The Night Circus

Very difficult book to rate. It was unlike anything else I've read. Morgenstern has an amazing imagination and a unique voice. The descriptive passages of the circus tents were spellbinding. The plot and narrative structure are devilishly clever. But the characters were more symbols than three-dimensional individuals, and the love story left me rather cold. I'm going with 4 stars because the book did leave a lasting impression, but not quite the one I had hoped for.