World of Howl Castle in the Air, Book 2, (Paperback)

from arouse77

nominally a sequel "Howl's Moving Castle" this book retains some of the same feel of the first novel with a distinctly arabian flavor. the same wit and engaging language are there, but apart from these, this "sequel" has almost nothing else in common with its predecessor. none of the characters r...

from lithicbee

This sequel to Howl's Moving Castle was, to my taste, not nearly as fantastical or exciting. Instead, it was a bit of a mash-up of familiar stories from One Thousand and One Nights (well, I never read that, so let's say, Looney Tunes and Craig Shaw Gardner's Sinbad trilogy) and the characters fro...

from rj_anderson

This should really be 3.5 stars. I liked the premise and I liked Abdullah a great deal, but these muddled, meandering plots where everything resolves with improbable neatness at the end are beginning to wear thin. To me it read less like a complex story with a satisfyingly tight resolution than a...

from tally1302

Supposedly the sequel to Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Air is a perfect stand alone. Originally when I read it I hadn't even realised the two were related. Imagine my delight and surprise in the last few chapters where characters from Howl's Moving Castle showed up? But yes, it was only in ...

from tally1302

Supposedly the sequel to Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Air is a perfect stand alone. Originally when I read it I hadn't even realised the two were related. Imagine my delight and surprise in the last few chapters where characters from Howl's Moving Castle showed up? But yes, it was only in ...