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I throughly enjoyable read. I really liked Diana Wynne Jones and definitley will be reading more of her in the future. It was interesting to see her take the main character and make her "old and unappealing".
As for Howl himself - well I know we were all suppose to fall in love with him - and I was compelled but his womanizing kept me a bit off balance - still I like the way the book ended up and I'm glad to see progression there.
Calicifer was probably my favorite character from start to finish ...more
As for Howl himself - well I know we were all suppose to fall in love with him - and I was compelled but his womanizing kept me a bit off balance - still I like the way the book ended up and I'm glad to see progression there.
Calicifer was probably my favorite character from start to finish ...more

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