Alanna McFall

The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus is a ghost story, a road trip adventure, and a powerfully emotional story about friendship, family, love and loss. The book follows the story of Chelsea, Carmen and Cyndricka, two ghosts and a living mime, as they travel across America by foot, and has a wide cast of unique and interesting characters, both living and dead, that they meet along their journey.

I felt like the book had quite a slow start. I liked the characters, and I understood their show more motivations, but the plot moved slowly and it felt like not much was happening. But it was enjoyable to read, and I liked the interactions between the characters, so I stuck with it, and I am so glad I did. The pace picks up about halfway through as the characters get into troubles along the road and also open up to each other more, and I became unable to put the book down.

The characters are diverse, with characters of different ethnicities and sexual orientations. The three main characters are Asian, Latina and African American, and one of the characters uses ASL to communicate, which is so rare to see in fiction. The little interactions between the characters, the stories they tell to each other, the hardships they deal with on the road are all very moving, some moments funny and some sad.

No spoilers, but I thought the ending was perfect. Also, I cried. show less

A road trip with a mute mime, some ghosts and a cute cat. An unexpected gem, quirky characters, a book with real heart and an utterly satisfying ending.