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18 Reviews
Howl's Moving Castle is an enchanting story, rather like fairy tale.
Howl's Moving Castle is an enchanting story, rather like fairy tale. Howl's Moving Castle is about, Sophie a plucky young women, who is discontented with her boring life, working in a hat shop, until, she is cursed by the Witch of the Waste. Sophie goes on a journey to break the spell, she is under. On Sophie's journey she meets Howl. Howl's the powerful wizard that can break Sophie's curse. But its hard to break a curse that was put on you by the ancient powerful Witch of the Waste and to top it off you can't tell anyone about, because the curse prevents you. Howl's an sly, selfish, cowardly, and as vane as a peacock and you can't pin him down to anything. But with a plucky women like Sophie Howl had no chance, he had help her. In the end Sophie does not need to be saved by Howl because she saves him. This story of full of fairly tale like elements and interesting things like: magic, fire demons, moving castles, magic portals, missing princes, princess, curses, magical falling stars, magical disguises, heart less wizards, hopping scarecrows, seven league boots, and cloaks of invisibility. It is a excellent read and I would recommend this book to people who love fairy tale or fantasy stories.Read full review...
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Best cover
I did not like the book at all, all the things i liked about the movie was removed from the book and a hundred unneccecary things were added. The cover, however, was absolutely stunning and makes me want to display the book in my house had it not been such a stinging reminder of how wrong the book was to me. Read full review...
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Wonderful story, with fun, flawed characters
I'm a big fan of Miyazaki's adaptation of Howl's Moving Castle, and I've always wanted to read the book. I found the book to be quite excellent and I wish Miyazaki would have made Sophie have powers like she has in the book. I would love to read more adventures of Howl & Sophie. I'd also love some individual stories on Sophie's sisters.
I don't agree with some reviews that they wanted to know more about the cities. I think the characters backgrounds, thoughts, and feelings are far more important.Read full review...
Used Howl's Moving Castle
The book arrived quickly. It's a used book so wear/use was expected. The story itself is light hearted and fun. It is different than the movie but still entertaining. It fills in a few holes/questions the movie leaves you with.Read full review...
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Movie is better
This book is written for a third grade reading level. It has cute parts, but I think the film makes the characters a bit more likeable. That being said, I'm still glad I read this book. It's always fun to see the differences of film and book.Read full review...
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Great story!
I got the book after seing the movie by Miyazaki and although the two were different in a lot of ways both tell a great story and are fun and fantastical. Diana Wynne Jones is a great fantasy author. It's an easy read and quite enjoyable.Read full review...
Best book ever
The quality was better than expected, and as always I love this book. If you enjoy the Studio Ghibli version, you've got to read the book too!
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Fantastic
Reading this for a book club, but have always wanted to read it. Love the story so far. Came on time and in good shape!
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Decent copy didn’t get for collectors value
Good B day present for my mother she absolutely loves the movie that ghibli studios made I’m positive she will love the book just much if not more
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Mini fantasy vacation
Plain old fashioned fun, and begins pretty much from chapter 3 on.
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