First of all: you just should. Don't even think twice about it. Just start reading. The Night Circus is basically my favorite contemporary novel of all time. Which is saying a lot, considering my favorite book list is 72 items long. Reasons why you should pick it up: It is a standalone, no series commitment required. It's got magic. It's got both a boy main character and a girl main character, and they share the limelight pretty equally. The prose is, like, F. Scott Fitzgerald-level gorgeous. My writing style is the descriptive kind, and so is Erin Morgenstern's. It's about the circus of your wildest dreams. It is a fantastic, beautiful, provocative circus. Literally the circus of dreams. Nothing is explained in simple terms. There is a level of analysis required if you want to understand how the pieces of the story fit. Every time I read it, I realize something new. It is profound. There are moments of witty banter, moments of tragedy, and moments of...
The Greatest Showman
was entertaining, but an excess of characters and events cost the film almost
all depth in plot and characterization. Although the first few songs hinted at
promise, most of the soundtrack (barring standouts “A Million Dreams” and “Never Enough”)
is generally unimpressive and commonplace. Both the choreography (the highlight
of the movie being the “A Million Dream” dance number between Hugh Jackman and
Michelle Williams) and the visual design are worthy of high praise, but the
lackluster army of characters and lack of clarity in the passage of time turned
what might have been a cinematic masterpiece into an unrealistic and often
confusing storm of scenes. The writers would have been better served by isolating
a smaller slice of Barnum’s history for recreation and making allowance for
greater care and detail. The movie was dazzling but hollow, without real insight into
the history it portrayed.
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