I absolutely hated this book. 
 The reason I'm giving it two stars as opposed to one is because Morgenstern has some seriously beautiful prose. 
 I SO wanted to love this book. I wanted so badly to love this because the synopsis sounded amazing and I love to support female writers. But I hated, hated, hated this book and feel like I wasted so much of my time that could have been spent reading something else. The Night Circus feels like there is absolutely no point whatsoever to it. 
 Ms. Morgenstern creates a beautiful, lush world and her prose is some of the most deliciously, gorgeously crafted writing I've read this year. It is amazingly beautiful and, for me, it's the only thing that even slightly redeems this book for me. 
 I don't mind slow moving books or movies - some of my favorites move at a snail's pace. However, I found this tedious in the extreme. The plot and the characters feel SO under drawn and it feels as if nothing is happening even when things are actually happening. 
 Because the plot is so sketchily laid out, I just could not care at all about the characters, the "battle" or anything else happening. I honestly enjoyed reading Ms. Morgenstern's blog entry regarding her wedding anniversary more than I enjoyed reading The Night Circus and I feel like I have a hell of a lot better understanding of her & her husband's personalities from that little post than I have of Celia & Marco's after reading this book. 
 I hate not finishing books, but Jesus Christ, I wish I had quit this book.