Everyone wants to marry Howl, especially me. He is the ultimate 'I can fix him' man, and that's just from the film! This book? Stupendous. Refreshing. Like a minty salve smeared over my forehead. Every character shines. The writing quality is a folktune on the ears. Sophie is a wonderful and deeply relatable protaginist for all of her pragmatisism and cynicism, but with just enough good-heartedness to carry her forward.

My only gripe is that the ending tries to bundle up everything at once in a way that comes off as a little confusing for how chaotic it gets, but it's not something I really mind.