Book Review: Inkheart

I've been in the mood to read current young adult to children's best selling fiction. One of the books on my list that I finished reading is Inkheart by Cornelia Funke.

The idea behind the story, that the story comes to life—literally—reminds me of The Never Ending Story (at least the movie version). The two main characters, Meggie and Mo (a daughter and father team), have the ability to read aloud characters and objects out of the stories they read. Unintentionally, Mo reads out a villain and assorted characters from a book his wife adores. His wife is read into the book in exchange. The villain of the story, Capricorn, seeks Mo to read him back into the story, or at least do his evil bidding.

I did enjoy this story and will read the sequel. I liked the idea of the story and it was nicely written. It was slow to get going with a lot of hinting and luring in the first quarter of the book.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Recommendation: 4 out of 5