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The Circus Train

Amita Parikh

3.96 AVERAGE

nerdygnome's review against another edition

4.0

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Solid character development, but this one took a little too long to grab me for my liking. I was considering a DNF at about 40%, but finally found myself engaged at 50%. For me at least, there was just something missing — though I'm hard-pressed to define what. It's definitely light on circus life, which had the potential to be a compelling character in itself.

amber_bartel's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

lulu628's review against another edition

2.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: No

tx2its's review against another edition

3.0

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Reading 2023
Book 28: The Circus Train by Amita Parikh

Read this book for my IRL book club.

I enjoyed all of the descriptions of the trains and the circus. Also enjoyed that the book did not take a detour through WWII, but stuck with the characters and their stories. My rating 3.75⭐️.

ekauffman's review against another edition

4.5

challenging hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

probablyjenna's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

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This book falls victim to trying to do too much. Had the author focused on just 1-2 of the threads running through this, I think it would have been an impressive novel. Instead, some storylines felt rushed or underbaked.

This does have a lot of lesser known WWII history, which is always great to see. There is also great disability rep!

If you like a lil romance with your historical fiction, I think you’d like this.

tthuston's review against another edition

2.75

slow-paced

countkrunk's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative 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: Yes

pietan's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

raehillzreads's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes