audio cd, 11 pages
Published Sept. 13, 2011 by Random House Audio.
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands. True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates …
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands. True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead. Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart. - Publisher.
It starts out as a normal novel. You get to know the people and their issues. Then the magic and the circus comes in. All is as finished as possible by the end. Really satisfying.
This was quite an enjoyable book. I don't think it was as good as The Starless Sea, but it was still fun and had a charming ambience. I wish I could visit a circus as intriguing and magical as this one. The plot jumps a little in time and focuses on the circus and how it relates to the mysterious challenge of the key characters Celia and Marco. The unique setting helps carry the story all the way through.
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I really enjoyed this book and will definitely re-read it. Some of the plot was predictable but I enjoyed it anyways because it was interesting how things play out.
could not finish it. did not capture the magic like it did the first time i read it.
I really enjoyed this at first but about three fifths of the way in it completely falls apart and gets worse and worse. There is no consistency to any of the characters even from one chapter to the next. They all speak in exactly the same way. Long sections of dialogue have nothing to do with either character speaking and are essentially the author talking to herself about how boring people are scared to believe in magic or something. The plot makes little sense. The magic makes zero sense. A Catastrophe. The descriptive writing about the circus itself is nice.
Oh man, I liked this book so much. The descriptions and the characters and the storytelling, in general, made me very happy. it reminded me of [b:The Bear and the Nightingale|25489134|The Bear and the Nightingale|Katherine Arden|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1470731420s/25489134.jpg|45268929] in the way it was told - vivid descriptions and lots of characters which were slowly revealed. I got a little choked up when the last words were spoken simply because it was over.
I did have a hard time keeping the years straight at some points but toward the last third of the book or so, I figured out that I needed to pay closer attention to it and then I was good to go.
Beautiful book.
In the waning minutes of the last hour of January, I've finished what might be the best book in years for me: The Night Circus. A captivatingly poetic kaleidoscope of dreams and magic, coalescing into the chronicle of a unique black and white circus at the turn of the 19th century. Once I stepped into the book, I couldn't leave. Beauty drips from every page, mesmerizing prose brings the theatrics and acrobatics to life, all laid against the backdrop of a star-crossed romance that defies everything I thought it would be. The story is all the better for jumping around in time, leaving us focused on the real star of the book, the circus, and letting the story slowly come clear around it.
Anyone who loves beauty should immediately grab this. I hope in my heart's little secret place that someday this will be made into a movie or miniseries, …
In the waning minutes of the last hour of January, I've finished what might be the best book in years for me: The Night Circus. A captivatingly poetic kaleidoscope of dreams and magic, coalescing into the chronicle of a unique black and white circus at the turn of the 19th century. Once I stepped into the book, I couldn't leave. Beauty drips from every page, mesmerizing prose brings the theatrics and acrobatics to life, all laid against the backdrop of a star-crossed romance that defies everything I thought it would be. The story is all the better for jumping around in time, leaving us focused on the real star of the book, the circus, and letting the story slowly come clear around it.
Anyone who loves beauty should immediately grab this. I hope in my heart's little secret place that someday this will be made into a movie or miniseries, because I so want to share this with everyone.
