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A very interesting and bizarre book - bizarre in a good way! What I like about the creativity of this novel is that it all feels somewhat believable even though it is very fantastic. Over the past couple of years I have read books in the fantasy/supernatural genre where the made-up elements feel forced and kind of silly. That was not the case with this book. (view spoiler)
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“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.”
3,5 stars. I am not going to tell anything new, but after waiting 3 years, I am happy I finally read The Night Circus. I now get why it has been on many fantasy-favorites list: the magical atmosphere is so beautiful and alive that it’s hard to believe the circus isn’t real.
The circus itself is also the strongest element of the whole book. I loved getting to know the different te ...more
3,5 stars. I am not going to tell anything new, but after waiting 3 years, I am happy I finally read The Night Circus. I now get why it has been on many fantasy-favorites list: the magical atmosphere is so beautiful and alive that it’s hard to believe the circus isn’t real.
The circus itself is also the strongest element of the whole book. I loved getting to know the different te ...more
This book is so different in a time when it feels everything has been done already. It's easy when you're young to really believe in magic and be swept up in a story about it. The Night Circus is one of those that somehow manages to give magic that an adult can fall into as deeply as a child can. At the same time, it doesn't hold its punches like some children's books do. It's pretty tragic at times. It sometimes has the enchantment of a fairytale, and other times it's as disturbing as an episod
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(Probably some spoilers.)
Okay... so...
It's just.... okay.
Well, a lot of it is pacing and descriptions. There was a LOT of description and I get it. It's a book about a magical Night Circus brought to life, it needs something to bring it to life! But it was just too much in my opinion (but I am biased because I don't like over descriptive things, I'm more minimal to make my own picture in my mind.)
Second, the romance... once again, another romance that was just, eh? Why? Because I saw NOTHING rom ...more
Okay... so...
It's just.... okay.
Well, a lot of it is pacing and descriptions. There was a LOT of description and I get it. It's a book about a magical Night Circus brought to life, it needs something to bring it to life! But it was just too much in my opinion (but I am biased because I don't like over descriptive things, I'm more minimal to make my own picture in my mind.)
Second, the romance... once again, another romance that was just, eh? Why? Because I saw NOTHING rom ...more
Well this book took me quite a while to get through. Fantasy is not my favourite genre. I think that once I got into the story of Marcos and Celia I started liking the book more. I found the whole notion of the competition a bit hard to follow - how it tied in with the circus and the other characters ... but eventually it came together. I know many people love this book - it was "ok" for me.
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