The Night Circus

I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but I did and the results panned out pretty much as I expected. The Night Circus is the story of two star-crossed magicians expressing their abilities through a hyper-stylized circus. It feels a little like reading a Baz Luhrman/Tim Burton crossover. A lot of the words are dedicated to describing this monochromatic setting and not a lot of time is given to the characters themselves. The plot goes pretty much where you would expect it to go and the characters do pretty much what you would expect them to do. It's not a bad story, but at the end of the day, it isn't really my cuppa.