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House of Many Ways
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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House of Many Ways
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Publisher's Summary
A chaotically magical sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle.
Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy, but Great Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland and his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places – the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, to name but a few.
By opening that door, Charmain is now also looking after an extremely magical stray dog, a muddled young apprentice wizard and a box of the king's most treasured documents, as well as irritating a clan of small blue creatures.
Caught up in an intense royal search, she encounters an intimidating sorceress named Sophie. And where Sophie is, can the Wizard Howl and fire demon Calcifer be far behind?
Critic Reviews
“Diana Wynne Jones ought to be crowned with coloured garlands because she is the best writer of magical fantasy for children in this country” Evening Standard
“Diana Wynne Jones could teach Stephen King and JK Rowling a thing or two … [she] has a skill for inserting just the right amount of detail in her written words, leaving you satiated but not stuffed.” SFX
“Diana Wynne Jones is, quite simply, the best writer of magic there is, for readers of any age.” Neil Gaiman
“…Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that links Jones’s most outrageous plots to her readers’ hopes and fears…”
Publishers Weekly
“Truly magical – guaranteed to leave you gasping – even hotter than Potter”
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- Benjamin Odewahn
- 14-04-2024
inspired story telling
love the language, the characters, linking her previous tales together in new ways. if you've enjoyed her other books, you will love this just as much. the same magic and story telling, the back ground of the new characters.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-08-2021
It was ok.
Atherton's performance as narrator was fantastic. Just like in the other two books in the series.
I found it hard to sympathise with the main characters, though. In this series, Jones writes her protagonists as well meaning yet clumsy, however I don't think she was able to do that very well for the characters specific to this book.
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