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A review by suzemo
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
3.0
I don't even know where to start with this book, because it's utterly bonkers.
Fevvers is a woman with wings who, after being raised by prostitutes, becomes a world famous aerialist. Walser is an American journalist who begins by writing an article about her, and ends up running off and joining the circus - originally to discover more about Fevvers, but of course, nothing goes as planned.
Many adventures, nonsensical, silly, serious, violent, loving, amazing, horrifying erotic, political, and fantastical happen. There are princesses, murderous tigresses, strong men, clowns, Archdukes, faberge eggs, crazed American businessmen and everything else in between.
I want to give it 4 stars, and I would just based on the narrator (audio), but I just couldn't get into the book. It felt very wooden in a lot of ways, and I'm not sure that was intentional. Except Liz - she gets 5 stars.
Fevvers is a woman with wings who, after being raised by prostitutes, becomes a world famous aerialist. Walser is an American journalist who begins by writing an article about her, and ends up running off and joining the circus - originally to discover more about Fevvers, but of course, nothing goes as planned.
Many adventures, nonsensical, silly, serious, violent, loving, amazing, horrifying erotic, political, and fantastical happen. There are princesses, murderous tigresses, strong men, clowns, Archdukes, faberge eggs, crazed American businessmen and everything else in between.
I want to give it 4 stars, and I would just based on the narrator (audio), but I just couldn't get into the book. It felt very wooden in a lot of ways, and I'm not sure that was intentional. Except Liz - she gets 5 stars.