. So no disappointed is not the the right word. Cofused maybe and more then a little sad beause when Inkdeath was over, I found that I wasn't sad that it was done and that is not a good feeling when you started out loving a series but now it's just not the same.
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Summary: Sad that it is over
Comment: This was a really good ending to the series! I loved all the twists the story took. It was like riding with a giant and you have no idea where it is going to take you but you don't want to be left out of the excitement. I am sad that these books are over because I grew up with them. Cornelia Funke is one of my all time favorite authors and I hope to read more by her in the future. Thank you Cornelia Funke for one of the best rides that books can give!
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