Inkheart

My hubby is a big movie watcher and he watches trailers almost as often as actual movies. He happened upon a trailer for an upcoming movie and was so excited about it he had me watch it. It was for Inkheart. I thought I remembered seeing it at the library in book form. So I looked it up and checked it out. Always when I see upcoming movies that come from books I try to read the book first to see how they compare.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke centers around 12 year old Meggie and her father, Mo. As it opens, Meggie and Mo are at home (her mother had disappeared 9 years ago) getting ready for bed when Meggie notices a stranger staring at their house. He makes her very uneasy and she runs to Mo. Mo recognizes the stranger and calls him in. Dustfinger, the man, tells Mo that Capricorn is looking for him and is close. Capricorn wants what Mo has, he wants Mo to bring it and he wont take no for an answer. He packs Meggie and a few things and runs to his sister-in-law's to hide. Dustfinger tags along and before they have really settled in, men break in and take Mo away. Meggie talks to Dustfinger, trying to get the whole story, only the whole story seem to be just that...a story.

**possible spoilers**

If you have seen the trailer you know that the girl reads things out of books...the books come alive, literally. You also know that it stars Brendan Fraser (aaaaaa *choir of angels sing*) but I digress. In the trailer she has Toto under her bed and I expected that to turn up in the book the whole time I was reading. It didn't, but that didn't take away from the book. It was a great plot, but some things were a little too predictable. That being said it was a book I found hard to put down. A real fun fantasy book that (I had no idea) is a trilogy. Maybe Meggie reads Toto out in one of the other 2 books.

Although I enjoyed this one, its not likely I will read the other two. I think I was satisfied with how this one ended and sometimes, as good as the book was, it was just right for it to be done and anything more would lessen the original. Not sure if that made sense, hope you understand what I'm trying to say.

I give this book a 3 1/2 out of 5