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Title: The Book That Died
Review: It could have been a great book. It had an interesting plot line, fun characters, and a great beginning. But the author choose to kill the book and it died a painful death.The book starts off well, introducing the mysterious Dustfinger. The mystery and descriptions are well done, and you are hooked. But after the first 90 pages or so, the book loses its magic. The characters fail to develop. The great descriptions at the beginning grow heavy and bog down the book until it drowns. This is one of those books that where you cannot wait for it to end so you can go read something else. There are few redeeming features after the first hundred pages; occasionally a good morsel here or there. This is not one of Cornelia Funke's best works; if you still wish to try this author, I would suggest The Thief Lord.
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