![]() ![]() This book was a fantasy story centered on a 12-year old book lover whose father had an extraordinary gift of bringing the world of books to her life. But this could have been done so much better. In the year 2003, Cornelia Funke wrote another award winning novel, the Inkheart. And the author has an intriguing premise and no shortage of imagination. Fans of the first book will doubtless love this one as well: They have presumably learned to put up with the pacing and skip over the paragraphs that are unnecessary to the story. ![]() This isn't to say that Inkspell lacks excitement - there's plenty to be had, scattered among the long, drawn-out scenes and descriptions. Pacing is essential, and books don't get long by larding them up with lots of unnecessary description and pointless to-ing and fro-ing characters should age gradually there has to be some lightness in the dark, some humor, some occasional lifting of the miasma of misery if you have lots of characters, you have to sharply delineate them or it's just confusing and if you're going to kill off major characters, you have to involve readers emotionally with them first if you want them to care. Rowling's book, but she missed the most important lessons. Fantasy writer Cornelia Funke takes a page from J.K. ![]()
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