Title: The Night Circus
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Published: 13th September 2011
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages: 387
Languages: English
Genre: Fantasy
Ratings: Waterstones - 5/5
Goodreads - 4/5
Synopsis:
The circus arrives without warning.
No announcements precede it...
It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.
I had searched high and low for months and months before I found this book (thank God for charity shops) in pristine quality. It hadn't even been opened. Now I've got it and read it three or four times there are creases down the spine and corners folded down, so you know it's become one of the family.
It goes without saying that this book is breathtaking, enchanting, mesmerising - all the long fancy words that I rarely use. It is everything I love in a book; characters to die for, descriptions worth crying over, a plot that had me reading until four in the morning to get to the end - it's been so long since a book did that to me, honestly.
Morgenstern writes The Night Circus in a way that makes the reader so enthralled in her world it is very difficult to escape it afterwards. I had a book hangover for days before I could function properly. Her writing, I believe is on par with that of J K Rowling, George R R Martin and Philip Pullmen. It is definitely a novel I would recommend to all of you, especially if you love fantasy.
Another thing I really loved about The Night Circus was that neither Marco nor Celia had a clue what they were doing and who or what they were up against. It really added to the thrill when you realised that they were falling in love and it broke my heart when I thought they were both going to die - definitely some elements of Shakespeare in there. I loved the wide range of characters, I loved the way both Celia and Marco were portrayed.
Again, in young adult novels we're seeing elements of fandoms; in The Night Circus fans of the circus call themselves reveurs (dreamers) and they wear a splash of red to identify themselves. It is definitely becoming more of a current idea and is used by Morgenstern, (like Rowell) in a positive way which is great for the fandom community.
So, yes, read The Night Circus, I promise you will fall in love as I have. I was so upset when I heard there wasn't going to be sequel, but I'll always have the book to keep me going. It is everything the reviews say and Morgenstern deserves every ounce of praise she gets for this modern masterpiece. I award The Night Circus five out of five bookworthy points and a very secure place on the bookshelf.
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