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A review by ktc8
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
4.0
So I think I actually give this a 4.5 stars because I blame my high expectations and my current desire just to read adventure fantasy, but I wasn't totally blown away by this as much as I hoped (I kept comparing it to how I felt reading Starless Sea.) I really adore the writing, the prose is gorgeous and kept me reading beyond anything else for sure. I loved the characters and the love story and it was really wonderful. Her prose has a way of just sticking in my brain so I will read anything she writes tbh. And a Smithie alum! I wish I had gone to see her when she visited MHC ugh the things I would give to hear about her writing process.
The thing I loved most about this book was how like real and manifested the circus was in my head. It was so easy to fall in love with it with Herr Thiessen and Bailey and the second POV, and the circus seemed to exist as a real place in my brain as I read. I'm not explaining this well, but anyways, It was really great and very magical.
I'm glad I finally read it after so many years! Very nice to read in the fall. I think Starless Sea is still my favorite of the two but this was a very magical and wonderful read.
The thing I loved most about this book was how like real and manifested the circus was in my head. It was so easy to fall in love with it with Herr Thiessen and Bailey and the second POV, and the circus seemed to exist as a real place in my brain as I read. I'm not explaining this well, but anyways, It was really great and very magical.
I'm glad I finally read it after so many years! Very nice to read in the fall. I think Starless Sea is still my favorite of the two but this was a very magical and wonderful read.