Because I drive A LOT I have been reading a lot of books. Or more accurately I have been listening to a lot of books. I know it seems silly to give reviews here – by hey! It’s my blog.
(which – if you have missed my oh so fabulous writing, lots has been going on in the goat world, that blog is very much more up to date and updated)
So back to the point. I read a lot and usually I enjoy a book, I recommend it to a friend, I move on. However, every now and then a book comes along that really excites you. The book I just finished reading that totally kept me enraptured until the end was InkDeath. This was the third in the trilogy by Corlina Funke and the whole trilogy is amazing.
I’ll be honest and say I read the last paragraph to make sure all my favorite characters lived otherwise I don’t think I would have made it through without panicking.
One of the best parts were the author did such a good job with the characters. She even had me yelling at them in the car (which is why I listen to these books while I drive – so I don’t go too crazy). They were real: they were flawed, they were loved, they were hated, they were silly, they were stupid, they had good moments and bad ones. They really came alive. Even the villains seemed to have at least two sides. There was hardly a person in the story that you were not mad at at some point and ecstatic over another. The story menagerie included everything from fairies to brownies to giants to nymphs – all your favorite mythical creatures. Even the landscape felt real, like I could travel to it just over the nest hill.
The story is summarized by the idea that characters can come out of books into our world (book1 – InkHeart) or you can go into their world and become part of the story (book 2 and 3).
What a fascinating idea. Go into a story! Become as if you were one of the characters! Interact with all your favorite people. I don’t know if I could even pick which story I would want to visit first. How would you choose? It would be like choosing sides between all your friends. I can only imagine …
