never heard of the Night Circus - sounds good

MomToKippy wrote: "never heard of the Night Circus - sounds good"

It is good. Its very different.

It holds a large portion of magic realism, a category I usually abhor. It's been a long time since I read it. But I can remember I liked the first 3/4ths of it just because the language evoked a style. A style that made the circus bloom at night- like a flower that can only open in moonshine. Also remember that it got ridiculous by the end. It's hard for me to vote in many of these categories. This one, for instance. STYLE?? The style I enjoy the most is crisp. And never smaltzy. Less is more to me. This time now- the last 10 years for moderns; it is nearly the opposite. Verbose and dysfunctional pathetic in droves.

I thought it sounded like magical realism which I like - at least the few I have read. But the realism part is important - I have to be able to almost believe it like in Peace Like A River and The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow.

This has a mood. And holds it. But by the end- it is overlong and absolutely beyond the real.