REVIEW: Inkheart (the book)
Nov. 24th, 2008 07:51 amInkheart: Cornelia Funke (translated by Anthea Bell) The Chicken House 2004 - paperback edition)
This is a book that will make even the most oblivious person about the physical form of a book notice it. I read from a library copy, because I wanted to read it before the film came out. It's the first Chicken House publication I've read - quirkily, the back suggests that you 'Read it! Try page 89' (I only noticed this after passing that point. I don't know if page 89 was particularly enticing).
This is very much a book for bookworms and about bibliophilia.( Read more... )
This is a book that will make even the most oblivious person about the physical form of a book notice it. I read from a library copy, because I wanted to read it before the film came out. It's the first Chicken House publication I've read - quirkily, the back suggests that you 'Read it! Try page 89' (I only noticed this after passing that point. I don't know if page 89 was particularly enticing).
This is very much a book for bookworms and about bibliophilia.( Read more... )