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Inkheart is a fantasy novel written by Cornelia Funke. It is the first book in the

Inkheart series, which has also won quite a few literary awards. The story is about a father

and daughter who are pulled into an adventure with the ability to read characters out of the

book. The price they pay for using their abilities is to pull a real-life item or character into the

world of the book.

A very wonderful setting of Inkheart is that it describes the imaginary scenes of

fantasy creatures in various classic stories coming to reality. Examples include characters

and creatures from The Thousand and One Nights, The Wizard of Oz, The Lion, the Witch,

and the Wardrobe. There are also clever ideas about how the characters use the story and

their abilities to take on adventures.

The main character in the story, Meggie Folcart, is a 12-year-old girl who has never

met her mother. At first, only involved in this adventure all because of her father's abilities,

she is curious about everything about her father and his abilities, only to discover she has a

similar ability in her adventure and uses this ability to save the impending crisis.

Her father, Mortimer "Mo" Folchart, was a man who loved his wife and daughter

deeply. At the beginning of the story, he only wanted to protect his daughter, so he

deliberately concealed everything about his abilities. But at the end of the story, he also saw

Meggie's efforts and growth, and his attitude towards her also changed.

Dustfinger is a special character in the story that leads to the beginning of the big

conflict. He's a character that Mo reads out of the book, and he's been wandering the real

world long before the story in the book begins. Dustfinger's purpose from the beginning was

to hope that he could return to the books, and he misses his world so much that he will do

whatever it takes to try to make it happen.

In addition to the characters mentioned above, we can see more interesting

characters with vivid characteristics in the book. The description in the book can make

people realize Meggie's naive and simple ideas as an ordinary 12-year-old girl and her

growth in the adventure; experience Mo as a father to his family's fetters and emotions, while

sticking to his own beliefs and determination; learning about Dustfinger's obsession with

going home and the guilt of making a decision that hurts other people.

The ending of the story paved the way for the remaining two parts of the Inkheart

series, and also brought a relatively happy ending to the protagonist's family.

This fantasy work has a relatively average score in my heart because the ending and

process are relatively not particularly bright, but the author has a very complete and novel

idea for the background setting of the story. At the beginning of the story, when she uncovers

the cause of everything from Meggie's point of view step by step, she foreshadows the

mystery to arouse the curiosity of readers. In addition, there is a detailed description of the

scenes and the mood of the characters in the text, and you can experience the author's

profound literary skills and create a sense of substitution.

I recommend Inkheart to readers of all ages who enjoy fantasy literature.

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