The Night Circus in Pick-a-Shelf

Jul 17, 2019 Carrie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: magicians, mgr, fantasy, historical-fiction, favorite-authors, multiple-points-of-view, magical-realism

Enchanting
Magical
Wonderful

Welcome to the Night Circus where nothing is what it seems and it all that you that can ever imagine wanting.

A test
A challenge
A love story.

Two people pitied against the other in a game, a challenge endure.
Lives forever changed.
Within and outside of black and white tents of the Le Cirque de Rêves

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Jan 18, 2012 D.G. rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobook, reviewed, magical-realism

**3.5 stars**

I've started The Night Circus many, many times but I had problems sticking with it, mostly because I had the audiobook version narrated by Jim Dale, which made me think of Harry Potter. The impression that I was listening to Harry Potter never went away completely (not only because of the narration but because of the descriptions of the Circus, which reminded me a lot of the Potter world) but at least it faded enough that I was able to enjoy the book.

The plot took a long time to get ...more

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Jan 04, 2012 Joanna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi, audiobooks, 2013-read, rws-2013-summer

The narration by Jim Dale for the unabridged audio version was excellent. He managed to convey the mystery and fantasy of the tents beautifully.

The book has a wonderful premise--a fantastical circus that is magical or perhaps just superbly managed illusions that appears in seemingly random locations and is only open at night. Behind the scenes, a host of characters add layers of mystery. The descriptions of the different tents at the circus was clever and wondrous. Unfortunately, the author coul ...more

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Oct 26, 2012 Mita rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobooks, read-in-2012

Fantastic descriptive narrative, but the story kind of leaves you wanting more more in a sense that it lacks something... It feels a little unfinished. Still, it is worth reading just for the world building. The atmosphere and the details are amazing. Even at points when I don't care about the plot points, I never wanted to leave the travelling circus.

ADDENDUM: One month after my initial review, I keep being reminded of the Night Circus in the most random way. Whilst reading this, I was tryin ...more

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Jun 30, 2013 Tehreem rated it did not like it

Rating: 1.5 stars
this is my first review.

took me a year to get this book.
after reading this book i don't trust my self to write a good review. i was so excited about getting this book but i read 6 books while i was reading this book. this book was boring and hard to finish exactly opposite of what i expected.
i hate giving it such a low rating. I expected more from this book and it was such a disappointment.
the part about Celia and Marco is rushed and so is the ending. There are too many charact ...more

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Feb 01, 2018 emily rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, fiction-historical, why-is-this-not-a-movie-yet, 2018

This is *exactly* what I had hoped for when I picked up Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. The magic, the world, the characters, were all so beautiful-- I absolutely loved the way the story of Bailey and the twins interwove with Celia and Marco, and ultimately all came together at the end. I totally get why everyone lost their shit over this book when it was first published; it's wonderful. ...more

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Jan 19, 2012 Katie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: borrowed-from-the-library, fl, nh, favorite-books, group-read, for-a-challenge, stumbled-upon, read-along-with-others, fl-vacation-march-2012

Wow. It has been a long time since I have felt so enamored by a book. I am still smiling, despite being a little bit sad that it is over. What a beautiful story! It sounds corny, but I feel younger for having read this.

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