Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

228 reviews

josefinceh's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I went into this book having heard the intriguing warning "no plot just vibes" a statement I second having just finnished it.
I would say that the plot really starts going around 350 pages in. Before that Morgenstern is weaving tiny threads into a delicate tapestry that concludes in awe-inspiring display.
This book is truely magic and if you do not mind a slower pace it is well worth the journey. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is the third time I've read The Night Circus, and I love it just as much as I did when I read it for the first time a decade ago. The language is beautiful and the characters are so easy to love, flaws and all. With every read through, I see new details, understand innuendos I hadn't caught my first time around, and fall in love with the magic of the circus just as deeply. The moment I finished the book, I wanted to open it back up to the first page. I am a rêveur to my core, and as the name suggests, I dream of the circus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Suicide

Minor: Body horror

rachelgambrell's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

boring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

eclipse799's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

bobaduckie's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

mysteryharvey's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

This book is gorgeous and an absolutely breathtaking twist on the circus. It follows two young people being brought up and raised for a challenge neither can comprehend. This book 100% has a plot but it is a bit tricky in the beginning. The book is not linear nor does it stick to one perspective but the characters and the premise and the beautiful descriptions keep you so hooked that you can figure out the book fairly easily. Also if you are looking for an audiobook, it is read by Jim Dale (reader of the Harry Potter books and narrator of pushing daises) and he does an excellent job of keeping this huge cast of characters clear.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Murder

Every trigger warning out under this is very brief like the most you’ll hear about any of these topics is maybe 4 lines in a couple chapters. For explicit abuse,

our female lead often has her father do bodily harm like slicing open her hand and starving her a little as she’s growing up (assumed from 6 to about 19)

and the sexual scene is very very brief it talks about clothes coming off and that’s about it.

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Le Cirque des Rêves arrives without warning and is only open from sunset to sunrise. The circus, and this book, is filled with magic, drama, art, love and mysticism. This is the story of the circus, why it was started and the people that keep it running, it is a truly beautiful book and I would do anything to be one of the dreamers for a night.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

jackbifrost's review against another edition

I may come back just to finish it but honestly it’s boring. If there isn’t going to be a strong plot I need to care about the characters, but I’m not invested in any of their lives or fates. My enjoyment of a book can’t be based on the descriptions of dresses and architecture, which I feel is the majority of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Moderate: Infidelity

matonnhermann's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I liked this book, but the time jumps and there being so many characters threw me off a lot. (It was hard to keep track of sometimes).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death and Dementia

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Suicide