The Night Circus

Another circus themed book, this one was a book club selection. It was fantasy based, whereas The Circus Infinite was science fiction. I really liked this book, though I had trouble following the timelines and the multitude of characters in the beginning. By the end, I was hooked and stayed up until four in the morning finishing the last hundred pages. I thought this book was very creative. The only thing I didn't like about it was the time period. The late 1800's is not my favorite. I generally don't like the stuffiness of Victorian stories and often find the prose to be cold because of that. Fortunately, the book finished with a lot of expressed emotions. I guess I'm just a hopeless romantic, always looking for some kind of passion I can empathize with. This book won the 2020 Locus First Novel Award and was nominated for several others.

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