The Night Circus in FINDING AUDREY READ-ALONG

Apr 30, 2014 Kinga rated it it was amazing

Oh dear! I want to love it but I also hate it. The amount of emotional turmoil this brings is too much for my fragile mental state. I should be focusing on exams but here I am trying to decide if that ending was marvelous or simply amazing.

Update: description

So. Even after all this time passed after finishing this I have questions and I have expectations and dreams.
Most importantly:
WHEN COMES THE CIRCUS TO MY TOWN?

This is a fantastical/imaginative story that just grabs your hand the moment you unravel the Oh dear! I want to love it but I also hate it. The amount of emotional turmoil this brings is too much for my fragile mental state. I should be focusing on exams but here I am trying to decide if that ending was marvelous or simply amazing.

Update: description

So. Even after all this time passed after finishing this I have questions and I have expectations and dreams.
Most importantly:
WHEN COMES THE CIRCUS TO MY TOWN?

This is a fantastical/imaginative story that just grabs your hand the moment you unravel the black drapes and decide you want a peek into the obscure room filled with mysteries.
I was constantly confused but also understanding the situation only bought me great suffering in the end.
The threads are so finely woven into a story that sometimes I had no idea how many stories I was reading. The amount of overlapping did not diminish the meaning, no, it just spurred me ahead to discover more.
Every detail, every line meant so much more than it was giving away at first sight.

This is amazing. To make the reader question, wonder and ponder every written word. The moment you realise that No word is useless, that every word has it;s mission, every word is just another piece of puzzle. And I set my goal to assemble the puzzle in an exquisite mode.

My only problem is that I have a feeling that the reltionship between Celia and Marco wasn't as centerpieced as I would've liked it. In an upcoming re-reading I might give it one lesser star.
Their relationship is overly and madly the most subtle romance I'm ever going to put my hands on. I loved it. Every word of it. Well, every little word the book gave up about them. It's so little. There are so many characters. So much is happening. Time-space continuum interrupted. Maybe the beauty is in the subtle, little happenings.

But I know this:
In a little twisted corner of my heart and soul where all my most loved characters are residing and living happily ever after, Celia and Marco have their own circus erected and they are gonna inhabit my heart forever.
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May 19, 2017 Camilla Sandmo rated it really liked it

A beautiful story.

The only reason I'm not giving it five stars is because I found it confusing at times and also it could have been shorter. Some information and characters felt like they didn't add anything to the story.

But I really, really liked it. If you want something magical, read this. ...more

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Feb 21, 2016 K Whatsherface rated it really liked it

Shelves: novels, favorites, reading-challenge-2016

I feel bad for Isobel

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Mar 22, 2015 Janet S rated it really liked it

I love books about the circus, the writing was my favorite part. it was full of magic and wonder. I wish the ending would have been more about the main characters but overall it was great!

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