Title: The Night Circus Author: Erin Morgenstern Genre: Fantasy Pages: 387 Setting: New York City, NY, 1873 Release date: September 13, 2011 Literary Awards: Locus Award for best first novel, Guardian First Book Award, Mythopoeic Fantasy award, Nominee for Adult Literature, ALA Alew Award, Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee ... |
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts and billboards. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.
Within these nocturnal black-and-white striped tents awaits an utterly unique, a feast for the senses, where one can get lost in a maze of clouds, meander through a lush garden made of ice, stare in wonderment as the tattooed contortionist folds herself into a small glass box, and become deliciously tipsy from the scents of caramel and cinnamon that waft through the air.
Welcome to Le Cirque des Rêves.
This book. Wow. Just wow. Devour it, savor it, love it, hold it close and name your first child after it. I absolutely loved it, from the second I opened it up until this very second. This book is like something I never read before! I would absolutely recommend this book to everyone, but I won't lend them my copy of it, because it is way to precious for me. I came across this book trough YouTuber Tanya Burr. I liked the genre of books she recommended, but never did I expect this magical journey.
Every single person in this book is completely different from one another, and they all posses different types of magic. Celia and Marco are the reason the circus is created. They must have a magical battle against each other and of course there must be a winner. But their instructors never expected them to fall in love.
I loved almost all the characters, but of course some more then the others. For instance I found Marco a bit shallow. I disliked the 'instructors' but that is purely because of their role in the story. I absolutely loved Poppet and Widget, as they lightened the story up when it became sad, with their funny yet commplex way of thinking .
If we're honest here, the circus is what brought the magic to the story. It was so wonderfully described that when the story took place in between the tents, I could feel Dreamers walk silently past me, taste the chocolate frogs on my tongue and only saw the world in black and white. Absolutely magical.
This book made me laugh, frown, angry, happy and curl up in a ball and cry. And it still does, as I often think back on it, or smile when I see it stand between my books. 100% recommended, not a single book review will represent this book the way it truly is.
My reaction when someone will ask my opinion:
Every single person in this book is completely different from one another, and they all posses different types of magic. Celia and Marco are the reason the circus is created. They must have a magical battle against each other and of course there must be a winner. But their instructors never expected them to fall in love.
I loved almost all the characters, but of course some more then the others. For instance I found Marco a bit shallow. I disliked the 'instructors' but that is purely because of their role in the story. I absolutely loved Poppet and Widget, as they lightened the story up when it became sad, with their funny yet commplex way of thinking .
If we're honest here, the circus is what brought the magic to the story. It was so wonderfully described that when the story took place in between the tents, I could feel Dreamers walk silently past me, taste the chocolate frogs on my tongue and only saw the world in black and white. Absolutely magical.
This book made me laugh, frown, angry, happy and curl up in a ball and cry. And it still does, as I often think back on it, or smile when I see it stand between my books. 100% recommended, not a single book review will represent this book the way it truly is.
My reaction when someone will ask my opinion: