This is a book that got better near to the end. Not that it wasn't good at the beginning, but having seen the characters grow and learn from their mistakes throughout the book it does make the ending more enjoyable.
The book has three perspectives, one a narrator, and the other two the characters Mim and Alex - these two characters perspectives are written as if they are diary entries, but on account of them both being circus performers instead of writing their diary entries down, they speak to the animals in the circus and a lot of what they say does come across as monologues that would do well to be read aloud - at the back of the book it is stated that the book started life as a radio show which explains the monologues.
The characters are well written and I found myself truly invested in their stories by the end of the book.
The book has three perspectives, one a narrator, and the other two the characters Mim and Alex - these two characters perspectives are written as if they are diary entries, but on account of them both being circus performers instead of writing their diary entries down, they speak to the animals in the circus and a lot of what they say does come across as monologues that would do well to be read aloud - at the back of the book it is stated that the book started life as a radio show which explains the monologues.
The characters are well written and I found myself truly invested in their stories by the end of the book.