It has been a very, very long time since I’ve last written a review. It’s been quite a long time since I’ve read a book that I felt the need to walk into a bookstore and shout to the world they needed to read it. As an avid reader, I have my particular favorites. And this book is definitely on the list. Top 10 at the least. I have not picked up a book for a good few months, not wanting to be disappointed by whatever lies within the covers. I continued to look for a well written novel, a good plot, great characters and the ability to make you fall headfirst into another time. And I did just that, even now avoided my finals in order to rave as only one who has just finished a book can do. When reality seems the dream, and the book reality.
The Night Circus draws you into it’s world. I felt like a circus goer, a reveur for life. Morgenstern recreates a world of midnight magic. A time where theaters were packed for performances of illusionists rather than musicals. A place in which you can escape to, wondering whether the illusions were real, but preferring not to know the true mechanics behind an act.
I do not want to spoil even one bit of the novel. Reading The Night Circus should be like stepping into a world of which you know nothing but have a peculiar interest. A world of magicians, midnight magic, complex, interwoven relationships, and the smell of caramel apples and popcorn lingering in the air.
Although the settings sometimes seems more detailed than some of the relationships, it truly is a wonderful book.
Morgenstern offers a timeless novel, a novel to be read, then re-read, and re-read again.
Immediately going to buy a lovely red scarf,
Deschy
Review-Reread-Recycle 