tersirat's reviews
132 reviews

entering this book with the love i've already harbored for the ghibli film and i was delighted to witness how sophie and howl's relationship develops throughout this book! dwj has such a way with writing characters that makes you want to be swept away into their journey. i fell in love with sophie's development from someone who's quite meek and lost to someone determined and strong-headed. despite how insufferable he is in this book, i love howl just as much (if not more). i feel like this book benefits plenty from a second read because there are definitely things that i'm missing out from this first read. we'll have to see in my second read later on because i'll definitely want to delve further into the world of ingary!

corny and absolutely BANANAS (in terms of how nonsensical these set of events are) but i'm a sucker for cheesy and corny shit like this. so hell yeah to kissing and dating after, like, a few chapters!

enjoyed this short collection of poems! the illustrations that came with some of the poems were also interesting to see. there's almost a voyeuristic quality to most of these poems where some of them are vivid descriptions of these different people living different lives. i love how they have a bigger than life quality to them too.

intriguing read that explores anarchism and community with elements of the supernatural! wish we could've spent more time with the characters and have them be more well-rounded. i really liked them based on the different interactions we got. overall, an enjoyable horror read!

listen, it's WELL-WRITTEN but i don't think it's for me. i do really love some of the stories! but it was kind of a slog to go through some of the stories.