Grade: 90%
Characters 1-10: 9
Worldbuilding 1-10: 10
Plot: 1-10:8
Writing style: 1-10: 10
Enjoyment: 1-10: 8


Thoughts:
I am glad that I reread this and gave it another chance because the first time that I read this I really had no idea of what was going on and this time I feel like there are things that I don’t quite understand but I am happy that I now have a better grasp of the story.
Morgenstern’s characters are always so magical to me. I found most of the characters very interesting and really wanted to know how their stories connected to one another. I think my least favorite character was Zachary Ezra Rollins but I did appreciate what he did for the story.
The worldbuilding was phenomenal!!!! That was what I loved so much about The Night Circus. I felt like I could really picture the underground world of The Starless Sea. I love being able to really see myself in a world and I feel like Morgenstern really knows how to create a world that is so immersive that the reader can really feel like they are there in the story with the characters.
The plot was a little hard to follow so I would recommend that if you are going to listen to the audiobook to make sure that you listen to it at a slower speed and really pay attention to what is going on because if you are not paying attention you can really get lost in what is going on so fast. I thought that the story within the stories was interesting and once I was able to really pay attention and be able to follow what was going on I really enjoyed the story. The only thing that bothered me about the plot was the way that the story ended I like thing to be more wrapped up instead of the open ending that we got, but I do know that some people will love the way it ends it just wasn’t for me.
On the same level as the worldbuilding the writing style was fantastic. I think that Morgenstern is an amazing writer and I will read anything else that she puts out. I will say that for some the writing style being so flowery and lyrical could be a turn off and normally is for me but the way that Morgenstern does it just seems to really work for me.
For my enjoyment level of this book was brought down just be the amount that I had to concentrate and really focus on what was going on. I felt like I was constantly having to take notes to keep everything straight in my brain which could just be that I am a busy working mom who doesn’t have the brain power all of the time to focus so hard on a story that I am reading for enjoyment, but I still really enjoyed the story when I put forth the effort to pay attention to exactly what was going on.