Ved Uttamchandani

Phenomenally disappointing.
The disconnect between the original Harry Potter series and this drivel is astounding.
The magic of the wizarding world we have gotten accustomed to is cheapened and reduced to a series of lightly-magic-infused scenes with no depth. The characters are barely developed and, as a consequence, the relationships fail to be as deep as the authors would like.
It reads like an overview draft written by a well-versed twelve-year-old. This book was a mistake.
Hopefully the play is able to distract the audience from the lack of depth in this work.

There is a serious intellectual concern when we participate in a concerted effort to laud a work which propagates unproven claims which have serious scientific implications. It is unforgivable that this work is often times compared to and associated with Dale Carnegie's masterpiece. The two works are not comparable in that this one makes unsubstantiated claims and the other lays out testable methods for improving human interactions and relations. a tremendous disappointment after all the hype.