I can take a 'dark scene' but I see no need to make it overly explicit and I think Funke went too far. But I don't feel the need to waste my time on it. I know some would argue that it contains subjects that are just a part of life these days and it's silly to try to avoid it. I don't need to go finding more of it in a fictional world. Furthermore she tells you more about the 'worst' than you really care to hear! Meggie is suddenly a disobedient nincompoop living in a world without morals. Ink spell presents the opposite: that you can loathe the company of the worst in books. And I have some favorites I would like to meet! It's really an enchanting idea. Suddenly you can enjoy the company of some of your favorite literary characters. The character of Mo in Funke's book defies reality. When reading a book, I frequently become lost in it. Ink heart was creative in that it opened your imagination to the idea that some people have the magical ability to read characters out of stories.

(I find teenage romantic relationships ridiculous both in books and real life. Inkspell includes the following topics: Foul language (and plenty of it), pre-marital sex, grisly death scenes (for a juv. I'm not sure why Funke changed her tune, but between the first and second books of the Inkheart triology, you are moved from childhood to adulthood. It's not going to move any further for me. Thankfully I think the first book can stand alone. Contrary to the first book, this book clearly sets you up for the third in the trilogy. I was feeling so desperate over the situation that I did something I have never done before - I skipped to the end to read the last three pages!!! I just wanted to know that there was a happy ending.

I made it to Chapter 40 (the chapters are short) and I cannot turn another page. There are few books that I have ever given up on - and this is one of them. It leaves you feeling irritated for the wasted time.

Scarlett on the heals of Gone With the Wind. I thought it was creative, imaginative and great! However, Inkspell is like. I have had this book sitting on my bookshelf for an eternity, waiting to read it.

Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge (74).

Inkheart series order