Reviews - Howl's Moving Castle

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Howl's Moving Castle

Diana Wynne Jones

4.25 AVERAGE

sofieschae's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

planreadrepeat's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Fun book of magic, mystery, and family. Sophie is a great character who learns so much about herself. Howl is an egotistical maniac in the best sort of way. Like Lego this book is fun for ages 10-99.

airinefferin's review against another edition

5.0

My favorute book by my favorite author which I have read many times and will read many more times!!!

emsnovellas's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

book: very whimsical! honestly, I was just along for the ride. unfortunately, I knew the general premise of the movie so I went into this with high hopes for the romance (and was sorely disappointed). at not point did I know where this book was going to go! (for better or for worse) the magic system seemed fun, and I really liked calcifer and michael! the romance at the end made 0 sense to me, though.

movie: book club watched the movie together and WOW! 10000000x better omg. Howl.. dare I say bird (like lowkey bird) howl could get it? alright, I'm putting myself in time out. but the movie was way better than the book.

griffinx's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

klbreyfogle's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was my first time reading the book (I am an adult! But I never read the book or watched the movie as a kid). I enjoyed it - the characters were complicated but generally like able. I liked Sophie a great deal, kind of knew the ultimate pairing from the start but it still didn’t compel me as a relationship that much. I found the story fun, though!

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