#adderhead

Mo's perspective in Inkspell (Tintenblut) was haunting, sometimes. The way his violent fantasies and wrathful thoughts feel so righteous, at first, and you think that he has every right to feel like this. Then you think back and realize that this is the man that refused to kill Basta in Inkheart when they had them by the shack in the woods, even though he'd threatened and hurt his daughter. And then it's clear that Mo is becoming something colder, harsher.

The cultural shock is interesting, though. I'm used to reading English books, usually by US or UK authors, and man are they much, much lighter than this.