If you like magical settings, this is a great read. I loved how this book whisked me away into a world of enchantment set against an otherwise ordinary historical backdrop. The setting takes the cake, but the beautiful and somewhat tragic love story gives it deeper meaning. Jim Dale’s dreamlike voice is an added bonus.

Jim Dale is a great narrator, but I just wasn't feeling The Night Circus. It's a little too atmospheric and "oooooooh, magic!" and not enough story or meaningful character development for me. It's also in present tense, which I think makes it harder to listen to for some reason. Jumped ship halfway through.

Jim Dale (the reader) was fabulous as always but I thought the story was a little dragy and anticlimactic.

I almost didn't finish this book because I found all the jumping around in time and between points of view confusing. I am so glad I pressed on, however, because as all the pieces started falling together I got totally caught up in the story. It was such a unique concept. I even found myself wishing the Cirque des Reves actually existed. In some ways listening to the audio version made the story harder to follow, but Jim Dale (the reader) just has a way of making any story come to life. I could listen to him talk all day long. I agree with Puckish's comment that the story is a little anti-climatictic but other than that, I really enjoyed this book.

(not so much) spoiler alert: anticlimax. this story was a roller-coaster - plot, plot, and then more plot heading up hill... and then a steep crash to the end. i really liked the interactive thinger online - http://www.nightcircus.co.uk/Profile/puck - for the opulent descriptions. i picked up wanting more of the story, and for the intrigue of the website to be explained, but i am really still more compelled by the website than the book. which kind of defeats the purpose?

i really enjoyed the reader's voice and performance a lot

I do wonder at times, if I would feel differently about a book if I read it instead of listened or vice versa. Well I listened to this one and the reader's voice did add something to my experience. It was a totally delightful experience and I didn't have any comparisons with similiar stories. I just enjoyed this one.

While I was entertained visiting Erin Morgenstern's world in The Night Circus, the story never quite wrestled my imagination. It felt like the plot and tone were shadows of other popular books. (I was too often reminded of Harry Potter, Twilight and Water for Elephants.) Every now and then launching a new idea on the heels of other successes can work (here I'm thinking of the TV show Lost, which was developed from the then-recent popularity of Survivor and Cast Away), but more frequently it falls flat and is forgotten. Morgenstern is an excellent writer and her debut novel hardly falls flat, but I do fear it will be forgotten. I look forward to her next work and I hope she's earned the freedom to pen something more risky and original.

Enchanting, interesting, masterfully read. I really enjoyed this cd set and heartily recommend it.

Interesting book, good intrigue. I enjoyed the book.