Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

220 reviews

jackbifrost's review against another edition

I may come back just to finish it but honestly it’s boring. If there isn’t going to be a strong plot I need to care about the characters, but I’m not invested in any of their lives or fates. My enjoyment of a book can’t be based on the descriptions of dresses and architecture, which I feel is the majority of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Moderate: Infidelity

matonnhermann's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I liked this book, but the time jumps and there being so many characters threw me off a lot. (It was hard to keep track of sometimes).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death and Dementia

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Child abuse, and Drug use

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Body horror, Confinement, Stalking, Bullying, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Murder, and Suicide

bookwyrmknits's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

I enjoyed reading this in print for a reread (though listening to Jim Dale narrate the book was a truly magical first experience with The Night Circus). I had forgotten a lot of the details, but not everything, so I was amused by which parts felt new to me.

This is not a book for someone who wants a decisive story with a plot that makes sense. This is not for readers looking for a straightforward story. But I knew going into it that this was a wandering tale where words were magic and nothing was what it seemed, and so I enjoyed it very much. Again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Death

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Suicide, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

dovedapple's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content

cpratreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I liked it! Defintely more of a "vibes" based book, and the ending felt a little forced because of that. But I enjoyed reading it. 

I was not sold on the time jumps in the narrative at first, because they felt quite jilted. I got used to them as the story went along though.

If you like vibes this book is full of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness

laurenology's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

meant2breading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I listened to this audiobook and it had a spectacular narration by Jim Dale! He had a wonderful tone and pacing to his voice as well as narrated the very descriptive writing beautifully. I don’t think I could recommend this book to everyone as I can understand why some folks perceive the plot to be lacking or progress too slowly. I also didn’t connect as deeply with the characters, more so Celia than Marco. The frequent time hops also were a bit difficult to keep track of in the audio version. However, the Night Circus 🎪 for me felt whimsical, dark and twisty, and very immersive into the magic that ties everyone and the circus together. These aspects and the high quality writing and narration is why I overall had a very pleasant read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse

r_louhi's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Minor: Dementia