Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

1998 • 320 pages

Ratings655

Average rating3.1

15

This was great!
It does in no way live up to the standard that is Harry Potter, but I really enjoyed it!
The format does change the detail of which the story can be told, and I think in particularly that this would have been better as a novel rather than a play.
I love the new characters, though, and Scorpius is an absolute treasure.
At times I did find the characters I knew well to be a bit out of character, but with a different author it's to be expected I guess. I like to think that the script J.K. Rowling originally wrote is not the end result we're reading Spoiler [In particular, the fact that Voldemort had a child, which I find in no way plausible, like, at all. It would have made more sense if Delphi had just been raised by Death Eaters and wanted Voldemort in charge. And that Harry's pain in his scar returning would be something like phantom pains because he was feeling deja vu of his youth when voldy was alive.] 
This story is quite a whirlwind, and would have been explained better in a novel, I mean things that would have been difficult and a real hard task were just glossed over. 
Overall, I really did enjoy it though, even if it isn't like the rest of the series. In a sense, I don't think it should have been branded as the eighth Harry Potter book, but instead as a spin-off, or something. 
Lastly, I just need to say this: we need a ship name for Albus and Scorpius.

August 24, 2016