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A review by votesforwomen416
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
5.0
WHAT IS THAT PILE OF SHRIEKING FLAILING FEELS OVER THERE? Oh wait...it's me.
After being somewhat disappointed with Inkspell (the ending particular) I was kind of nervous about starting this one. Turns out I had no need to be nervous. Inkdeath incorporated everything I loved about Inkheart and Inkspell with none of the awfulness of the ending (except for one eeny-weeny little thing, which I'll whine about in spoiler tags in a few minutes).
SMOL LIST OF THINGS TO LOVE:
-Mo and Resa are my OTP. I adore them They were such a sweet couple, but also realistic--I loved that they weren't always perfect towards one another but that their actions still had consequences. Book parent goals here <3
-Also, Mo/Bluejay/Silvertongue. He didn't do a whole lot of reading in this one, but the skin of Bluejay fit him so well and I loved it.
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-The love triangle was so well-handled. Normally I don't like it when my initial ship sinks, but this one was so realistic and handled very tastefully, even though I wish Doria had had a little more of a personality.
-THE MARTENS. BECAUSE MARTENS.
-Violante reminded me of one of my own characters in her scheming and plotting and gray morality and I loved her in every conceivable way.
-The three words that had to be written in the white book match the titles! (Heart, Spell, Death)
-Turning into a bird because ASFLK;SL.
-MY CHILD MEGGIE IS SO OLD NOW
-All the little kids...poor things.
-While the villains of this latest installment don't reach the awesome villain levels of Capricorn and Basta they're still pretty darn great.
-Dustfinger and Roxane. Because #OTP.
-The way rabid fanfiction writers are depicted is hilarious. (Please note that I am not here to diss fanfiction, I just think it's really funny how Orpheus thinks that since he is a fan of the book he knows it better than its author. And then proceeds to do everything in his power to ruin it. I don't think all fanfiction authors are like this at all...it was simply a very humorous portrayal.)
-Elinor and Darius's parts were small but oh do I love them so much.
-Oh by the way did I mention Mo? Because Mo.
-Hiding in the trees...it was so cool.
-I feel like this deserves mentioning...all the characters love to talk about how amazing the story and the world that they're trapped in are, and provide "snippets of genius" and other stuff like that that may well be Funke laughing up her sleeve. The best part of this is that it never feels like Funke is unfairly singing her own praises or anything else like that. And the snippets of the fictional "Inkheart" really are pure genius. <3
-The plot twists threw me almost every time. I was never suspecting them.
-JUST ALL THE CHARACTERS K
-Everything maybe?
MUCH SMOLER LIST OF THINGS TO DISLIKE
-This mostly has to do with the old villains and the new ones?
-I don't know why it's so unclear...I loved Capricorn and Basta. I never cared about the Magpie and while the Adderhead is a very menacing villain...he never really got to me the way Basta did.
-Bascially Basta was one of the best things about this series, and book 2 totally underused him while book 3 tried to smuggle in a cameo of him. That cameo was probably the most disappointing things in Inkdeath.
-The Magpie...I'm sorry I just don't care? At all?
-WHY WAS
Overall I absolutely adored this book. It was an excellent fantasy romp with serious stakes but enough humor and inside jokes to make me smirk many times, and while it probably deserves more like 4.5 stars, life is short so it gets 5. If you haven't read this series yet...you should.
After being somewhat disappointed with Inkspell (the ending particular) I was kind of nervous about starting this one. Turns out I had no need to be nervous. Inkdeath incorporated everything I loved about Inkheart and Inkspell with none of the awfulness of the ending (except for one eeny-weeny little thing, which I'll whine about in spoiler tags in a few minutes).
SMOL LIST OF THINGS TO LOVE:
-Mo and Resa are my OTP. I adore them
Spoiler
and Resa's being pregnant! *squeals really super loudly*-Also, Mo/Bluejay/Silvertongue. He didn't do a whole lot of reading in this one, but the skin of Bluejay fit him so well and I loved it.
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Spoiler
DUSTFINGER CAME BACK!!!!! And my goodness, if he wasn't epic and amazing. The only thing I can say is that I needed MOOOOOORE of him.-The love triangle was so well-handled. Normally I don't like it when my initial ship sinks, but this one was so realistic and handled very tastefully, even though I wish Doria had had a little more of a personality.
-THE MARTENS. BECAUSE MARTENS.
-Violante reminded me of one of my own characters in her scheming and plotting and gray morality and I loved her in every conceivable way.
-The three words that had to be written in the white book match the titles! (Heart, Spell, Death)
-Turning into a bird because ASFLK;SL.
-MY CHILD MEGGIE IS SO OLD NOW
-All the little kids...poor things.
-While the villains of this latest installment don't reach the awesome villain levels of Capricorn and Basta they're still pretty darn great.
-Dustfinger and Roxane. Because #OTP.
-The way rabid fanfiction writers are depicted is hilarious. (Please note that I am not here to diss fanfiction, I just think it's really funny how Orpheus thinks that since he is a fan of the book he knows it better than its author. And then proceeds to do everything in his power to ruin it. I don't think all fanfiction authors are like this at all...it was simply a very humorous portrayal.)
-Elinor and Darius's parts were small but oh do I love them so much.
-Oh by the way did I mention Mo? Because Mo.
-Hiding in the trees...it was so cool.
-I feel like this deserves mentioning...all the characters love to talk about how amazing the story and the world that they're trapped in are, and provide "snippets of genius" and other stuff like that that may well be Funke laughing up her sleeve. The best part of this is that it never feels like Funke is unfairly singing her own praises or anything else like that. And the snippets of the fictional "Inkheart" really are pure genius. <3
-The plot twists threw me almost every time. I was never suspecting them.
-JUST ALL THE CHARACTERS K
-Everything maybe?
MUCH SMOLER LIST OF THINGS TO DISLIKE
-This mostly has to do with the old villains and the new ones?
-I don't know why it's so unclear...I loved Capricorn and Basta. I never cared about the Magpie and while the Adderhead is a very menacing villain...he never really got to me the way Basta did.
-Bascially Basta was one of the best things about this series, and book 2 totally underused him while book 3 tried to smuggle in a cameo of him. That cameo was probably the most disappointing things in Inkdeath.
-The Magpie...I'm sorry I just don't care? At all?
-WHY WAS
Spoiler
DUSTFINGER IN SO LITTLE OF THISOverall I absolutely adored this book. It was an excellent fantasy romp with serious stakes but enough humor and inside jokes to make me smirk many times, and while it probably deserves more like 4.5 stars, life is short so it gets 5. If you haven't read this series yet...you should.