El Circo de la Noche / Night Circus, (Paperback)

from maggie1944

Finished reading The Night Circus and am mulling over my "review". I loved the book, that is not the problem. The challenge is finding a way to capture why I loved the book in a way which might convince you to read it. So, it starts, sorta, with a farm boy walking from his farm to a circus which ...

from richardderus

Sometimes, some books just don't lend themselves to an analytical, opinionated review. I'm reluctant to do that kind of review here and now because the experience of reading The Night Circus was like smelling a magnolia blossom...perfect, sweet, rich, satisfying a need I didn't know I had until i...

from cameling

I can see why this book is flying up the bestsellers lists. The word 'magical' has been used often to describe this book, and indeed it offers the reader entry into the world of the magical, a world that exists within a circus and everything we've always found magical about the place. However, do...

from Liz1564

Le Cirque des Reves, the Night Circus, opens at dusk and closes at dawn. Between those hours, the people lucky enough to attend can wander down twisting paths that lead to black and white striped tents where wonderful acts are being performed. Some are feats of daring, aerialists who perform impo...

from brenzi

I thought I didn't like fantasy. I'm a serious reader. I love Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte and Edith Wharton. Serious writers. Magical realism? Not for me. Actually, I thought I was getting a book along the lines of Water for Elephants, another circus love story. Uh, no. Not at all like that ...