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This book was just the best. Immersive and magical. I loved the audio, but there were several times I wanted to be able to go back and check on a date or other detail, and it would have been much easier to do that with a physical book. I think maybe I'll read this again next summer, because it's the perfect summer book.
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3.5
I feel a bit like something might be wrong with me for not loving this book as much as a lot of people whose opinions I trust said I would. Was I missing something? Was it the wrong book at the wrong time? Or was it just not my cup of tea after all?
What I liked about this story was the package it arrived in. I found the setting of the Night Circus to be truly exquisite, described and luscious detail and haunting me with its imagery, sounds, and scents long after the book was complete. I think ...more
I feel a bit like something might be wrong with me for not loving this book as much as a lot of people whose opinions I trust said I would. Was I missing something? Was it the wrong book at the wrong time? Or was it just not my cup of tea after all?
What I liked about this story was the package it arrived in. I found the setting of the Night Circus to be truly exquisite, described and luscious detail and haunting me with its imagery, sounds, and scents long after the book was complete. I think ...more
The perfect summer read: entertaining and fast moving without feeling dumbed down. It was so enveloping while on vacation that I didn't want it to end!
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Very engaging, with some wonderful well-felt scenes and a cast of characters I was connected to through the whole story. I found myself sneaking off to read this one. It had a similar tone to Shadow of the Wind, I felt, with a haunting and magical setting as the backdrop for far more universal experiences that were played out in the foreground.
It's not that the book wasn't good, more that it didn't match my tastes. I can see how others could love it. I should have DNF'ed it once I recognized it wasn't my style.
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