The
Night Circus, Erin
Morgenstern (4.0)
This book is very unique, which is likely why it
caused the split in feelings from the book club. While the majority of readers
found it very imaginative with beautiful imagery, a couple could not get
engaged and found very little to enjoy in the book. The book introduces a
circus that shows up spontaneously, comes alive at night, is truly magical, and
leaves as quietly and quickly as it arrived. The story is told from various
times and from the perspective of people who visit the circus and those who
both started it and participated in it. For those of us who don’t normally like
circuses (and there are a few of us), it was relatively easy to suspend one’s
imagination and enjoy the magic. Maybe that was why – real magic is more enjoyable
in fiction than someone trying to create an illusion without real magic? Either
way, the characters and the imagery that Ms. Morgenstern has evoked with her
imagination were truly amazing. I feel that I need to read this again in order
to slowly enjoy the pictures drawn in words.
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