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QNPoohBear asked this question about Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1):
How does it compare to the movie? It's a favorite of my oldest niece (now "almost 6") but I wasn't enamored with it.
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I like to pick and choose bits from the move and bits from the book to put together how I wish the story went. lol. Sophie and Howl’s r…more*** Spoilers***

I like to pick and choose bits from the move and bits from the book to put together how I wish the story went. lol. Sophie and Howl’s romance in the book is more bickering and Sophie’s realization she loves him is mostly shown through jealousy. But the movie just had cute happy romance parts. Few, but they were there and not in the book until literally the very end. Like, I don’t think they ever even kiss in the book. I also don’t think they ever even say they love each other. I wish their romance had some of the light hearted bickering and some of the tender moments too.

I also enjoyed the plot line where Sophie had magic but doesn’t really realize it at first. It was interesting to try at catch things that were her magically touch playing a role. That would’ve been interesting in the movie.

Overall, there were more things in the book I wish were in the movie, but the movie’s visuals really brought a completely different magically element. Calcifer was adorable and the castle was very well done. (less)
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Howl’s Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
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