Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy, Book 3) (3)

Mo was never a killer - until Fenoglio fashioned a robber after him. Now everyone thinks Mo is the Bluejay. This world need a hero, so why shouldn't he be that for it? Dustfinger, the fire-eater, is dead, and Farid is working tirelessly for the newly-arrived Orpheus, hoping that the moon-faced man will bring Dustfinger back from the dead using his voice. Meggie misses Farid terribly - he won't just come visit her!), and she's worried about her father. And her mother, for that matter, who is now expecting a child. The Adderhead is rotting away in his castle, due to the faulty book Mo bound. If only Mo could write those three words in the book and be over with the Adderhead... When Orpheus writes words to bring back the man they all miss most, and the Piper becomes more and more treacherous in the name of The Silver Prince, Mo might just have his chance. He'll need help, of course, and the right words. Or else all will fail and both he and Meggie - and many, many others - will lose their lives to Death. _____________________________________ My thoughts - Prepare for my inner fangirl to come out: 'There are an infinite number of reasons why I freaking LOVE this book. Dustfinger. The writing. Dustfinger. The story. The action. The robbers. Dustfinger. The writers inside the story. Dustfinger. All the characters. The passion. Dustfinger. The love. The danger. The incredible amazingness. Dustfinger. (Plus about a few hundred more Dustfingers.) Catch my drift? Haha! I'm pretty sure this looks mighty similar to my review of Inkspell. Notice any similarities? I'll get to him in a minute... For now let me just say, This book reminded me with every page WHY I LOVE this series SO much. Why I will ALWAYS love this series. I've read it 3 times - and each time it gets better. Character notes -' 'I love all the characters in this story, even if I have an intense loathing for them. Funke's villains (Adderhead, Piper, Milksop, Sootbird, Orpheus) are REALLY BAD. Her heroes and heriones, likewise, are REALLY GOOD. And all her supporting characters added to the story exactly how they should, so even if I don't like them, I respect their roles in the story and can't see the story without them. One such case is Farid. GOSH that kid irritates me in Inkdeath. But he belongs in it. He's a part of it and adds ot it perfectly, good or bad. I love robbers. Heroic robbers. And when you make that into "unlikeliest of heroic robbers", I love them even more. Well, the Bluejay, Mo, Silvertongue...he is the unlikeliest - and he's so perfect! I loved his role even more this time around... His change in character, but still being Mo from Inkheart, gave me butterflies. I loved how his fears, worries, and loves played into the story; how it was so unexpected. His character is real and beautiful and I loved his so much more this time around. He was so sacrificial. Again, butterflies. ;) Meggie becomes quite the young lady in Inkdeath. Her bravery and love for others is evident. She grows into a lovely young lady who may more may not have more than one suitor. She inspired me. And Dustfinger. Does it get any better than HIM?! He's so incredibly wonderful. I won't say much about him because of certain spoilers that I don't want to, well..spoil. However, I can say that if I were to ever exchange places with a fictional character, it would be with his wife Roxanne. (Grins sheepishly.) His promises are always the best - especially those he makes to his wife. Promises can be so romatic - and his are the epitome of romantic promises! Story notes - 'Cornelia Funke was born and raised in Germany, where fairy tales are developed in the most incredible manner. She obviously has influenced from them - her books are all written in fashion after the Grimm brothers, or maybe the Danish author, Hans Christian Anderson. She often alludes to German/European works, and includes qotes at the beginning of each chapter, most of which are from foreign literature. This influence helps create the perfect fairy tale atmosphere for the book. It is dark, cruel, beautiful, strong, outlandish, and tragic. It helps pull the story along because it resembles the fairytales of old that everyone loves. THe story itself is full of sword fights, castles, fairies, and other, stranger creatures, scenes of sadness and desperation, scenes of joy and love, scenes of theivery, manipulation, and deceitfulness. It is rich, full, and lovely. It holds deep secrets and intense terrors. And, in the end, the love, passion, and sacrifice of the heroes in this story triumph over evil. One word/phrase to sum it up (final thoughts) - 'There are WAY to many single words/phrases I could use to describe this beautiful story. I'm not going to try - just go read it. Really. And if you haven't read the others, start with Inkheart and work your way up! You won't be sorry!!! For the parents - This is definitely for older teens, no matter what the bookstores and stupid age banding say. The subject matter and intensity level are for teens, 15 and up. Some scenes involve mild cases of torture. Cuss words sprinkled throughout. A gross character fondles this maids and it could be implied that he's sleeping with them. References to a young girl who was sleeping with her lover; he has died and she is now heart broken. Farid kisses multiple girls when they do him favors...

Inkheart was originally purchased for my 12 year old son. He had heard other kids were reading it and he wanted to read it to. I am not one to say no to books, so I purchased it for him at the school's book fair. I did not read the book until two years later when we saw the movie on t.v. I remembered that we had it and asked for it. I was hooked! I fell in love with all the characters from Mortimer to Meggie and even down to the blue fairies and brownies. I read the second book immediately after the first and found that just as entertaining. I had to wait a bit to read Inkdeath because we hadn't bought it and I had to order it from Amazon. When it arrived, I went right to the book and basically ignored all my housework. The entire trilogy is wonderful. However, I did feel that the third book with all it's new characters did become a little confusing at times. I am not one to read through the short bios provided for each character because I like to see how they unfurl in the story. But, like I said, because of so many more characters, I would advise that you read the character bios first to get an idea so you won't be lost anywhere in the book trying to remember who the new characters are and what roles they play. Inkdeath is full of action and it had me wishing right along with Eleanor that I could visit the Inkworld. My son is now almost 13 and I am 36 and I think that even if you are 96 you will enjoy the entire Inkheart trilogy. It would be nice to see all the books played out on the big screen, but then again, this book brings the pictures to life in your head that if the remaining books are not made into movies, I will not be disappointed. These books are what made me put down the Twilight series! And I've read the entire series over 10 times. Make an escape to the Inkworld, you will not be disappointed!

I love the series. It has been amazing to read, and I'm excited to read the last book in this series, inkworld.

I've read the whole series and it was good. This book just like... kinda ruined the whole thing. Like Alligent. The things I liked was that it had descriptive chapters and that it switched through perception and you knew who was talking. I didn't like the fact that Doria New character... likes Meggie. COMPETITION!!! :D Ok. But I see why it focuses on Jacopo and the Adderhead. You have to see the Adder die and Jacopo cry with his mom. Overall it was awesome but it needs changes. I think there will.be a fourth one and hope to read it soon.

It was dark and I mean dark. There was so much violence and a lot of kids sleeping with grown people, torcher, it truly reflected the age it was set in. I wouldn't think a young kid should read it. It's to cavalier about killing and torturing people. Even the heroes get blood thirsty and vengeful but for a grown person who likes realism, it's good. It's detailed and connected, every little thing serves a point except maybe Darius, that poor man is treated like furniture. We never fined out who he was, were he came from and I assume he had no family to go back to because he just stays with Elinor. I often forget him and so does the author.

Cornelia Funke’s Inkworld trilogy is truly a hidden gem. I’d never heard of it until I saw the Inkheart movie on Prime Video. That prompted me to share it with my 10 year old grandson who excitedly told me he’d read the book and loved it. He was also quick to share with me all the things in the movie that were different than the book. The author has created a wholly believable fantasy world and peopled it with creature you can almost so.....glass men and blue fairies. Apparently it’s appropriate for ages 10 through 70. 😁 I think you’ll enjoy it.

I gave 5 stars because it was really entertaining and there were cool characters, like the Bluejay and the Adderhead. You get to see how the author in the story (Fenoglio) had to come up with plot twists that were surprising and made sense to satisfy the story.

This whole series is a great adventure and Inkdeath is no exception. I'd recommend the Inkheart series to teens and above. Really, it's a great family read too.