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Title: Dull, boring and pointless.
Review: As the title of my review suggests, I found "Inkheart" dull, boring and pointless. So dull, boring and pointless, in fact, that I will not waste much time going into depth about just how horrid it was. Although I'm sure "Inkheart" lost something in its translation from German, that cannot possibly take all the blame for the uninteresting characters, extremely slow plot, and general poor quality of the book. I must admit the premise of "Inkheart," where characters are read out of another book called "Inkheart" within the book, is clever, and could have made a wonderful novel, but Cornelia Funke simply does not go about telling her story in the right kind of way. She writes as if she doesn't care an ounce for her characters or story. In short, every aspect of "Inkheart" comes across as shallow and poorly thought out. If you feel you must read something by Cornelia Funke, try "The Thief Lord," which, although it has its flaws as well, is a much better book.
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