A review by bookbrenna
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

I listened to the audiobook for The Night Circus and I enjoyed it.  I loved listening to Jim Dale give each character a voice and life.  Erin Morgenstern's writing is beautiful and detailed and fun. The Night Circus bounces between the past and the present and that form of storytelling had me excited for every new chapter.  However, no matter how much I loved listening to it when I was done I was a little disappointed.  The writing is beautiful for the first three quarters of the novel but becomes less so in the last quarter of the book.  It felt rushed, as though the author saw the finish line and was beginning to hurry to get to the end.  I didn't have a problem with how Ms. Morgenstern ended her novel, I just didn't like how rushed it felt when we got there.  
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