Ex dente leonem reviewed Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (inkworld, #1)
Review of 'Inkheart' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
A spellbinding paean to the magic of the written word.
669 pages
French language
Published Nov. 9, 2004 by Hachette Jeunesse.
Cœur d'encre
4 stars
(12 reviews)
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
Subjects
- Books and reading -- Fiction.
- Characters in literature -- Fiction.
- Magic -- Fiction.
- Bookbinding -- Fiction.
- Authorship -- Fiction.
- Italy -- Fiction.