This is another book review for the book The Night Circus. The
story is about a series of events that occur inside ‘Le Cirque des Reves’ to the
performers and the circus itself. The circus is only open at night hence its
name. The book in each chapter is from a different perspective of a different
person, somehow connected to the circus. The plot of the story is to end the
challenge between Celia and Marco.
The story is mainly about Celia and Marco who are
illusionists. At a young age both of them are bound together to a challenge,
they are told it is to find out whose powers are stronger but is actually very
different, I am not going to give this away. Once they are both taught how to
use their powers, they are given a place to test their powers, which is the
circus. Along the way the people of the
circus including Marco and Celia meet many others who then become connected to
the circus. These people are the different chapters who tell their stories from
a different perspective.
I liked this book as it tells a story but not only from one
person but from others. You can connect to how they feel and although their
perspectives are different the stories are similar as they meet someone from
the circus, for example Bailey meet Poppet and they fall in love. Poppet and
Widget are born the day the circus opens and they too have magic, Widget can
see the past but Poppet can see the future. They are the only people in the
circus to age from the day the circus opens. There is a fire that never stops
burning and this is another reason why I liked the book. It intrigued me that
but when I found out the reason for this and that Marco was the one who lit the
fire, I wanted to know why he did it.
The only thing I disliked about the book was when it ended, I
won’t give away what happens to Marco and Celica apart from that they fall in
love. I wanted to know if they found a way out and if the circus did indeed
carry on. I also didn’t like what happened to Herr Thiessen in the end and
thought that once you find out why he did it, that Celia’s father could have
not done that.
My favourite characters were Isabel, Arthur and Widget. I
liked Isabel as I thought it was interesting that she decided to boost her ability
to read the future by joining the circus. Arthur was one of my favourite as he
was mysterious yet he was still kind. Widget was another of my favourites as he
could read the past and when he read stories and had a small tent to create his
stories, he did it in an unusual way.
I rate this book 9/10 because it is a book you won’t put down
until you’ve stopped. There is action, mystery, romance and more and something
is always going on. At some points the book went on a bit into too much detail for
my personal liking. I would recommend this book to anyone of any age above 12.
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