penwing reads (they/them) commented on Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1) by Diana Wynne Jones (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
Howl's Moving Castle is a fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, first published …
This is my first time reading Diane Wynne Jones and... It's alright... So far...
I can't help but compare it to Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea: both are books of magic and fantasy aimed at children of around 9-12, but Le Guin and Wynne Jones seem to have very different approaches to what "for children" means. Le Guin for children is not to be dismissed even as an adult, but Wynne Jones for children feels more childish? Le Guin seems to be "fiction is a safe way of introducing these concepts openly" while Wynne Jones seems to be "fiction must be safe by only hinting at things"..?
This is my first time reading Diane Wynne Jones and... It's alright... So far...
I can't help but compare it to Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea: both are books of magic and fantasy aimed at children of around 9-12, but Le Guin and Wynne Jones seem to have very different approaches to what "for children" means. Le Guin for children is not to be dismissed even as an adult, but Wynne Jones for children feels more childish? Le Guin seems to be "fiction is a safe way of introducing these concepts openly" while Wynne Jones seems to be "fiction must be safe by only hinting at things"..?
