When Jacob Reckless was a boy, he discovered another world on the other side of the mirror in his father’s abandoned study. None the less, this was really not enjoyable.Ĭlick here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. I had, after all, been following Funke's blog updates since she announced the idea for 'Reckless', eagerly counting down the days to its release. Maybe I just had super high expectations for her new book. The 'Inkheart trilogy' are some of my favorite books, and The Thief Lord is sensational. Normally, I love Cornelia Funke-she is in my list of favorite authors, along side Stephen King, J.K. the un-named world-behind-the-mirror seems like a cheap, much less thought through version of The Inkworld in Inkspell and Inkdeath also by Cornelia Funke. The characters are so annoying and less one-dimensional (or more, I guess.) then even this personĪlso. Just because he is the younger sibling, doesn't mean he needs to be treated like a two year old, when he is, in fact, graduated from high school. Oh, and for the majority of the 345 pages, everybody treats Will like his is a baby. This means that the reader doesn't care for him, and I couldn't give a rats ass weather he is saved or not. His first scene is him turning into the Goyl. The problem (one of trillions) is this: Will gets no page-time before the transformation.

The plot of 'Reckless' is basically this: Will gets turned into a Goyl (a species of monsters made out of stone who are evil for the hell of it), and Jacob and Clara have to save him. Will and Clara, the couple who is 'head over heels desperately in love', never show any affection for each other. Im not even kidding, that is all the information we got on these characters. Getitgotitgood, now onto the story.Įditor: No, wait a second Corny, you need a bit more detail.Ĭornelia:: Really? Okay, ummm.Will and Clara met in a hospital and totally fell in love. I imagine Cornelia Funke's brainstorming of these characters was a little a lot like this:Ĭornelia:K, so, Jacob is the main character, Will is his brother and Clara is Will's girlfriend. I couldn't care less about what happens to them. There is absolutely no chemistry between them. Jacob, Will and Clara are possibly THE WORST leads in a novel I have ever read about. The main issue with 'Reckless' lies solely with the characters: Cornelia Funke plunges us right into the middle of the story, with no detail on the characters what-so-ever.

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