Reviews

Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones

grace_astudentreading's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

So here is my deal with this book: I read the synopsis and thought it had nothing to do with Sophie and Howl. Then I read the reviews which told me it had everything to do with Sophie and Howl. And then I read the book and established that both the synopsis and the reviews were correct. And to be quite honest my feelings on that are mixed. On the one hand, I did not really enjoy the first 250 pages of this book. I did not care that much about the main character and found the plot kind of boring. It was easy to read so I didn’t feel the need to dnf and the 250 pages really did fly by, but I wasn’t riveted or really invested. On the other hand, I loved the ending. It was funny and chaotic and messy yet clever. Everything came together and made sense, and everyone got a happy ending. I don’t want to spoil anything, but the ending was truly brilliant and amazing. It made the rest of the book worth it to me. So overall I don’t regret reading this book and I did enjoy it in the end but it did not meet my expectations.

kmaffett's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

sepptb's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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? No

4.0

soooohjaun's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous lighthearted relaxing 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? N/A

3.75

HOWL AS A GENIE AND SOPHIE AS A CAT I CANTTTTT ( but the main couple wasn’t THAT interesting)

lisakey's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

ameliethemoomin's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

enjoyable but not really much of anything? sorry diana 

aselkiereads's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

ediereadsss's review against another edition

Go to review page

3.0

This book was fine, it was a cute middle-grade fantasy novel. HOWEVER, it was not Howl's Moving Castle. When a book as good as Howl's Moving Castle is written, it should be a standalone. There was never a chance for any sequel to measure up to the original.

oxlabyrinthxo's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

It's great, but as a sequel to Howl's Moving Castle I would have liked to see more of Sophie and Howl than we did.

kzuzanna's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25