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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

176 reviews

kattila's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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kaylawtzl22's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

truly one of the best books i’ve ever read. the setting of the night circus is the plot and a character and the setting. there’s no other way i can describe it, it is EVERYTHING. every single character is so lovable and so unique to each other and any other character ive read. i really do not read fantasy or anything like that, but this book is the exception. you get completely sucked in. sometimes i see people rating it badly saying that nothing HAPPENS in the book and id say that it’s more about the story that’s being told from each character. aka, if you’re a nosey person, you’ll love this book. the level of detail is insane. i highly recommend listening to the audio book over reading it, at least for the first read of this book because there are a lot of characters involved and the narrator does a great job of making them all distinct and giving them different personalities and cadences. i was recommended to do that and i highly agree.
i especially loved how there were interludes written like YOU are at the circus and then at the end it is revealed that you are at the circus IN PRESENT DAY. i just love how it proves that the circus stayed standing and not just for another decade or two.
i love that the ending wraps almost everything in a neat bow and all the main characters get a happy ending. rip heir Thiesen though :(
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jennaaps's review

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medium-paced

4.5

The plot started losing my interest around the halfway through, but it was an interesting read. All the visceral descriptions were redeeming. 

My main complaint, though, was the muddying of the timeline. It was hard to keep track of what happened when. 
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dannacalder22's review

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adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

One of my favorite book i love how descriptive it is. I LOVE READING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN!!
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mutlop's review

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

4.25

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pleaseimgonnavomit's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious medium-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? No

4.75

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bxnny's review

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i might come back to this one but the pacing for this is slower than i wanted, and i have other books more promising than this. i still love the premise, setting & characters, book is a solid 4.5 stars right now, i just don’t have the mindset to read this atm. 
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bookshelvesandbookcorners07's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-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? No

3.5

Interesting story
Last half of book kept me intrigued 
First half lagged a little bit
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folkofthebook's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? No

4.5

“The circus arrives without warning.”

if you thought caraval was trippy, give this a whirl 🖤

slow-paced, but vivid and fantastical. i admittedly felt a bit bogged down sometimes with the time jump POV changes and would have liked a little more of the romance, but overall erin morgenstern delivers a vividly crafted tale of magic, time, and mystery. she cuts no corners on her lush scenery and revelry, the imagery so vibrant and detailed you can almost taste the caramel popcorn.

“When all of this is over, no matter which one of us wins, I will not let you go so easily. Agreed?”
“Agreed.”
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flowersindecember's review against another edition

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

4.0

such good vibes all around i enjoyed myself so thoroughly there were just a lot of timelines to keep up with but i LOVED the romance subplots and that they weren’t the main focus of the book but also were at the same time. it was just really good but i cannot explain most of it
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