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The Night Circus
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Lovely. Strange. Romantic. Magical.
The stories here weave in and out of each other, lives brushing past lives, affecting each other more or less, then moving on or circling round to brush again. The central romance was lovely, and I was so pleased with how Morgenstern arranged the ending.
I listened to the marvelous Jim Dale read this and, despite being distracted early on by the similarity of the character voices to some he created for his reading of the Harry Potter series, I felt like this was a wonderful format for the book. Reading on paper I might have rushed through the descriptive passages more and failed to enjoy the detail and mystery of the settings. Listening, I was able to savor the lyrical beauty of Morgenstern's writing. The only drawback, aside from the fact that winter weather kept me from the walking trail for days and the sporadic listening sometimes caused things to seem a bit disjointed, was that without a physical book to flip back and forth in I occasionally had a hard time keeping track of the dates. For my next reading (this is definitely one I plan to reread) I have a hard copy, and I look forward to having a clearer idea of where scenes fall in the back and forth of the narrative. This minor confusion didn't really affect my enjoyment of the story, but I did sometimes wish I could remember whether one scene occurred earlier or later than another.
The stories here weave in and out of each other, lives brushing past lives, affecting each other more or less, then moving on or circling round to brush again. The central romance was lovely, and I was so pleased with how Morgenstern arranged the ending.
I listened to the marvelous Jim Dale read this and, despite being distracted early on by the similarity of the character voices to some he created for his reading of the Harry Potter series, I felt like this was a wonderful format for the book. Reading on paper I might have rushed through the descriptive passages more and failed to enjoy the detail and mystery of the settings. Listening, I was able to savor the lyrical beauty of Morgenstern's writing. The only drawback, aside from the fact that winter weather kept me from the walking trail for days and the sporadic listening sometimes caused things to seem a bit disjointed, was that without a physical book to flip back and forth in I occasionally had a hard time keeping track of the dates. For my next reading (this is definitely one I plan to reread) I have a hard copy, and I look forward to having a clearer idea of where scenes fall in the back and forth of the narrative. This minor confusion didn't really affect my enjoyment of the story, but I did sometimes wish I could remember whether one scene occurred earlier or later than another.
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January 8, 2016
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January 8, 2016
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January 8, 2016
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January 15, 2016
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February 5, 2016
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February 7, 2016
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February 7, 2016
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Feb 08, 2016 06:33PM
Nice review! I agree, I feel like I could re-read this one and gain even more. When I paper-read, I have the tendency to skim to get to the plot... not sure I did that much here, but I suspect it's worth re-reading just for the lyricism.
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Carol. wrote: "Nice review! I agree, I feel like I could re-read this one and gain even more. When I paper-read, I have the tendency to skim to get to the plot... not sure I did that much here, but I suspect it's..."Thanks, Carol! Yes, I think I'll be able to read slowly and give her lovely sentences and images time to register now that I've got my urgent worries about how the story will resolve out of the way.
