![]() Prospero (aka Hector Bowen) and Alexander have waged an ongoing battle for years, each training an apprentice and pitting them against each other in a new arena, and each getting more and more bored. They were reared by magicians, she by her father Prospero the Enchanter and he by Alexander, a man in a grey suit. It definitely kept me turning the pages, from the first description of a nocturnal circus that disappears with the dawn, to poignant vignettes of Marco and Celia’s childhoods. The story of two magicians locked in unwilling battle at the turn of the century has enough scope, twists, intrigue, and magic to keep readers hanging for two nights or two months. ![]() Despite the undeniable (and sometimes unwilling) desire to keep turning the pages, reading The Night Circus was sometimes like seeing Narcissus staring at himself in the mirror.įor the most part The Night Circus reads like a fable, a tale told to one’s grandchildren over many nights. ![]() Is that bad? Certainly not, and the evocative, sweeping prose is the book’s greatest strength. Something about magic, a romance certainly, and judging by the flowery cover and even more flowery synopsis, a complete lack of humor. The buzz around this book has been insane, so I didn’t know what to expect going into the book. ![]()
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