Howl’s Moving Castle the book by Diana Wynne Jones is quite an astonishing discovery for me.

I’d only seen Miyazaki’s anime based on it. He is of course a genius in his own right but that movies pales in comparison. The actions, motivations and the origin of the character’s problems just make so much more sense in the book and are so much more relatable.

I picked it up out of boredom and haven’t regretted it. What a pleasant surprise.