The Night Circus

Reviews / Votes

This is a marvellous book. Playful and intensely imaginative, Erin Morgenstern has created the circus I have always longed for -- Audrey Niffenegger The only response to this novel is simply: wow. It is a breathtaking feat of imagination, a flight of fancy that pulls you in and wraps you up in its spell * The Times * Enchanting ... I was compelled by the world itself - by its saturated colours and textures, its unexpected smells and tastes. It is - a surprisingly rare thing in fiction - a strikingly beautiful world, in spite of its darkness -- Claire Messud * Guardian * A riveting debut. The Night Circus pulls you into a world as dark as it is dazzling, fully-realized but still something out of a dream. You will not want to leave it -- Tea Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife Dark and dreamy; a captivating love story * Stylist * Lushly imagined, extremely charming and very, very readable -- Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday * One of the most beautiful novels of the year * Observer * Deliciously inventive... Don't imagine this is a light, frothy tale. For all her humorous touches, Morgernstern ... has produced something darker than night -- Mary Crockett * Scotsman * Lush, evocative, dreamlike... a magical, coming-of-age story * Sunday Times * Pure pleasure... Erin Morgenstern is a gifted, classic storyteller, a tale-teller, a spinner of the charmed and mesmerizing - I had many other things I was supposed to be doing, but the book kept drawing me back in and I tore through it. You can be certain this riveting debut will create a group of reveurs all its own. * Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake *