Howl's Moving Castle

Reviewed by: Jacey

By Diana Wynne Jones

Greenwillow Books

329 Pages

     

     Howl's Moving Castle is a very riveting story about the wizard Howl who takes in an old woman out of the cold into his mobile floating castle. The ninety year old woman, Sophie, is really a young girl who was cursed by a witch to live in the skin of an old woman. Howl and Sophie go on an amazing journey with the fire demon Calcifer, and Howl's apprentice Michael. Sophie spends the duration of the book trying her hardest to get the Witch of the Waste to turn Sophie back into the girl she once was. This book was an amazing read and I could not put it down. Every chapter held a new adventure and a different twist to the plot line. The setting is absolutely darling and every common household item now holds the power to do something magical. I would recommend this book to anyone over the age of 10. Some of the story gets slightly dark and the plot may be hard to follow for youngsters. All in all, this book was one of the best I've read so far and I would love to have somebody my age to discuss it with.