El circ de la nit

I really liked this book because it was just very beautiful. All the descriptions were incredibly detailed and gorgeous. I could really picture the circus in my mind, both in physicality and in atmosphere. I also liked that I didn't know how the book was going to end ahead of time; it kept me guessing, and I felt the tone of the end fit with the rest of the book in its slightly mystical quality. My only issue was that by the end I was more invested in Poppet, Widget, and Bailey than Celia and Marco, but I felt like the Circus itself was supposed to be the main character of the book and was so well done. (Also, I want ALL OF THE CLOTHES) ( )

I really enjoyed this book but I did not pay enough attention to the dates in the beginning of the chapters, so my chronology got screwed up in my head. It took me about a third of the book to really get in the groove and understand thought because I find that method of story telling, from several points of view, difficult for me to follow. I've always preferred the linear timeline with one narrator...and this jumps around in time from different points of view. That's my only complaint and that's more of a personal preference than a criticism.

I did really love the circus, though. It seemed so real and vivid and I believe it's existence so much by the end of the book, that I probably wouldn't have been surprised to see it pop up in my neighborhood one day. ( )

Some part of this book were ok but I found most of it boring and tedious to get through. I know its popular but like...?? I just wasnt into it. It didnt help that I was thoroughly uninvested in the primary romance of the book. I didnt get why they even liked each other aside of being physically attracted. Also the guy was a jerk with almost no personality. ( )

This had so much promise for me. I have a thing for circuses, magic, black and white things, and twins, but......a lot of it fell a little flat. Hear me out, I liked parts of it; the cover is fantastic, the circus itself was awesome, but the whole "duel" and the love story (which is supposed to be the center of the book) didn't quite live up to my expectations. The beginning drew me in, but the author's writing style had me bored after a while and this took a lot longer to read than I would have thought. I had no problem putting it down for a while, I didn't connect with the characters very much. There was too much jumping around with time, I kept having to think about how old everyone was, what had already happened, what hadn't yet at the beginning of like every little chapter.

The "love story" was bullshit. It just was. I am not a romantic by any means, I kind of go out of my way to avoid romance stories in novels, so I was already a little biased I guess, but reading other reviews, I'm not alone in this. They didn't even speak to each other for like 30 some years, then they do, and they're all in this epic romance and willing to die for each other. It doesn't even happen until practically the last 60 pages or so, out of 300 . There simply isn't enough of them together to believe any of it, so when the final ending did happen, I kinda didn't care.

The things I liked about this book were the twins and the circus. I cared and was more interested in them than the other characters. I would have rather focused on them. But even with them, things fell flat. There was just too much, I don't think the author really knew what she wanted to focus on. It was an interesting read, if you've got a thing for circuses, its worth a read I guess, but I regret buying it, I wish I had just rented it from the library. ( )

Couldn't get into it and it had to go back to the library. I have a hard time with books written in present tense.