Hello Everyone!
The Night Circus is one of those books that has been sitting on my TBR shelf for way too long and I am now incredibly distressed that I didn’t pick up earlier. The cover, the concept and the blurb all sucked me in and the story grabbed my soul on its way. From the absolutely eloquent writing of Erin Morgenstern, to the extravagant cast of characters and the omniscient narrator that gave me the wonderful feeling that I got when I fell in love with Station Eleven not too long ago. The tone of the mysterious and wondrous world that the audience is swept into upon reading this book is sure to keep them intrigued and coming back for more.
***Spoilers****
So I want to give this book all of the stars. It has become one of my favorite books of all time, if not only for this year. I loved the format. I have found myself really enjoying book that are divided into sections. I don’t know why this is but so far I haven’t hated one book in this format. I also really loved the narrator and how all the stories blended together in the end. I liked being able to see the circus come together around the challenge and have more revealed to me the more that I read. I listened to this book on audiobook, which I think had a part to play in it too because the narrator was also fabulous for the tone of the book. I loved all of the characters! I loved how you got to see Poppet and Widget grow up and how they met Bailey, creating a trio that would later run the circus. I loved Celia and Marco and their love story and tension. The struggle they endured to be with each other is intense and painful but they find a way in the end. I like Tsukiko how she was an example of what the challenge could do to someone, as well as how they live after it is all over. Isobel, Madame Padva, Ethan even Chandresh and Prospero had their quirks and moments. I really love the way that Erin Morgenstern designed the flow of the novel. She realized that, if done in chronological order, that the subplot of Bailey wouldn’t show up for a very very long time and so she interspersed him throughout. In a surprising turn of events, I haven’t the exact words to express all of the things that I adore about this book. It just wrapped me into the circus and didn’t let me go. If you don’t work at this book a little, then some of the events can get a little lost on you but it isn’t too difficult to figure out what is happening. I am so glad that this is going to get turned into a movie and can’t wait to see it come to life on the big screen.
Overall:
5 out of 5 stars
99% out of 100%
-Jaime