A review by grace_astudentreading
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones

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.