Book: The Night Circus

Genre: YA

Type: Audiobook.

Book rating: ☆☆

Narration rating: ☆☆

Review


Have you ever watched that film called The Prestige with Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman?

It’s not really my sort of thing usually but I gave it a go and it is brilliant, if you haven’t seen it I would highly recommend it.

Anyway, this book is kind of like that, in that there are 2 magicians (illusionists) trying to outdo each other in a circus.

There is an challenge between 2 older magicians in that their protégés will be the victor – they will ‘fight’ to the death, however the 2 protégés do not know who the other is ………and they fall in love with each other  dun dun duuunnnnn !”!!!!!!!

This sounds like a brilliant book right?.........................................Wrong !!


The writing in the book is beautiful, and the explanation of everything is wonderful and you are transported to another world, however the book itself is just a little bit mehh.

 
It didn’t ever seem to really get going and I was so looking forward to this big battle but it just sort of faded to a blip.

I was more interested in the relationship between bailey and poppet to be honest, they seemed to have more of a story even though they were supposed to be in the background.

The love story between Celia and Marcus sort of plodded away and didn’t really break into a run, it was just a slight jog!

 
Narration from Jim Dale…….. well I was expecting it to be amazing , considering he is Mr Harry Potter (My little boy is currently listening to him reading this and loves him) I was so excited…….lets just say that I will not be borrowing it from him and shall stick with the legend that is Mr Stephen fry.