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)

Brendan Frasier?

I know he was in the horrible movie, but now he's completely ruined my ability to listen to the rest of this story. He's too loud and then too quiet, and everything feels over acted. I love this book, and this story, but I won't be finishing this audiobook. Waste of a credit.

Wanting

I read the Inkworld books long ago and have been listening to audiobooks for some time now. It’s really the only way I read books now. The story is beautiful and a great sequel to Inkheart. Like many others, I like Brenden Fraser as an actor and he didn’t ruin the story with his reading, but there is much to be wanted. Between dramatically different accent choices and an elaboration of sighs and noises, Fraser had a monotone drag that was almost inaudible. At some points, he would hit a strive that was nice, because he does have a nice voice, but then there would be an abrupt disruption of screeching or rather poor search for a character’s accent (which was often times, stereotypical). I love the book to much to say it’s not worth listening to.

Inkspell

This book was amasing, it was very whimsical and magical, it is my, favorite vorite book.

the story whisperer

I love this story and Brendan Fraser.
too bad at times he whispers so quietly you can barely hear him. I had to return this audio version.

It was good

I had just finished Inkheart and was alittle dissapointed that audible changed readers because the women who read Inkheart was so amazing, but as you get into the story more, Brendon Frazer didnt do a bad job and you start to get used to his words. loved the book just as much.

Great story, Inconsistent narration

This story was wonderful, but the nicest thing I can say about the narration is that it was inconsistent. Fraser's reading was distracting and jarring throughout. The characters were given a variety of thick stereotypical accents from various regions, many of which made little to no sense with the storyline, and the female characters all screeched and squawked like crows. Eleanor and Mo were two of my favorite characters in InkHeart, but I didn't care for either of them in this reading. All of the characters were over-dramatized and the over-the-top accents weren't even sustained evenly throughout the narration. The speed and volume were wildly inconsistent as well. I've never had to toggle my volume button so much in a single novel! He read some parts just above a whisper and stretched out the narration in a Shatner-esque staccato where it made no sense to do so. When he wasn't whispering, he was squawking and shouting, racing through the text like an auctioneer -- sometimes this would make sense (as in an action scene), but other times a character would be in quiet contemplation, (considering possibilities) and he raced through it wildly. My son and I listened to this on a road trip and we both agreed to get the paper version of this novel when we get home so we can re-read it together.

Best Audio Book I've listened to for a long time!

I always loved the book since I read it when I was a kid. Really a story you can fall into! Brendan Fraser is perfect! He does all the voices and noises perfectly, it was so immersive and fluid and really just perfect. A+ great job

good story

My kids and I have listened to this book before and we really enjoyed it. It is a little on the dark side, and it ends enticing you to read the next book--wanting the happy ending. Brendan Fraser does an excellent job--I wish he had done all three of the books for continuity, but who knows why they didn't. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Brendan Fraser Needs to Narrate More Books!

Brendan Fraser gives true meaning to the term Silvertongue. He tells stories and they come to life. In this remarkable performance of Inkspell, the listener is transported to the Inkworld along with the characters by Fraser's voice. I was a little thrown at first by the narrator change from the first book, but I adore Brendan Fraser so I kept listening, and I am SO glad that I did. I desperately want more books narrated by him!

Cornelia Funke did a remarkable job with this second installment of the Inkworld series. She has a way of writing truly hateable and wretched villains. And the way that she writes about books in this series? Beautiful.

Well written!

This is a wonderful told story that is well written! The characters make you care about them and really well involved in the story that is entrancing!