by The WandererAuthor: Erin Morgenstern
Publisher: Anchor Books
Genre: Steampunk, Literary Fantasy
Series: Standalone
Pages: 512
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is her debut novel and it was released in 2011. It’s a popular fiction novel that was intended for adults, but it can also speak to teenage readers, too. I’ll be honest I bought this book on a whim, mostly because I thought the cover to the book looked awesome. I’ve judged books by their covers before with disastrous results, but with this book it turned out to be fantastic. I guess the old saying about judging books by their covers will need to be changed to: Judge a Book By Its Cover. It just paid off for me!
This book has received comparisons to the Twilight and Harry Potter series by the book’s publisher, and by some of the early reviews in the media. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find out this book is nothing like the Twilight series, and it’s nothing like the Harry Potter series either. I get that by comparing the book to Twilight that the publishers hope to engage younger readers and earn more money, but by comparing this book to Twilight, a lot of damage gets done to the quality and reputation of the book. I just don’t think the comparison was warranted. Anyways…Here is my review of The Night Circus.
