A review by annaroosvw
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

4.0

To quote Tsukiko “The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones”. I did not know what to expect from this title. As reluctant as I am to read books that contain magical elements and unrealistic plots, Morgenstern convinced me to challenge this attitude. The night circus evolves from a messy puzzle of unrelated characters and plotlines throughout nonchronological time period to a clear whole with sharp messages about what is real and the role of individual and collective purposes in life. It reminded me of how mystical life actually is and how often us humans keep convincing each other that an engineered society is an actual possability - which is not the case if we allow ourselves to think thoroughly, right? Perhaps magic is the true reality that we we mistake our beloved 'scientific facts' for.