During the end of February, I went down to the school's library and checked out 4 books, The Night Circus, being one of them. (The others are The Perks to Being a Wallflower, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and If I Stay, if you were curious to know. Also, boil your eyes and keep them peeled for future posts about these books, mwahaha).
Anyhow, I started this book before the others because of the high praise it gets from my friends. It's a compilation of certain highlights within each characters life, all stories relating to one another, creating a magical and exhilarating story.
It took me a few chapters to get the hang of this story format, because it switches around to certain moments in any character's life. Also, if you read this book, pay attention to the date listed at the beginning of each chapter. This will help you out A LOT. (I learned that the hard way).
So the story starts out in 2nd person point of view, a very unpopular choice but in this book it was effective and enhanced the story, filling the readers mind with vivid visualizations of the circus. The story continues on in third person limited, following a talented "magician" called Prospero the Enchanter!
And well... yeah, I actually haven't gotten very far yet so I'll update my opinions on this book in another post.
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