fleetwingedi quite liked the night circus when i first read it around 2015... i am finding it a bit more challenging this time around. enjoyable, but i find the decision to tell a nonlinear story in present tense rather frustrating. it's a decision i've seen flow quite naturally in other works, but i do not think it serves this one particularly well. i understand the fable-like tone the narrative is aiming for, but it falls slightly short and the prose ends up rather jarring.
the orientalism is also rough.
i quite liked the night circus when i first read it around 2015… i am finding it a bit more challenging this time around. enjoyable, but i find the decision to tell a nonlinear story in present tense rather frustrating. it’s a decision i’ve seen flow quite naturally in other works, but i do not think it serves this one particularly well. i understand the fable-like tone the narrative is aiming for, but it falls slightly short and the prose ends up rather jarring.
and the embarrassing parts are multifaceted and compounding;
- a man,
- who i have still never spoken to,
- and which will never go anywhere.
i do not want to go to bed, because i have not done a single thing i enjoyed today (¬､¬)
the most frustrating thing about being an insomniac and a night owl is that, sadly, when one is unbearably lonely and bored, one must kill time throughout the entire night, not just until one can go to bed.
i do not think i enjoy interacting over the internet much, if at all.
others find me unpleasant in physical company, due to how silent and stoic i tend to be when i am feeling comfortable.
i believe i also have an aura of “tension” or “anxiety” that unsettles the room when i step into it.
i will not complain about being unbearably lonely like a broken record, but i will content myself complaining that i do not find interacting via text or phone call to fulfill the need that i feel when i say i am “lonely.”