DARE TO READ ALOUD...
Meggie loves stories, but her father, Mo, hasn't read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared.
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.
Suddenly, Meggie is living the kind of adventure she has only read about in books, but this one will change her life forever.
A YA fantasy novel about a girl who loves to read and book characters literally jumping out of the pages. I think this book explains the magic of reading whilst telling a fantastical epic adventure. The adventure puts the characters in danger due to the two villains Capricorn and Basta. Basta is very superstitious, which provides opportunities for laughs.
Though this book was aimed at younger readers, I would recommend this book to adults as well. Like the Hobbit, this is a book suitable for readers from 10 and anyone older. Each chapter begins with a quotation from a book and that quote relates to specific chapter. One can tell that the author of Inkheart is a book lover and her passion comes through in the premise of this story.
My only negative is that the story does not really get going until past the second chapter. Like all fantasy books, the start is slow in order to introduce the characters and create the starting point for a reader to get lost in the story.
8.9/10
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