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Summary: READITREADITREADIT!
Review: This is an amazingly witty book, full of contradictions and illusions and spells and commonplace happenings and bargains and switching and much more. Altogether one of the best books in Ms. Jones's repertoire, AND THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING.A WORD OF ADVICE: READ ALL HER BOOKS--NO KIDDING, NO JOKING, NO FOOLING--AND BUY THEM--DITTO.
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Summary: Intricate,tantalizing...perfect
Review: For me, Howl's Moving Castle is without doubt one of the best books on earth - by one of the best authors. Not only does it include one of Diana Wynne Jones' most intriguing and imaginative plots, some of her best hilarious, witty humour, AND a whole new brilliant parallel world, it ALSO has one of history's most attractive males,who can only be likened in terms of desirability to Aragorn or Faramir in "The Lord of the Rings", which is saying something. Howl becomes even more gorgeous everytime I read the book, of which I become more fond on each re-reading. Without giving any plot away, two people in this book I think can only be compared in their enduring popularity to Elizabeth and Darcy! The action is fast,the supporting charecters are great and strangely familiar, the heroine you can really relate to, and Calcifer a charecter not to be missed. Anyone with a sense of humour please read this endearing multi-faceted novel. Please excuse all my gush gush and silly vocabulary, but it really is a great book!
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Summary: The book is funny, charming, and full of lovable characters.
Review: Every time I read this book I suddenly realize how more of the details are strongly related to the plot. It's at the same time so very complex and so very simple! But the main thing I like about the book are the characters. Reading of Sophie's transformation from a timid girl to an assertive old lady, discovering that Howl knows more and is better than you suspected, and growing more and more attached to the petulant Calcifer is a delightful experience.
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Summary: THE BEST; READ THIS IF YOU DARE AGES 9-99
Review: One of the best books i've ever read (and ive read alot of books!) read this if you want something new and fresh every time, its got it all from high fantasy to comedy and romance, my personal fave.
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Summary: My Favorite Book
Review: This is my favorite (and most read) book. My sister got this book 10 years or so ago, and I read her copy a half dozen times or so. She's since bought me my own copy from England, which I've also read repeatedly. Being the oldest of three sisters, I identified with Sophie, the main character and also oldest of three sisters. Everytime I read the book, it just gets better. I highly recommend Ms. Jones' other books as well.
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Summary: READ THIS BOOK EVEN IF YOU'RE AN ADULT!
Review: I must've been 14 years old at the time I discovered this book, quite by accident, in my high school's library. I'd always loved fantasy novels, but when I'd cracked this book open at home that night, I was sucked into an entirely different world (I got in trouble for reading the book instead of doing my homework.). It's been high on my list of favorites ever since, going on 12 years now. It mixed all the best elements of fantasy and fairy tails with something I'd never been exposed to at the time, humor. I've always been a sucker for magic and romance and this combines both in spades. I'll admit, I was intrigued by doorways from one world to another. Add in a self-declared cowardly wizard who really wasn't and a young woman in a old woman's body as the main characters were a perfect match! I'm looking forward to introducing this story to my nephews, and renew my own aquaintence with these engaging characters (I just discovered that there's a sequel!). Like I said, read this book, even if you are an adult. This is an enchanting, engaging book for both youngsters and adults alike.
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Summary: One of my all time favorites.
Review: I'm one of the volunteer library moms at my sons' elementary school. I like to read the books that we have for the kids and the kids' books at the public library. I picked up this book at the public library because the cover looked interesting. Little did I know I was going to be pulled into one of the most fascinating fantasy worlds ever. Other reviewers have commented that this is a book to read over and over. Boy are they right! I'm on my third time through (this is the second time I'm reading it to my youngest son) Ms Jones has created an intriguing world that mixes fantasy and reality in just the right proportions. Her characters are believable and likable. (And yes, I'm in love with Howl, too). The story line is complex without being confusing. The plot twists are exciting and never seem contrived. I highly recommend this novel and it's sequel, Castle in the Air, for upper el. and Jr. Hi libraries.
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Summary: Fantastic! The best!
Review: This is a book I will always love. I've had it for ages, since I was 10, and I still read it a couple of times a year. Every time I open the book and start reading it's like I'm being sucked in to the wonderful world of wisards and witches and magic. My favorite characters are Howl (I'm in love with him), Sophie, Micheal and, of course, Calcifer. I don't know if Diana Wynne Jones has written any more books about Howl, but if she has, please, someone let me know.
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Summary: The best book ever.
Review: This is in my oppinion one of the best books ever written. It has everything. It's imagenative, funny, sweet, exciting and wonderful.
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Summary: my fav. DWJ book by far, & I've read most of them
Review: For anyone so sadly deprived as to have not yet read ANYTHING by the deservedly renowned Diana Wynne Jones- I weep for you. Really. She is definately among my all-time favorite authors. This particular story, however, somehow is my favorite. It's not her longest, or most detailed, or complex, but it is my favorite. It is charminly insane and ridiculously funny. I laugh out every time I read it.
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