"the Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

I finished this book very recently (I don't really have time to read much during school, so I picked the book up when our winter holiday started), so my feedback is very fresh and emotional. I bought the book on  the 7th of December when I was in Helsinki with a couple of friends (oh god I still gotta edit the video from that day). We visited the Academic Book Store and, oh wow it was glorious. I have a good 10 minutes of video footage only from that store. It was truly amazing. And I was surprised by how many books in English they had and furthermore by the fact that they also had books in French. It was very nice anyway and obviously I had to by myself something if not the whole store. So I got Erin Morgenstern's "the Night Circus" because 1) I had heard a lot of good about the book and 2) the store had the book in a Vintage Magic edition, with a very very nice cover.

isn't it beautiful?

Well, the book itself was as beautiful (if not more beautiful) as the cover. The story takes place in the end of the 19th and start of the 20th century and centers around a magical circus that is only open at nighttime. I think that's all of the plot you need to know when going into the book. It's one of those books that has surprises on every page and just when you think you know everything about the story, a new wonderful, unforeseen trick arrives. 

I have never really liked circuses. Maybe because I've never been to a great one, the only ones I've been to are the ones that come to Viljandi in the summer and I don't know, they aren't the best. Also the animal cruelty associated with most circuses isn't very nice in my opinion. The circus in this book though is one I would love to visit. It is described in such fullness and richness that I can't help wanting to visit it. 

I really loved the characters of the story as well. They were very bizarre and not people you meet every day, what made the story that much more interesting. Also the two main characters are precious oh god, also Poppet and Widget!! So precious!! If I'd have to choose a favourite character it'd be Tsukiko tho. She was just so fab. 

I also really liked the descriptions in the book, because they weren't too long, but they did convey the pictures in such detail. They really gave my imagination a shove, so I could imagine all the characters and their outfits and surroundings. 

All in all it was a magical read, the book was impossible to put down, the plot twist will make your heart burn and I cried. 10/10 from me, the supreme book critic.

Til next time,

Ingrid

P.S. 

A picture of my mind whilst reading the book:

i have such photoshop skills