The Night Circus in Young Adult Book Reading Challenges

Dec 19, 2011 Angie rated it liked it

This book started out soooooo slow. I really enjoyed the book being about a circus. It is exactly what I would imagine a magic circus would be like. I have to say though I got really confused about the time frame in the book and eventually started to pay attention to the dates at the beginning of the chapters. The love story was good.. but it was odd they were in love with each other from a distance.. but I suppose that is magic. I do think the whole dueling between the magicians was odd.. Somet ...more

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May 07, 2012 Jan rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, literary-fiction

The Night Circus is a wonderfully atmospheric literary concoction that will enthrall you from the opening pages.

It's about a circus that only opens at night. Performers at the circus enchant audiences with acts that seem to be outside the realm of possibility. Patrons of the circus can wander in tents that seem to be more dream than reality. The acts in this circus are indeed extraordinary, because they are performed with real magic, not artful stagecraft.

But behind the scenes, a fierce competi ...more

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Oct 24, 2011 nicole rated it liked it

Shelves: fantastical, american, grown_up_ish, 2012, romantical

I liked this the way I like interior design books. Great style, I'd visit if I could, but nothing very substantial. The love story was total melodrama and apart from Celia and Marco, most of the characters are a bit of a mystery, which, though I'm sure was intended as part of their allure, made it hard to feel invested in their fates. I wish I knew more about the Murray twins, for example. And while I know that those with magic came about it through study and practice, it was only explained in t ...more

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Apr 20, 2013 Abigail rated it it was amazing

4.5 stars
What I loved- the atmosphere, some of the characters, the way the story was mysterious without being annoyingly so.
What was "meh"- the soft ending, the mediocre buildup to the not so climactic climax, the back and forth timing (I'm not great with dates and i found myself constantly flipping back to chapters to figure out where we stood on the timeline.
Overall, more unique and enrapturing in its newness than anything I've read in a while. ...more

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Nov 16, 2011 Melissa rated it really liked it

Very different! I really enjoyed the battle between the two magicians, although I predicted that Celia would be the stronger of the two. How I would have loved to attend this circus!

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Oct 22, 2011 Wendy E. rated it really liked it

I thoroughly enjoyed this enchanting novel. There were only a few loose ends that I wanted tied up. Still these ends were not enough to mar a wonderful book.

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