By: Paige Jurgensen
“The Night Circus,” by Erin Morgenstern, is a novel unlike any I’ve read before. The novel is a bit confusing at first, because it jumps around in the timeline of the story and often doesn’t specify the narrator. For about a third of the book I had no idea what was going on, but I was excited.
Set in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, “The Night Circus” is about a life-long contest between two illusionists, Celia and Marco. The two compete to create grand illusions, such as a fire that never dies or a garden made of ice that never melts.
A circus full of contortionists, fortune-tellers, and acrobatic kittens is created for an arena for the contest. The circus travels around the world, gaining followers. The contest continues for years before Celia or Marco, who have transformed from competitors into lovers, realize that the contest will only end when one of them dies.
“The Night Circus” is Erin Morgenstern’s debut novel, and her writing is incredibly impressive. Morgenstern brings breathtaking magic into every chapter of her book. I cannot wait to see what she will write next.
Her writing is uniquely descriptive and pulls the reader into a literary trance. When I finished reading the novel I was confused and felt hazy. Reading “The Night Circus” is like experiencing a dream.
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