The trilogy as a whole is fairly slow – it builds up and has layers with bits of fast-paced action. Another thing to remember is the pacing of the narrative. The books in the series have an increasing amount of darkness and adult themes that add to their status as enjoyable even for adults, albeit keeping their young adult core throughout. But for those of you looking for light-hearted narratives, this trilogy might not be for you. Since I am talking about the series as a whole, I won’t go into too many details about individual books apart from the really relevant stuff. His voice (the power of the silver tongue) can bring characters to life, and theirs are changed forever when a mysterious stranger called Dustfinger knocks on their door in the middle of the night. But Mo, as everyone calls him, has a secret, one that has already changed his life and that of his daughter’s without her knowledge. He and his young daughter, Meggie are wanderers, never staying at one place for too long, always carrying with them their few possessions that of course include their favourite books. Mortimer Folchart is a “book doctor” who restores and binds old books.

In Funke’s series, that is exactly what happens. How many times have we spent late nights caught up in a book that refuses to let us go until we reach the end? How many days have we spent happily in the company of worlds, characters and stories about people and places we have never met, never been to and possibly never will? (Especially in the cases of fantasy literature) And how many times have we wished that those worlds could be real so we too could be a part of them? What can be better than a series about books, stories and fantasy worlds?įor an avid reader, it is sort of perfect when someone finds words to replicate their exact feelings about the joys of reading and books.

Cornelia funke inkheart series