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The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern

Start date: October 2, 2015

Finish date: October 31, 2015

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Dec 09, 2012 Amanda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: i-will-read-anything-by, 5-stars, favorites, recs-from-friends, recs-geeky, locus-award-previous

Nov 2015:

Re-read/re-listen in the car again, and I love it just as amazingly, even though I was watching it play out in a wholly new way this time. Knowing the story from the beginning, was the story from the end. What happened to everyone. Recognizing the earliest, tiny cracks, and the smallest of small hints that give so much away. I love it so much, and I really can not wait for Erin's new book to be released.

Dec 4th 2014:
This book is AMAZING. I do not even know how to properly write up thi ...more

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Apr 10, 2017 Avigail rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017, audiobook, audible, physical-book, own

This book an interesting one, even though when I read a couple of years ago I didn't pass the 20-page mark. This time I was interested to read before reading "Caraval", that I got on an "Owlcrate" subscription book box. Because I was afraid I wouldn't pass again the 20-page mark, I decided to listen to the audiobook and following it with my paperback copy. Jim Dale was the narrator and I absolutely loved his voice and the voices and accents he did for all the characters.
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Jul 08, 2022 Hayley rated it liked it · review of another edition

soo.... I liked Celia, Marco, and Isobel. That was about it. Some of the other characters were interesting but I didn't have a sense of "oh, what a great character" . The prose was beautiful. Unfortunately, that was about all that the story had going for it. The plot was predictable, and sometimes that's okay for me, this time i wasn't feeling it. There were whole chapters that were just boring and others that did hold my interest, they were the only reason i finished the book. Overall i'm going ...more

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Nov 23, 2014 Joyce rated it liked it

Imaginative tale about a competition that turns into a love story. The author weaves a vision of the kind of circus I would love to visit - a place of dreams, beauty and imagination and not a stinky animal being mistreated to be found. However, this circus is not without its tragedies and complications. I'd love to see if someone could turn this into a movie. It would be a visual feast. ...more

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May 19, 2013 Vickie rated it really liked it

Shelves: listened-to

A bit tedious at times, but Jim Dale made me keep listening.

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Jan 19, 2012 Katie rated it it was amazing

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Wow. It has been a long time since I have felt so enamored by a book. I am still smiling, despite being a little bit sad that it is over. What a beautiful story! It sounds corny, but I feel younger for having read this.

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