Scan barcode
A review by sam_anker_
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
5.0
I delayed my hold this book so many times because I had requested it on a whim, and was sure it wouldn’t live up to the movie. It was so, so much better than the movie.
I think I was immediately drawn in by just the writing style? The book was published in the 80s, but it’s written in a way where it tries to feel older, like how a modern author tries to write a book that takes place in the 1800s. What I think makes this so successful is the tongue-in-cheek humor, the kind of wry humor you have to almost be looking for to find. I laughed out loud quite a bit reading this.
Sophie is also such an incredibly relatable character to me. I’m the eldest of three girls, the younger two who are so much smarter than me, going off to law school or pursuing their doctorates, who both have partners. I still live at home, I work a job I like but I miss that sense of adventure, or going after something greater. I too, am somehow charmed by the cry-baby of a man Howl who despite himself, oozes with slime and sex appeal. Big dumb idiot who loves me? Yes please.
Also Sophie is so incredibly snarky and I love it. I wish I could be that snarky and have people still like me.
I think I was immediately drawn in by just the writing style? The book was published in the 80s, but it’s written in a way where it tries to feel older, like how a modern author tries to write a book that takes place in the 1800s. What I think makes this so successful is the tongue-in-cheek humor, the kind of wry humor you have to almost be looking for to find. I laughed out loud quite a bit reading this.
Sophie is also such an incredibly relatable character to me. I’m the eldest of three girls, the younger two who are so much smarter than me, going off to law school or pursuing their doctorates, who both have partners. I still live at home, I work a job I like but I miss that sense of adventure, or going after something greater. I too, am somehow charmed by the cry-baby of a man Howl who despite himself, oozes with slime and sex appeal. Big dumb idiot who loves me? Yes please.
Also Sophie is so incredibly snarky and I love it. I wish I could be that snarky and have people still like me.