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(Reccomendations) The Night Circus -- Erin Morgenstern

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cassiatwenty · 08/04/2024 09:10

Hiya

Has anyone read The Night Circus? It was such a brilliant and magical experience.

Can anyone recommend something like it please?

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cassiatwenty · 08/04/2024 10:27

Mothership4two · 08/04/2024 10:08

Similarish Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke and The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale

Oh thank you, I think I really might like this

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Mothership4two · 08/04/2024 10:08

Similarish Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke and The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale

Phineyj · 08/04/2024 09:51

I enjoyed The Night Circus but was gradually driven mad by the comma splicing!

I think if you Google magical realist fiction you will find more in a similar vein though.

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cassiatwenty · 08/04/2024 09:40

TheInfusionist · 08/04/2024 09:26

Loved Night Circus, I've never read anything like it. Incredible. Beautiful. Just wanted to explore every part of it.

The Starless Sea was like a fever dream, relentless but no plot or point to the story, just an endless journey. I loved some of the imagery but gave up waiting to care about why any of it was happening.

Me neither. The Night Circus was wonderful. I never read anything like it. It was like someone's beautiful dream captured in a book.

I agree with you on The Starless Sea. I wasn't a fan of abstract bits and it felt like a bit of a slog. Shame

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Sandysandwich · 08/04/2024 09:34

The Bone Season had a similar feel to me
And some parts of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series- underlayer of magic in a normal world type thing

TeabySea · 08/04/2024 09:34

I found The Starless Sea harder to get started and stuck into but loved it just as much.
Similar feels for me were from Orfeia (might have spelled wrong) by Joanne Harris, Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield.

I've just finished The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley. Not really Steampunk, not exactly historical fiction- it really grew on me.

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cassiatwenty · 08/04/2024 09:34

TheInfusionist · 08/04/2024 09:28

It's an old book now but Chocolat by Joanne Harris maybe gives a similar feel? Worth reading even if you didn't like the movie.

Actually that's a great recommendation thank you for thinking of it, I didn't see the movie so I'm looking forward to reading it (Always good to read the book first in any case Grin )

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cassiatwenty · 08/04/2024 09:30

Hedjwitch · 08/04/2024 09:28

Yes, sorry. Forgot to add the author.

Oh found it, thank you so much Smile

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TheInfusionist · 08/04/2024 09:28

It's an old book now but Chocolat by Joanne Harris maybe gives a similar feel? Worth reading even if you didn't like the movie.

Hedjwitch · 08/04/2024 09:28

Yes, sorry. Forgot to add the author.

TheInfusionist · 08/04/2024 09:26

Loved Night Circus, I've never read anything like it. Incredible. Beautiful. Just wanted to explore every part of it.

The Starless Sea was like a fever dream, relentless but no plot or point to the story, just an endless journey. I loved some of the imagery but gave up waiting to care about why any of it was happening.

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cassiatwenty · 08/04/2024 09:21

@Hedjwitch Hello and thank you for your recommendation! Yes I absolutely agree, her other book was "The Starless Sea" and I thought it was disappointing, too. I just couldn't finish it. Funny, I thought I was the only one.

Is it "Babel" by R.F. Kuang?

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Hedjwitch · 08/04/2024 09:16

Absolutely loved this,one of my all time favourites. Sadly the next book by that author was really disappointing..cant remember the name of it now.

I enjoyed "Babel" which has a similar magical feel but its a bit darker ( and a slightly more difficult read. For me anyway)

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