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A review by heddas_bookgems
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
5.0
''I always bother when someone tries to set themselves up against the Witch of the Waste,” said the lady. “I’ve heard of you, Miss Hatter, and I don’t care for your competition or your attitude. I came to put a stop to you. There.” She spread out her hand in a flinging motion towards Sophie’s face.'
Sophie Hatter is young but already feels stuck in her own life when she inherits the Hat Store after her fathers passing. But without knowing how, Sophie meddles with the affairs from the Witch of the Waste. Suddenly Sophie isn’t the young girl anymore, but old and stiff. She sees but one solution and she seeks out the help from Howl the wizard from the moving castle.
Ghibli made this wonderful book into a movie in 2004. And so it was years ago that I fell in love with this story. But I hadn’t heard that it was a book, until quite recently. And as adaptations goes, it’s a wonderful one, but the book is even so much better!
I was fully submerged in this whimsical fantasy young adult. Sophie and her sisters, Howl, Micheal, Calcifer and even the hardly speaking dog really felt so tangible, quirky, imperfect but so sweet and love able.
Not for one moment was I bored, I even forgot to take notes as I was transported into this perfect world with tiny spiders crawling in a nook, an abundance of fragrant flowers and damp and wet grass. I highly recommend this to anyone for a story you really can loose yourself into.
Sophie Hatter is young but already feels stuck in her own life when she inherits the Hat Store after her fathers passing. But without knowing how, Sophie meddles with the affairs from the Witch of the Waste. Suddenly Sophie isn’t the young girl anymore, but old and stiff. She sees but one solution and she seeks out the help from Howl the wizard from the moving castle.
Ghibli made this wonderful book into a movie in 2004. And so it was years ago that I fell in love with this story. But I hadn’t heard that it was a book, until quite recently. And as adaptations goes, it’s a wonderful one, but the book is even so much better!
I was fully submerged in this whimsical fantasy young adult. Sophie and her sisters, Howl, Micheal, Calcifer and even the hardly speaking dog really felt so tangible, quirky, imperfect but so sweet and love able.
Not for one moment was I bored, I even forgot to take notes as I was transported into this perfect world with tiny spiders crawling in a nook, an abundance of fragrant flowers and damp and wet grass. I highly recommend this to anyone for a story you really can loose yourself into.