Thursday, October 19, 2017

The Night Circus

By:  Erin Morgenstern
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Pages: 400
Published: 2011
Told In: Third Person
 “Movie” Rating: Hazy zone between PG and PG-13

Compare to:
The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
The Last Dragonslayer, Jasper Fforde

In a nutshell:
Forced to compete to prove who the stronger magician is, Marco and Celia never expected to fall in love. But their competition is putting all of those who are part of the circus as risk, and their teachers won’t let them stop until only one magician is left standing.

What you may enjoy:
This is an easy book to get swept into the atmosphere. The writing is beautiful and the imagery is elaborately vivid. The plot clearly illustrates how interconnected people’s stories are. The romance is a simple part of the book, not what carries the story.

What you may NOT enjoy:
It is easy to get lost in this book because of the constant jumps in points of view and time periods. The plot itself is not enough to put 400 pages into. At its core, this book is primarily just depictions of a circus and the people who keep it going.

Warnings:
Violence and Disturbing Images:
Man cuts open girl’s fingertips; man breaks girl’s wrist; woman stabs her hand; man stabbed in the chest

Sex and Nudity:
Boy and girl kiss; man kisses woman’s neck; man kisses woman; girl kisses boy; man and woman kiss (2xs); woman kisses man (2xs); man takes off woman’s dress; man and woman are naked together; indicates that man and woman have sex


Language and Profanity:

 Hell, damned (4xs)


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