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The Night Circus
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Start date
April 1, 2012
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April 30, 2012
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Book of the Month - April 2012
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Jenn G
2020 Reread. I still love this book as much as the first time I read it.


This book was amazing. One of my favorite I read this year for sure. I can't help myself, I imagine it as a movie already. It would be so perfect with a director like Baz Luhrmann or Tim Burton please universe make it happen and don't screw it !

J'ai tellement aimé ce livre. C'est définitivement un des meilleurs que j'ai lu cette année. Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de l'imaginer en film avec un réalisateur come Baz Luhrmann ou
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Jess Penhallow
I am glad that I gave this book a second chance.

I dnf'd years ago due to the second person, present tense perspective that just rubbed me up the wrong way. Luckily second person was used sparingly and I got used to the present tense.

Once I got over that I was able to absorb myself in this original and creative book all about magic and the imagination. The author does a great job of portraying setting and bringing the story alive for the reader. On that count I cannot fault this book. I did, how
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Tina
I'm usually not impressed by fantasy stories too much. I read many books of this genre simply because there is a lot of talking about them and I want to find out if this book might also impress me.

I have found it! While I have been reading, I have almost felt the magic, I have believed that magic is real. The words, sentences and conections are incredible, wonderful! Fantastic cover!

At first, I was a little lost because I didn't pay attention on the timing of storytelling. Soon I got used on jum
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Maureen
Jan 06, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Angie
Aug 31, 2015 marked it as dnf
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Danielle
Oct 05, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Angie ☯
Oct 03, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Cecile Grudzinski
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Mar 18, 2018 rated it it was amazing
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Dec 12, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Catherine Mulcahy
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Suzy Davies
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