Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

64 reviews

inkstainedchai's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

The Night Circus, and  Morgenstern's writing, never fails to amaze me. It's whimsical and enchanting. And it's hard to follow sometimes but that's the beauty of it: Not truly knowing the world she has created and leaving most of what we know as unknown. We are the ones being told the story, unfortunately we are not the ones witnessing it firsthand. I think of the story as an nice red apple being dipped in the night sky full of stars. Or popcorn with caramel sauce (Thank you Widget!!!!)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content

aim20's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

I loved it. I’ve been wanting this book for a while and I finished it in a week. The only thing that went wrong for me was that I noticed that some events were switched around when I was at the 86% mark I think. Anyone who is going to read, watch the dates on each chapter.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content

kcmg710's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Grief, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Sexual content

andrewhatesham's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

She's not like other girls... She can do magic!

Considering how popular this book is, I'm pretty disappointed. I didn't even have high expectations, but so many people, mutuals and friends; have read this and rated it highly, but I'm not sure what they like about it so much.

I didn't like the writing style. It felt clunky and contrived. For example, the lack of contractions felt like a cheesy way to write historical fiction. I thought the pacing was odd. The jumping back-and-forth in time didn't make sense to me because it felt like it rarely served the plot, it just made things confusing. I thought many of the characters were flat and boring. I didn't care much for the main characters, which became a big issue towards the end, which was the most disappointing part. I just didn't think this was written very well, and I also think it should have been shorter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, and Death

mblanke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Violence

katattack345's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This is my favourite book ever. I love it every time I read it. I will never not fall in love with this book. 

The story is gripping and the change between story lines and character perspectives is seamless and brilliant. 

Always my go to recommendation 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Death

elle_nilsson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

innerweststreetlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

This is such a lovely book, magical and delightful like a children’s fantasy but with a bit more grit and romance to keep it interesting for adults. The circus tents reminded me a little of the magical worlds at the top of the faraway tree. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Addiction, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse

lily_peach's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide