There is a circus that is only open at night and shows up without warning.
Review:
This is a beautiful story and the language used to tell it incredibly moving. Every page paints a beautiful, ugly entrancing picture. BUT the plot moves slowly and the blurb on the back of the book is total bullshit. The main characters, the opponents, are a bit flat as though never given personality, probably because they weren't. They were both raised apart from the world so that could be used to explain the lack of development but I still think it is a bit sad that they are so flat. Their story however, is beautiful. The way Morgenstern sets up every scene and the detail she uses to describe the circus made me want to go there. The story jumps around across time and continents. The only thing I can say is I wish there was more about Bailey and the twins (you will agree when you get there). All in all - well worth reading.
8/10
"The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones."
"You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift."
"The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not."
"People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see."
If you enjoyed this you should read:
The Gentlemen Bastards series
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