Hello and good morning/evening/night or whatever time you're reading this piece of heaven everybody!
Today I'm writing about one of the first books I've ever read, actually, I would dare to say it's the one that started me on the literary world, Inkheart. This amazing book wrote by the german writer Cornelia Funke came out when I was still a toddler and finally came to my hands at the approximate age of six, all thanks to my awesome reading freak father I love so much; and from the first chapter, I can say, I was totally hooked by it, I mean, have you ever imagined that the characters of any book you read suddenly came to life, if the answer is yes then me too, if it's no, then you have just lost all of my respect, because guess what, that's exactly what this book is about. But that's all I'm saying about my own experience with Inkheart (I know, it's not so much, but the thing is, I don't care), so, if you excuse me, I'm going to continue this thing by telling you a little bit about the story:
*There are minor spoilers ahead if you are okay with that then proceed*
It all starts the night Meggie and her father Mortimer, who she calls Mo, receive an unexpected visit from an old friend called Dustfinger, a real actual character from a book brought to life by a power Meggie's father Mo, tries to hide from the world, the power to bring out of a book any character if he reads it out loud; only problems with this are he isn't in control of who comes out nor who comes in, yheap, you read that right, whenever Mo makes a character come out of a book, he also takes a person from the real world inside of it taking the place of the missing character, like an exchange, and that's exactly what originated the book's main problem, because this ability brought not only the always fabulous and heroic Dustfinger (that's sarcasm, he's basically a jerk, but I love him for that) but also brought the man known in the world of Inkheart as Capricorn, evil as the devil and powerful as god, with an army and city of his own,and in exchange for this guys Mo lost one of the closest persons he had, but of course our main charcters are not allowed a break from their crappy lives, because Capricorn would soon learn of Mortimer's power, and being the main antagonist of a book inside a book means you need to have a really big, powerful and scary friend, a friend that could help you get over the world with no one to stop you, so as expected Capricorn would get interested by this power, needing it to fulfill his new goal of real-world domination (I had to put the "real" because he also had that goal inside Inkheart) and I don't know you guys, but having a scary psychopath trying to abduct me to read out of a book his even scarier friend, isn't on my wish list for this Christmas, so, long story short, Mortimer has powers, Capricorn wants to use this powers to dominate the world, Mortimer doesn't want to do it, finally Capricorn starts chasing Mortimer around. The End (of my explanation of the beginning of the plot, not the whole story, that's just like a third part of the book).
So that was my own take on the synopsis of the book, I'm sorry if it wasn't official enough but I'm not currently at my house and I don't have the book at hand to see the back of it, I started searching on Google for the synopsis as a maniac but didn't found anything, so you'll have to make it with that. Now, putting that charming message aside, What on the actual name of Zeus's gigantic balls have you just read?!!! A book named Inkheart inside a book named Inkheart in wich if you read out loud you can bring out the characters of the book?!!! What the shit??? That's like the coolest thing ever!!!
But of course that's the coolest thing ever, it's Inkheart, the book I always recommend to anyone who asks me what to read, and my opinion is not only based on nostalgia for being one of the first books I ever had, but also because it has an amazing story, complex characters that enrich the story with their own point of view, I mean, one minute you can see things from Mortimer's perspective, a man who only wants to protect his daughter and her world, and then there's Dustfinger, an arrogant jackass who apparently only cares for himself (and I love him for that) and his pet Gwin, and many other characters to make even greater the story. I highly recommend this book to all of you guys and girls, and when you're done with it, you can start with its sequels: Inkspell and Inkdeath.
Now, I won't put any quotes from the book because then again, I'm not currently at my house and I don't have the book at hand to look for them, I'm really sorry, besides it's getting dark, I'm sleepy and I don't wanna. I promise you I'll put some on my next review, no excuses, but in the meantime, I'll let you have a photo of an elegant cat riding a cool unicorn.
I can say without a doubt that Cornelia Funke is an amazing writer and everyone should give her a chance, her characters are relatable, complex and interesting, I think it should be on anyone "to read" list, not mine, cause I already have.
Rating: 5/5
