Inkheart Books (Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath)

[skybluemilk]

I love these books they are so good, Im just so sad Inkdeath (my fav out of the Ink books) is the last book, but I do like how it ended. Has anyone read these great books. The Inkheart books are my favorite besides Harry Potter and Kingdom Keepers,

[Mooky]

Haha, I just started reading "Inkheart"! I had all three books for quite some time now, and I decided to read them as some sort of preparation for the movie. It's quite interesting, even though I've read only about 100 pages so far.

[Dottie]

I read all of them when they came out here in Germany (Yay, for a German book being a success in the English book market).
I loved, loved Inkheart, because the characters were great and it really showed how much Cornelia Funke values and loves books.
Through the little tid-bits at the beginning of each chapter I got to know the book Princess Bride and then the movie which is totally unknown here in Germany and Princess Bride turned out to be one of my favorite books.

So, the books. As I've said Inkheart was fantastic. Great premise, humor, well-developed characters and simply a great idea. And if you love book you could really understand why Mo and Meggie have such a thing for books.

The second book wasn't quite as good, but still better than some books I've read, since we got to know the world behind the books and its history. It was just great to see that. However I thought Inkspell dragged a little and was a little too long and I felt like Funke didn't remember where she wanted to go with this.

Then, the third book, and it hurts my heart to say that, because Funke is a terrific writer. But it was just plain bad!
The book was waaaay too long, the characters were just not what they used to be, all the humor was gone and especially the previously very strong female characters all started to sit around moping without doing anything.
I know Funke's husband had just died, but why did she have to put all her grief in the concluding volume of a once great trilogy?

[dvdjunkie]

These are wonderful books, and it is sad to see what Hollyweird has done to the first one - Inkheart. It is very sad that they couldn't follow the book a lot more than they did, and Brendan Fraser is just to old for the movie.

Doesn't surprise me, after what they did with "Twilight"!!!

[Dottie]

Brendan Fraser however is exactly who Cornelia Funke wanted for the part of Mo. She had him and his voice in mind when she wrote the books, so the part is rightfully his.
The studio wanted somebody else, but Funke said she wouldn't sell the rights to the movie if Fraser didn't get the part.

I haven't seen the movie yet, but from what I've heard it' supposed to be okay. Not great, but okay, which I think is kinda weird since Cornelia Funke was heavily involved in the production and it should have turned out better then.

[skybluemilk]

I read all of them when they came out here in Germany (Yay, for a German book being a success in the English book market).
I loved, loved Inkheart, because the characters were great and it really showed how much Cornelia Funke values and loves books.
Through the little tid-bits at the beginning of each chapter I got to know the book Princess Bride and then the movie which is totally unknown here in Germany and Princess Bride turned out to be one of my favorite books.

So, the books. As I've said Inkheart was fantastic. Great premise, humor, well-developed characters and simply a great idea. And if you love book you could really understand why Mo and Meggie have such a thing for books.

The second book wasn't quite as good, but still better than some books I've read, since we got to know the world behind the books and its history. It was just great to see that. However I thought Inkspell dragged a little and was a little too long and I felt like Funke didn't remember where she wanted to go with this.

Then, the third book, and it hurts my heart to say that, because Funke is a terrific writer. But it was just plain bad!
The book was waaaay too long, the characters were just not what they used to be, all the humor was gone and especially the previously very strong female characters all started to sit around moping without doing anything.
I know Funke's husband had just died, but why did she have to put all her grief in the concluding volume of a once great trilogy?

I love these books, but when u said u liked the first one the most but didn't like the other two as much, I was surprised. I think the first is good but not as good as the second and defentily not as good as the third. Personaly I thought the books grew and became even better, but I think that the first had things in it that was kind of lost in the other books probalby why u liked it more.

[skybluemilk]

These are wonderful books, and it is sad to see what Hollyweird has done to the first one - Inkheart. It is very sad that they couldn't follow the book a lot more than they did, and Brendan Fraser is just to old for the movie.

Doesn't surprise me, after what they did with "Twilight"!!!

I thought the movie would be that way just from the commercials, but I was planning on seeing it, but it never was on in my local theterS (i do live in a small town but I thought it would be on down here). I didnt think it was only one in select theaters but maybe it was. But back to the movie, I was really hoping it would be good, but then I saw more commercials and I didnt think it would following the movie, and does anyone else think that the actors were totally wrong for the part. I thought Meggie was okay, and Mo was just all right (I imagined him taller amd thinner) but I didnt like Farid, Dustfinger, Capicorn, or Basta, they just were'nt right.

[jediliz]

I saw the movie on my birthday and afterwards went to B&N and purchased the hardcover cause I didn't want for a library copy.

I'm only on chapter 19 right now (after two and a half weeks)

[Disneykid]

I managed to read both Inkheart and Inkspell before the film came out and am now about a third done with Inkdeath. I'm absolutely loving this series. It's true that they can drag a bit at times, but I don't think it's due to extraneous fat. On the contrary, Cornelia Funke really delves into the psyche of the characters. That's the thing that struck me most about the books. When characters are taken on fantastical adventures in other stories, there's usually a, "Wow, gee whiz!" attitude about it all. Funke doesn't do that. She instead approaches it very realistically and takes her time showing how such events can influence a person for better or worse. It's too early for me to judge Inkdeath, yet, but between the first two, I preferred Inkspell. It felt more substantial than Inkheart while still keeping that book's pensive tone.

As for the film, while not as good as it could've been, I still really enjoyed it. The trailers made it seem radically different from the novel, but it wasn't. It kept to the overall storyline and plot points, only differing in the details and presentation of those aspects. My main gripe with it is the tone. Inkheart the novel is very dark and serious. I felt the movie played things too lightly and whimsically. This was especially glaring in the scenes with Basta and Mortola (what little there were, anyway). I can understand them changing the ending the way they did, and since we're probably not getting sequels, it's just as well that they gave this installment some closure.