Inkspell/Tintenblut
Aug. 6th, 2011 03:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ayascytheYesterday, I finished Tintenblut and got my heart broken. It wasn't nice. It was sobbing and heartache in Sirius Black-like proportions. I am still moping today and I am still not quite over it. Dustfinger was the first character I instantly and utterly fell in love with in a book in a long time. Believe it or not, completely contrary to TV shows or movies, that happens so very rarely to me. (OK, Bettany playing the part in the movie might have had something to do with it.) And then the idiot has to go and sacrifice himself heroically, tragically, poetically, wonderfully, rip my heart out, make me hate him and love him even more just because of that. Funke, how dare you? D:
Apart from that, I absolutely adored Tintenblut. It was that much better than Tintenherz and I loved the plot and I loved Inkworld. I'm dying to read on, so I'll probably just run into the bookstore on Monday and buy Tintentod. I can't stand to wait till the library calls me to say it's available again. I just can't.
One more thing: I really, really like Fenoglio. He's one of the most complex characters of the entire series and I find his situation to be incredibly intriguing. A writer travels into his own story, meets the characters he has created and sees it all getting out of control - how is that not deeply meta? Imagine the thrill to see your words come alive, to actually have the power to create and control an entire world. Imagine the horror to learn it has all consequences - not only on paper, but in blood and death, that people die and suffer because of your choices. Imagine the loss of innocence when you realise it's not a game anymore. The conflict between being human and an author - because we all know that happiness rarely makes for good stories, but how could you live with bringing villains and misery into existence? I know that Fenoglio only deals with some of those questions and mostly towards the end of the book, because he's too excited, too childish and a tad too vain to think about it. But still. Just imagine it, being in his situation as a writer. (Dear Rowling, could you live with killing Sirius Black then? *smirks*)
Apart from that, I absolutely adored Tintenblut. It was that much better than Tintenherz and I loved the plot and I loved Inkworld. I'm dying to read on, so I'll probably just run into the bookstore on Monday and buy Tintentod. I can't stand to wait till the library calls me to say it's available again. I just can't.
One more thing: I really, really like Fenoglio. He's one of the most complex characters of the entire series and I find his situation to be incredibly intriguing. A writer travels into his own story, meets the characters he has created and sees it all getting out of control - how is that not deeply meta? Imagine the thrill to see your words come alive, to actually have the power to create and control an entire world. Imagine the horror to learn it has all consequences - not only on paper, but in blood and death, that people die and suffer because of your choices. Imagine the loss of innocence when you realise it's not a game anymore. The conflict between being human and an author - because we all know that happiness rarely makes for good stories, but how could you live with bringing villains and misery into existence? I know that Fenoglio only deals with some of those questions and mostly towards the end of the book, because he's too excited, too childish and a tad too vain to think about it. But still. Just imagine it, being in his situation as a writer. (Dear Rowling, could you live with killing Sirius Black then? *smirks*)
