Review: The Night Circus

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I really wanted to like this book, but it turned out that it just wasn't for me.

The descriptions of the circus are wonderful, most of the side characters are very interesting, however, the pacing is almost painfully slow. Add in the fact that not even the characters ever get a good answer as to the point of the 'game,' and it gets hard to feel invested in what's going on.
Right as I would start to get draw into the story of one character the chapter would end and the new one would start with the POV of a totally different character.

Again, the settings and descriptions were lovingly written, very interesting, but I found what was supposed to be the love story a bit underdeveloped. I'm not one for the love at first sight trope, and how the way the 'hero' treated some of the other characters made it hard for me to sympathize with him. Add in the nebulous explanation of the 'competition' and I just found myself more irritated than anything else.
A follow-up book from the POV of Poppy and Co would be interesting, but only if the pacing issues were addressed.

Interesting read, just not my wheelhouse.

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