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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn't really love it. Plot felt messy and confusing at times. The romance at the end felt out of left field. It feels like some of the emotional messages meant when written didn't come through strong or clearly.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Quite different from the movie. Less emphasis on the Howl/Sophie romance, and Howl seems a bit skeevier (sp?) in the book. It was written in a fun and whimsical way which I enjoyed, and it was easy to read n digest. Still cute! I prefer the ghibli movie tho
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was soooo fun! I watched the movie a million years ago and it was alright, but the book is definitely better. And some people might not like how everything was tied up with a bow at the end, but I loved it. I need more endings like this.
Update November 13, 2019:
I still love this book. Now that I knew that Howl knew all along that Sophie was under a spell I was able to point out the hints of the things he was doing for her. The things that were harder to see were the signs that they loved each other until the end, especially him. Her messed confusion when talking to the King helped, then her obvious jealousy was a flashing neon light, but it was still unclear why she was into him when he was such a jerk to her. Which is why it was hard to see that he cared. But there was still little things, like when he was asking where she wanted to live and what she wanted to sell, and I just could imagine that while he was showing her the flowers for the first time her curse would have lifted even for a little bit, but then he said that the end that he hadn’t recognized her from the holiday. Still, it was obvious that he made the flowers a paradise for her.
This book is fun for a lot of reasons, but it really is about a woman gaining confidence in herself and that she is the master of her own fate, and about how that woman could save a man. What the old witch said that she was the one help him, and then when she held his heart in her hands, it was beautiful symbolism for the power of love in all its forms to save a man, or anyone for that matter, from the results of past mistakes. To be loved and wanted and to be given back what was theirs to begin with, to love and live a new.
One of my favorite scenes in all the books I’ve read is when he appears at the witch’s castle and he looks a complete mess, and you see then how truly and desperately he loves her.
Still. Hard to see the parts of him falling for her when he’s always picking on her - but then she’s always picking back. It’s a messed up courtship, but then they are a messed up couple.
I wonder how they figure out how they will now share the bedroom.
Update November 13, 2019:
I still love this book. Now that I knew that Howl knew all along that Sophie was under a spell I was able to point out the hints of the things he was doing for her. The things that were harder to see were the signs that they loved each other until the end, especially him. Her messed confusion when talking to the King helped, then her obvious jealousy was a flashing neon light, but it was still unclear why she was into him when he was such a jerk to her. Which is why it was hard to see that he cared. But there was still little things, like when he was asking where she wanted to live and what she wanted to sell, and I just could imagine that while he was showing her the flowers for the first time her curse would have lifted even for a little bit, but then he said that the end that he hadn’t recognized her from the holiday. Still, it was obvious that he made the flowers a paradise for her.
This book is fun for a lot of reasons, but it really is about a woman gaining confidence in herself and that she is the master of her own fate, and about how that woman could save a man. What the old witch said that she was the one help him, and then when she held his heart in her hands, it was beautiful symbolism for the power of love in all its forms to save a man, or anyone for that matter, from the results of past mistakes. To be loved and wanted and to be given back what was theirs to begin with, to love and live a new.
One of my favorite scenes in all the books I’ve read is when he appears at the witch’s castle and he looks a complete mess, and you see then how truly and desperately he loves her.
Still. Hard to see the parts of him falling for her when he’s always picking on her - but then she’s always picking back. It’s a messed up courtship, but then they are a messed up couple.
I wonder how they figure out how they will now share the bedroom.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
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:
Yes