The Magic Circle by Katherine Neville Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Magic Circle
Book Review: pretentious nonsense
Summary: 1 Stars
Why does this Neville woman think that just some historicalname dropping and multinational myths collage put together make a bookworth its salt? (By the way, the only bit I liked was the one with her musings about salt)...I hold no doubts about her making her homework, but reading history does not guarantee that you'll be able to write a novel afterwards, and the plot of this one is just not there. The story is supposed to be a thriller, and it just doesn't work. The Behn family affairs were so unbelievable that they became boring halfway the book. Considering the success of it, it makes me think that the fans of this book have something in common with the people who gather in front of the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion to see the stars arrive: look, there is Hitler! Nero came too!...Pathetic.Book Review: stir your heart with mystery conspiracy & time travel !
Summary: 5 Stars
I highly recommend this book if you are interested in:1. really fun stories with a strong mysterious and historical slant plus time travel (woo hoo!)
2. seeing another world through the fog - or what you might call the other side of truth
3. poetry, fine writing, the web that connects it all together
4. magic
5. consciousness
Hints: 1. to avoid confusion and maximize enjoyment, make a little family tree of Ariel Behn, the main character, as you go along. Otherwise you might have to go back. 2. don't take it all too seriously! 3. if it turns out that you don't like it - don't keep reading! - instead, go get Katherine Neville's other book - The Eight - because that one is wonderful too!
As you can imagine - people either love it or hate it - like any controversal book. I loved it. It was everything I love about books! It was bound to receive a lot of criticism because it is complex, and involves certain historical personalities (like Jesus & Hitler). Of the many many books I've read, this is the best.
Book Review: wow!
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this book in about a day---and unlike some of the other readers, i didn't have a pen handy to keep track of all the relationships, but that didn't hinder (too much) my understanding of the book. I thought that the book was well written, as it kept me on my toes to remember who said what and when. Some of the details were a little over the top, but she did a very good job at keeping the suspense going. You never know who to trust or who not to trust until the very end. As for the ending, it was a little bit of a disappointment after just a race to the end to see just WHAT are in these manuscripts, but i thought this book could easily have been made a lot longer without it drawing it out too much. I was very hesitant about reading this book, since i don't like first-person very much, but without the first-person narrative, it wouldn't have been nearly as good.