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A review by doubleinfinity
Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke
5.0
I loved this book. It was everything I loved about Inkheart but shorter and aimed at a younger audience.
Funke's narration is so personalized and there's something so wonderful about it. She brings up the idea of fatality and mortality. The scene in which Stourton and Longspee are fighting on opposite ends of Jon is perfect for this. Un-bridged by role of deal, tension and sadness cling to their souls. Longspee is beautifully weak but also heroic (with none of the pretty-boy Hercules stereotypes.) His fragile soul and the young soul of Jon have bonded together and it's ironic in the way that they rely on each other. Longspee needs Jon to put him to rest, but Jon requires protection.
I suppose it's this harmony that makes her concept of mortality to attractive. Or perhaps how sentimental it is, for you're jerked around with the character's questions and needs and uncertainties and desires. But they all are fluid and blend into one another, showing how fragile all humans are.
I don't know how to describe the phenomenon; however, it is incredible and takes my breath away even at a young adult level. I recommend this for any middle school or even 5th grade student, because as long as the reader can comprehend these simple but overwhelming messages, they will be affected without a doubt.
Funke's narration is so personalized and there's something so wonderful about it. She brings up the idea of fatality and mortality. The scene in which Stourton and Longspee are fighting on opposite ends of Jon is perfect for this. Un-bridged by role of deal, tension and sadness cling to their souls. Longspee is beautifully weak but also heroic (with none of the pretty-boy Hercules stereotypes.) His fragile soul and the young soul of Jon have bonded together and it's ironic in the way that they rely on each other. Longspee needs Jon to put him to rest, but Jon requires protection.
I suppose it's this harmony that makes her concept of mortality to attractive. Or perhaps how sentimental it is, for you're jerked around with the character's questions and needs and uncertainties and desires. But they all are fluid and blend into one another, showing how fragile all humans are.
I don't know how to describe the phenomenon; however, it is incredible and takes my breath away even at a young adult level. I recommend this for any middle school or even 5th grade student, because as long as the reader can comprehend these simple but overwhelming messages, they will be affected without a doubt.