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Review - Inkheart
Dec. 21st, 2008 07:25 pmI saw the movie, and so decided to read the book. I got the same feeling from both: "it was good, but..." It felt like there was something missing, or it needed a little more something, or maybe a little less of something.
The premise of the book is, I think, lovely. I like the idea of being able to read characters into our world by reading aloud. There is a kind of magic in the written word, after all, and there are some characters that are written so vividly that they leap off the page and live in your head. I'd love to be a Silvertongue. I also liked the reverence books were treated with by the characters.
On the other hand, I thought the story could have done with some editing, to make it run a little more smoothly and quickly. Sometimes some of the plot twists -- go to the village, run away, go back, run away -- started to get a little tedious and repetitive, and a lot of it could've been cut short. I also thought the characters were a little flat given how much wordage there was! It could have been much slicker and tighter and thus hit harder.
The translation was okay, but I wonder how it compared to the original.
All in all, I plan on reading the other books.
The premise of the book is, I think, lovely. I like the idea of being able to read characters into our world by reading aloud. There is a kind of magic in the written word, after all, and there are some characters that are written so vividly that they leap off the page and live in your head. I'd love to be a Silvertongue. I also liked the reverence books were treated with by the characters.
On the other hand, I thought the story could have done with some editing, to make it run a little more smoothly and quickly. Sometimes some of the plot twists -- go to the village, run away, go back, run away -- started to get a little tedious and repetitive, and a lot of it could've been cut short. I also thought the characters were a little flat given how much wordage there was! It could have been much slicker and tighter and thus hit harder.
The translation was okay, but I wonder how it compared to the original.
All in all, I plan on reading the other books.
