Now on Netflix! A gorgeous new edition of the first book in Cornelia Funke's internationally celebrated trilogy - magical, thrilling and mesmerising. A thrilling and magical adventure about stories and the imagination they inspire Also a major film from the makers of The Lord of the Rings, starring Andy Serkis, Paul Bettany and Brendan Fraser! The adventure continues in books 2 and 3, Inkspell and Inkdeath Cornelia Funke is the critically-acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of Dragon Rider and The Thief Lord Suddenly Meggie is living the kind of adventure she has only read about in books, but this one will change her life for ever. When a stranger knocks at their door, Mo is forced to reveal an extraordinary secret - when he reads aloud, words come alive, and dangerous characters step out of the pages. 'I don't think I've ever read anything that conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading.' Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle 'One of the outstanding children's novels of the year.' The Times 'A breathtakingly fast-moving tale.' The Independent Meggie loves stories, but her father, Mo, hasn't read to her since her mother disappeared. I simply don't like her writing, and I'm not recommending it to anybody.Now on Netflix! A gorgeous new edition of the first book in Cornelia Funke's internationally celebrated trilogy - magical, thrilling and mesmerising. I read this one and liked it well enough, but it was nothing special or out of the ordinary, and while the idea is interesting I'm just never going to be one of those people I talk to whose whole face lights up when I mention the series. Maybe it's not quite as clean as I'm used to my books being. No, my problem was just that it didn't hold me. I've seen and loved the movie, and I liked seeing things fleshed out and explained more. Now, I'm not saying I didn't enjoy this book. This, while more original, just still lacked something. I had the exact same problem with another one of her books (something to do with a dragon and an elf?) which was so unoriginal it bore me to tears. I quit reading in the middle of Inkspell because I got bored and felt absolutely no pull to pick any of the books up again. I just have to say it: I absolutely, positively got nothing from this series.

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