Another book club choice here--interesting setting, taking place in a 1930s travelling circus. However, not really something I would recommend. Predictable romance and an ending that nicely cleans up any loose ends. The best parts of the book take place when the narrator is shown as an old man in the nursing home, not when he is remembering his youth in the circus. I guess that tells you something about how much drama I felt in the circus sections. A fine, but not ultimately engaging, read. Deserves about two and a half or three out of five stars.Sunday, March 30, 2008
more book club fodder
Another book club choice here--interesting setting, taking place in a 1930s travelling circus. However, not really something I would recommend. Predictable romance and an ending that nicely cleans up any loose ends. The best parts of the book take place when the narrator is shown as an old man in the nursing home, not when he is remembering his youth in the circus. I guess that tells you something about how much drama I felt in the circus sections. A fine, but not ultimately engaging, read. Deserves about two and a half or three out of five stars.
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