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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

47 reviews

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

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is really lovely. I was confused at the time switches, so I would've had a hard time reading an ebook or audiobook version. 
The imagery is so vivid that I could for real add each element to a mental picture that I could easily construct. Your images will look different, even given the same description, and I think that's what the circus is all about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

mdwsn27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hmbrokaw's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

“You are simply in the right place at the right time, and you are willing to help. Sometimes that is all you need.” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A loving and alluring pastiche of present, past and future, the Night Circus is a great book for lovers of mystery and magic. The plot centres around le Cirque des rêves, a circus that appears suddenly and is only open at night. The circus is a battleground between two magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been forced into a competition that neither participant quite understands. As the magic of the circus deepens, the two get entangled more and more, and the performers begin to suspect something is afoot...

My most adored parts of the book are the descriptions of the circus venues, from the enigmatic Labyrinth to the Wishing Tree and the Ice Garden. The symbolism of a circus that is adorned in black and white, and it is the visitors who bring colour to it, shows immaculate sense of the book's themes. I was immediately drawn to the character of Bailey and loved how the narrative slowly incorporates him and the rêveurs. A delightful tale with a bittersweet ending that I look forward to reading next time the circus rolls into town!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, and Classism

One of the side characters get hit by a train

and dies, and people try to make it out that she killed herself (but the reader will know it's not true).

pikkumarja's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Tätä kirjaa ei ole todellakaan hehkutettu turhaan, koska kirjan tunnelma on käsinkosketettavissa. Uskon, että tunnelma välittyy kaikille hieman erilaisena, minulle se oli unenomainen hieman ahdistavalla tavalla, todella salamyhkäinen ja samalla lämmin. Pidin eri aisteihin vetoavasta kuvailusta erityisesti.

Kirja ei ihan yltänyt viiden tähden kirjaksi, koska henkilöiden välinen kemia ja yhteys ei aina tuntunut oikeanlaiselta tai perustellulta, vaikka oikeasti pidin monista hahmoista todella paljon ja esimerkiksi illalliskutsut olivat aina hurmaavia.

Kiinnostava fantasiakertomus, joka varmasti jää mieleen.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism

linzlee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Abandonment