FS’s Reviews > The Night Circus > Status Update

you have an opponent you have to train for the challenge. And then the story doesn't develop anything further. it completely stops with this plotline for the next 75% while it drifts to other stories. And now the author finally remembered the main point of the story.

Forgot to mention how this story in my opinion is still an insta love not a slowburn despite them being romantically involved with other people for like 2/3 of the book. as soon as they reveal themselves to each other ,around the 2/3 mark they're instantly besotted with each other. so much that he immediately forgets his girlfriend.

because for most of the time we're following characters that don't even know about this game, is so unsatisfying.
Why don't make it like a mystery where they slowly uncover the truth?
Now the truth is simply handed to her just because finally the story is supposed to progress after every (not plot) point of the unnecessary characters has been told.
Please let the other characters matter in the end.

Don't act like the reveals are something exciting when you've given us nothing of substance the first 3/4 of the book. Do the other characters even matter? Will they eventually matter? withholding the nature of the challenge which is the whole point of this book. padding everything in between with slice of life events of other characters so that the question doesn't even cross the opponents minds

I still don't really understand what this book is about. What this book is aiming to be. A lot of characters are described how they are. But they don't really answer the question why are they? Why is all of this? It feels like a bunch of set ups that will hopefully come together in the end.