Inkspell

By: Cornelia Funke

Narrated by: Brendan Fraser

Length: 18 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart, the book whose characters came to life and changed her life forever.

But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the ability to read him back, Dustfinger leaves behind his young apprentice Farid and plunges into the medieval inkscape once more.

Distraught, Farid goes in search of Meggie, and before long, both are caught inside the book, too. There they meet Inkheart's author, Fenoglio, now living within his own story. But the tale is much changed, and threatening to evolve in ways none of them would ever have imagined. Will Meggie, Farid, and Fenoglio manage to write the wrongs of a charmed world? Or is their story on the brink of a very bad ending?

©2005 Cornelia Funke (P)2005 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, a division of Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

• 2006 Book Sense Book of the Year, Children's Literature

"Readers who enjoyed Funke's Inkheart are in for a treat with this sequel." (Booklist)

Great "read"

I looked forward to listening every chance I got. Fraser had slight inconsistencies in character voices but I can easily forgive that given his enthusiasm for the reading. The wide range of choices for the character voices, although a bit odd, made them interesting. I am reading Inkheart now - in book form. I would love to hear Redgrave's reading of the book, but I can't wait for this month's point.

wonderful

loved this! I was worried the second one would let me down from inkheart, but this was actually very well. I even wept. Time for the third one ♥️

An average sequel.

This story started off interesting, but became boring once the story began taking place in Ink World. I preferred the original story, which took place in the real world. I wish they kept this story in the real world, as well. I wish they had used Meggie's powers a little more creatively too and had her read things out of real books as she did in first story.

I wasn't invested in the Ink fantasy world. The book focused too much on boring characters such as Farid and not enough on Meggie like the original story. The romance was awkward and out of place as well. I wasn't invested in many of the characters outside Fenoglio, Basta, Cosimo, and the Adderhead.

I have mixed feelings about Brendan Fraser's narration. He was narrator voice was monotoned and lacked energy for the most part. I felt he was read action little too quickly. The voices he gave Cosimo, Orpheus, the Adderhead, Fenoglio, and Basta were great and had a lot of energy that I wish he had put into the rest of his performance.

Another wonderful adventure!!

Love the style of this series. The dark adventures and unique creatures. Can’t wait for the next book!!!

Better Than the First One!

This sequel is terrific! And Brennan Fraser is doing the voices, and he's a terrific reader. (Apparently Cornelia Funke loves him and wants him to be Moe in the upcoming movie!) If you were turned off by some gaps in the first book, they are explained in this one. This time we all get to experience Inkheart's scenary and it's more than I had imagined. Great read; you're sure to love it. Although, it might be a little scary for those under 9. Perfect for a family going across the country, no doubt! I listened to it on my move from AZ to OR.

Bring back book 1 reader!!!

Ugh the reader for the second book is so obnoxious! Great series and Great book but the reader makes her great aunt Elenor sound like a shrieking chicken the whole freaking book. I almost couldn’t make it through the book because the reader is so utterly terrible!!

loved every minute of it.

much more than I thought it would be I loved every minute of it. it was like the characters came alive as I listened made my time at work go by so fast.

LOVED IT!!!

such a good story and the narrator brought the story into a new light for me.

So Amazing!

Brandon Fraiser is fantastic. I loved this series previously and his voice just brought it to life. He is a Silver Tongue.

Naration excellent

When I read the reviews regarding the narrator I just had to put in my 2cents worth. As I started listening to this book with my kids, I thought Brendan is too quiet, too difficult to listen to. As he got into the story and started to give characters personality through voice I really started enjoying the book so much. I looked forward to each opportunity I had to listen to more. I enjoyed the narration thoroughly!