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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

33 reviews

micaelamariem's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

What a magical story! I will never be able to wrap my head around how talented Erin is and how she can interweave stories and timelines and make the most beautiful story of them all. The writing itself is beautiful but so was the plot. I fell in love with the circus and wished I was there, finding new tents every night, as two magicians played a dangerous game and tested the limits and the rules. There was the perfect amount of sacrifice and loss and love and happiness to make the most bittersweet ending and this will definitely be a book I recommend to friends in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Blood, and Child abuse

samchase112's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

A magical, immersive reading experience — I can 100% understand why everyone was hyping this book up for so long! The main characters, and by extension the romance, were definitely the least interesting and least fleshed out part of the book, but the dazzling world and secondary cast more than made up for the dimmer leads. I truly enjoyed my time with The Night Circus, and am so glad I finally stepped into its gorgeous pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Self harm, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Death, Murder, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Stalking and Suicide

saucywench813's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment and Sexual content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Suicide

gothmiku's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Child abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Confinement

jfield351's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.25

I read this book as part of the dymocks challenge for ‘dymocks top 101’, although it could fit into ‘a book with mystery’ or ‘a book you’ve always meant to read’. I did read the start of this book a few years ago when I was 14, but I didn’t like it and found it boring. Now that i’m maturer I found it a very lovely book. The writing was enchanting and the storyline was captivating. The idea of the circus was so interesting and made me want to go there myself. Some parts I am still not completely clear on but I have the general idea. Some aspects that I found a bit jarring were: it’s all written in present tense. I’ve never read a book fully written in present tense so it was strange. It also jumps timelines quite heftily so I had to keep going back and forth to see what happened where. And for a while, there was an i described challenge that I had no idea what it would be. These factors were quite easy to embrace. I very much enjoyed this book! Read this 21st-24th  of Jan. 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

March 5, 2012
March 26, 2014

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Suicide, Death, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Car accident, Dementia, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Self harm

Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexism

fatherkrystal's review against another edition

5.0

easily can give this book 5 stars. i loved every minute reading this book! it truly felt as if i was transported to another world. the author's diction is amazing and i love how she is able to wholly convey the experience of being at the night circus to us readers. if you enjoy fantasy this is definitely a must read!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Abandonment

lotten4's review against another edition

challenging hopeful mysterious slow-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

Finally a historical fantasy that is not about war

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, and Death

egurgens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Going into it, I wasn’t sure how to feel about the story. The story crosses decades, from the childhood of the main characters, to decades afterwards. It’s mysterious, unique, and entirely wonderful. Dark, some actions are ethically questionable, but the twists and characters keep you interested. Only thing is that the story is a bit slow, and the switch between time frames can be confusing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, and Child abuse

jessicaa_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, and Emotional abuse