Two competing magicians each raise a prodigy. Who doesn’t want to reread that sort of description over and over?Īs far as the plot goes, we stumble into a novel whose conflict centers around a challenge between two warring magicians. I mean, one of the tents held a garden made of ice crystals and sculptures. She reels you into this world and holds you there by enchanted tents and exhibitions and it takes a talented author to engage readers with all the setting descriptions. The entire novel is atmospheric and Morgenstern really knows how to make description tantalizing. The words Morgenstern employs are well chosen and create this effervescent black-white-and-grey world (not in the same way The Giver did but the choice of color was not missed by me). Now I understand why everyone is talking/talked about it.įirst of all, the writing is gorgeous. Still, she has recommended a plethora of stunning novels to me this year, so I decided to give it a shot. For some inexplicable reason, I don’t like reading books about them and at first, I wasn’t sure I’d like the novel she gave me.

To be honest , I have an aversion to circuses. In return, she offered me The Night Circus. A friend of mine and I often trade book recommendations and, with trepidation, I entrusted the series to her. are reserved for the rereading of Lev Grossman’s trilogy due to the ambiance provided by the cold New England weather.

Let me bring awareness, dear readers, to the fact that this time of the year is one I often dedicate to my favorite novel of all time: The Magicians. I only bring this up at the start of this post because normally, the months of Nov.-Dec.

In erin morgenstern the night circus