The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is an enchanting story centered on a young girl and boy, Celia and Marco, who are unknowingly bound together. Their mentors have each entered these “special” children into a magical challenge that plays out over the course of their lives. The arena for this challenge is none other than a night circus, a traveling group that shows up unannounced across the globe.
The circus becomes completely intertwined with the challenge, filled with tents full of magic and fantastical illusions. Morgenstern did a good job of illustrating the challenge with stunning descriptions that help the reader imagine the unknown.
Along with these magical enchantments, I was drawn into this story because of the wacky characters with their bizarre, and sometimes stunning, acts. For me, this wasn’t a page gripping book, but it was very well written and I was intrigued all the same.
Another twist to the story comes when these challengers start developing feelings for each other…Will they fight to the finish or will love triumph all? You’ll just have to pick up The Night Circus to find out!
Dream by Day 
I felt like the marketing for this book was just a load of false advertising. I loved Morgenstern’s vivid imagery, it was so lush and made me feel like I was in the circus. It even made me want to go to a circus, but the story wasn’t as “gripping” and the romance wasn’t as “passionate” as had been touted. I didn’t like that the rules were never really explained and that the main characters just had to deal with that. As much as I rooted for Marcos, I also didn’t really get how he had fallen in love. It was cute, but how? He never saw her. What are your thoughts?
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I totally agree with you that this one isn’t a very “gripping” book. I hadn’t heard of it before reading it so I didn’t know what to expect, but I definitely stuck with it because of the imagery and magical circus acts. I was hoping that it would be more of a page-turner, and I thought the romance was very drawn out, but I did enjoy the ending. I’m glad that Bailey got to become a part of the circus!
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Yes, Bailey was the one thing/person that I adored and was 100% convinced of. Everything about him seemed authentic and real. So if anything, I read for him, to see how things panned out for him.
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That’s a good way to phrase it, Bailey was very authentic. I felt like I was rooting for him the whole time!
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I agree, it was a great read, better than average but it wasn’t *amazing* or *mindblowing* or spectacular.
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I loved the imagery in this book. It’s one of the few books that I actually hope becomes a movie. I could see Tim Burton doing it justice.
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It could definitely make a great movie! Hopefully the directors would do all of the imagery justice!
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I really enjoyed this book, probably because of the imagery. In fact, I have it digitally now and I want to buy it in a print version. Plus I need to reread it. It has been too long!
I had heard they were supposed to make it into a movie, but whenever I have checked there are no updates.
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I totally do that too! Buy a book in print version when I really like it. 🙂
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Love this book! I wrote a post a few years back on it, in case you want to check it out.
https://stuffjeffreads.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/the-night-circus-by-erin-morgenstern/
Cheers!
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I loved this book! I actually listened to it as an audiobook while on a road trip and it was so fun to listen to!!
Also, I wanted to nominate you for the One Lovely Blog Award! I hope you find time to do it! 🙂
https://mynameisnotkatie.wordpress.com/2015/09/20/one-lovely-blog-award/
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This would be a great one to listen to as an audiobook, what a good idea for a road trip! Thank for the nomination, it means a lot! I will do my best to find some time to do it 🙂
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I SOOO enjoyed The Night Circus! 🙂
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I did too!!
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