Nicole S. reviewed on 6/15/2012 + 10 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

What an amazingly original love story set among the magic of the circus. While criticized for a lack of character development, it seemed to me that keeping a conscious distance between the readers and the characters was a well thought out way to maintain the sense that there is more to the people and events of the story than meets the eye. A magician uses visual manipulation to lure the audience into believing whereas Morgenstern had to create that same intensity through her written descriptions of the magic. It's a rare book that engages me from the very first sentence and hangs on until the very last page...and it makes me want to believe that we're all capable of such powerful acts of illusion. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for something refreshingly unique.

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