Inkheart Book Review

2. For what audience(s) is this book intended, and how can you tell? (In there words, for whom would you recommend this book?)

Even thought the book is one of the longer books out in the world, it is mainly aimed at children, and young adults. With its language use, and the extreme qualities of fantasy and adventure, it attracts all ages. This book is intended to make you feel like you are in the story with the action and traveling all over the world. There are people out there that like action and adventure, and that makes this book a great novel to put on your list to read over the summer or for when you want to read to lose yourself in a field of dreams. The distorted way of characters personalities, make them seem like a real person, good and bad.

"You met him once," said Dustfinger. "It's a long time ago, you won't remember you were so little." He held his hand at knee height in the air. "How can I explain what he's like? If you were to see a cat eating a young bird I expect you'd cry, wouldn't you? Or try to help the bird. Capricorn would feed the bird to the cat on purpose, just to watch it being torn apart, and the little creature's screeching and struggling would be as sweet as honey to him"

I recommend it to readers of all ages, because it is fun and interesting, it is one of those books that once you start it you can't put it down. The only problem for the readers that I am recommending it to, is that you must have a strong imagination to visualize the story. The book is amazing and get a five out of five on my scale.

7. If you've read other books in this same genre, how does this one compare?

Inkheart can be compared to a Harry Potter book, because of the similarities between the fantasy and real person relationship. In Inkheart, there are strange creatures resembling mythical animals that were portrayed in Harry Potter books. Inkheart is strange in its storyline because of the complex ideas and portrayals of the character's in different ways for the same person. In Harry Potter, the characters grow and mature during the book, same as the characters in Inkheart. The real difference between the two books is that one is a series and one is a book. Inkheart has such a complex plot that it is sometimes hard to follow, when Harry Potter is predictable. In Harry Potter the Defense against the Dark Arts teacher is the one leaving, Voldemort loses, and somebody dies. In Inkheart it is unpredictable, and has twists around every corner. Just like when Mo goes to the author of Inkheart's house looking for an answer.

"A very particular book," Mo went on. "Inkheart. You wrote it quite a long time ago, and unfortunately I can't buy a copy anywhere now." With the mans icy stare still resting on her father, Meggie could only marvel that the words didn't freeze on Mo's lips.

As the two different stories collide with each other, the two change the perspective of how the reader views the story. In Inkheart, the story unravels into a mystical arousal of creatures, magic, and suspense. In Harry Potter, the story starts off slow and gets to the good parts in the middle.
The reason I chose Harry Potter for the comparison, is because it can't really be compared to Inkheart, because Harry Potter is so inferior to it. Inkheart is one of the most interesting books I have ever read, and I have read a lot of novels in my days.

8. Pick a character that interested you and write about them in depth. You can also analyze a relationship between two different characters.

In Inkheart, the major character is Meggie, the daughter of Mo. Meggie in the beginning, is a shy girl being moved around every year or so, and is learning a lot about books. Meggie has a deep relationship with her father, since her mother wasn't around. Meggie learned everything from her father including how to read. Even though her father never read books aloud to her, and she never noticed that he wouldn't and she read to herself. Her father would tell the best stories around, them being so descriptive, that they would come alive after the words rolled off the tip of his tongue.
Meggie didn't have many friends, she normally kept to her books, where she would escape the real word and submerge into a better place. Over the distance Meggie and her father go, they try to get farther and farther away from Capricorn. Meggie learns about a gift that she and her father share, but she does not realize it until it is pressured on her in a time of need. Meggie is a complicated personality, because over the course of the book, she starts of shy and somewhat of a loner, but further down the line, her enthusiasm picks up, her knowledge is shown, and she becomes brave enough to stand up against the antagonist.
The growth of Meggie and Mo reminds me of a child being raised by a single parent. It is a hard life for both of the people. it is extremely difficult for children to get over their childhood, and somehow Meggie was somehow able to do that. She was a strong girl in the beginning but throughout the book she matured, and was able to overcome her fears, and remained steadfast and immovable in what she believed in. She showed us how to overcome the challenges of our daily lives not just hers, and the way she was able to overcome them in such a short amount of time made me be in awe. As the two Meggie and Mo, bonded in the book, the story became complex and interesting, and made me feel like I wanted to be doing what she was doing and win the fight against evil.