Showtime is a book that follows the life of Laila Vilonia at Marvelle Circus. The book started with Laila and her friend Hannah at the circus and getting into troubles when Hannah attempted to dupe some guys into buying flour from her, passing it off as some drugs. Unfortunately, her lies was exposed immediately and a fight broke out. When the authorities rushed to the scene, everyone fled except for Laila who was caught and brought back to the circus. Being unhappy with her current living situation, she decided to tell a big lie and ended up traveling with the circus. Laila then made friends and enemies and fell in love with 'The Disappearing Man'. I seriously like the first chapter. The book started with a BANG and it definitely caught my interest and my curiosity rose as I read.
There are really quite a number of characters in this book and I get confused at times who is who. The story is really nice and captivating but there are definitely quite a few points that can be improved. Although the setting of this book is in the 1920s, I felt as if I am actually reading a contemporary book. There isn't much information in the book to tell us that we are actually reading a historical fiction besides telling us which year it is. It will be better if there are tell tale signs or significant events to let the readers know about the period. Personally I felt that the last scene for the book seems to be rushing the story to an end. I am pretty confused about what have really taken place. The actions of the characters were not clearly explained.
There were various comments about the similarities between The Night Circus and Showtime but I have yet to read the former so I shall reserve my comments on this part first.
Lastly, I want to thank the author for contacting me and providing me a copy of this book for my review. I have been joining all the giveaways on this book and have been dying to read it so when Chloe asked me if I would like to review the book for her, you guys can't imagine how excited I was. I am looking forward to reading Book 2 to follow the adventure of Laila at Marvelle Circus.
Note: I have received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. (The original review was posted in Feb 2013 on my old personal blog.)
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