The independent novel I have chosen to read is "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern. I have barely made a dent in the book and I am already hooked. What I have gotten so far is a man is a great magician and he has a competitor. No big deal right? Well, one day this great magician finds a little girl in his office with a note clipped to her shirt. When he discovers its a suicide note from this girl's mother and that he is her dad.. lets just say he has had better days.
For some reason, I keep thinking this magician is going to get his daughter taken by his competitor. However, this book may be a little too complicated to be that predictable. So with great excitement, I will just have to find out.
Another thing is, I keep going back to Harry Potter with this book. Its not exact of course but the abandoned child dumped on a family member, magic, its there you know?
Next, when I read this I am always thinking about people who have gambling problems.. The magician thinks very highly of him self and seems to be willing to put anything at risk to win something like a lot of people do.
Also this little girl reminds me of myself and many other little kids. She doesn't have much say and just does as she is told. Which I know is what I did and what many people do at a very young age.
I find myself questioning this magicians ego. I didn't mention it before but this guy is a little full of it and keeps making me think of Leonardo DiCaprio... yuck!
Anyway, I highly recommend this to any young adult- adult reader!
