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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and exciting. Just as good as The Eight., 17 April 1998

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The Magic Circle is a fascinating and entertaining book. I think readers should give it a chance. Ms. Neville has already written The Eight, this is a different book and the constant comparisons of the two really annoy me. Give her a break! If she rewrote The Eight, people would be complaining about that too. The Magic Circle a different book and is every bit as good as The Eight. As with her other two books, Magic Circle borrows from historical facts to make her story come alive as a fascinating and informative piece. She masterfully weaves her fiction and fact together to make her fiction believable, and her facts more understandable and interesting by giving a human feel to them. Reading it made me interested in the subjects she touches on, and so I read other books and actually learned something from them. Maybe that's the problem with the bad reviews this book is getting. Maybe people are afraid to actually learn from reading novels. Ms. Neville, according to her biography enteries, has an intimate knowledge of what her main characters do, and adds to her knowledge by tireless research. I found that when the book talked about the telluric currents and the power grids of the earth, I would study maps and review history to see what else happened in these places. When she talked of Song of Solomon, I dug out a bible and read Song of Solomon because her book made it interesting. I found and read a book called Spear of Destiny that talked about the spear that Hitler was obsessed with, because Magic Circle made me wonder about it. For me, The Magic Circle was exciting and informative. I strongly suggest anyone who read and liked either of her other works to pick up this one too. Give it a chance and I don't think you'll regret it.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A complete mess, 12 Aug 2003

By	John Salin (Ireland) - See all my reviews

It is very hard to believe that this is written by the same person who wrote "The Eight".

The plot wanders in and out of the book. The authors approach seems to be: take a mish-mash of arcane and esoteric references (Hitler, Stalin, Gurdjieff, Joseph of Arimethea) and use these to force along a book that is belaboured at best, hopelessly lost at worst. This book is sprinkled with famous (or infamous) historical figures, but each character is used as a deus ex machina instead of a plot. There seems to have been no effort to stitch all the characters together in a convincing story. Publishers deadline, perhaps?

The main character in this book is the kind of woman that in one scene is fiery and independent, while in another is succumbing to the the villian in a manner that would not be out of place in a Mills and Boon novel. To call her annoying would be putting it mildly.

Save your money and reread "The Eight".

Or buy another book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Better than chocolate!, 14 Jun 1999

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I'm a single mom, full time student, and lifelong reader of good books. I think Katherine Neville's books are some of the most exciting and intriguing books written today, and I read a lot of books. Thanks to "The Eight", I am learning to play chess, and teaching my six year old son, too, and now after just finishing "The Magic Circle", I have all sorts of ideas for my upcoming Archaeology papers. I live in Utah, and thought it quite amazing that she incorporated Salt Lake City into the book. I really look forward to more books of hers, and will spend the time waiting by rereading the ones I have. I always seem to find something new I missed the first few times I read them. They are better than chocolate.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly complex
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating work for the discriminating reader...
"The Magic Circle" by Katherine Neville is a fascinating work for the truly discriminating reader. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Finlandia Loves Neville
Katherine Neville is one of the favorite authors in Finland. Unfortunately only her first book has been published here. Read more

Published on 1 Sep 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST BOOK I HAVE READ - LEFT ME SPINNING!
I loved Neville's first two books, but I must say, THE MAGIC CIRCLE dances rings around them. A book that covers 2000 years of history, a dazzling family embroiled in all the... Read more

Published on 1 Sep 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars ANCIENT MYSTERIES
The Magic Circle was the first book by Katherine Neville that I read, and now, having gone back to read her earlier works, I still think it is the best. Read more

Published on 31 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars She Wasn't on Oprah!
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