Harry Potter
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Re: Harry Potter
I have to agree with you there. I do hope that it wI'll be more enjoyable to watch, but overall I was not a fan of the plot. I felt it to be rather unrealistic as far as how the characters all turned out.KLN21 wrote:I absolutely love Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling is an amazing author. My favorite is Goblet of Fire, but they're all great. I know this post has been about the seven novels, but I will add that I was really disappointed in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I do realize it was not written by J.K. Rowling (and there's the primary difference). Perhaps it would be more enjoyable to see live, as it is a script of the play, but I was unhappy with the writing and how the older Harry Potter characters were portrayed.
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However, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is not one of the books that a Harry Potter fan would recommend. For me, it ruined the beautiful epilogue that JK Rowling gave after the Deathly Hallows. The characters don't feel like themselves and the story is extremely predictable. The only good thing about the book is Scorpius Malfoy who's a precious person.
As a whole, the book doesn't give out the same vibe as the other Harry Potter books, is less magical and is rather a mature, predictable play.
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I'm afraid I have to agree with you there. I was so excited to read Cursed Child and I was extremely disappointed. I will watch it once it becomes public though. I always find that plays are more enjoyable to watch than read (which makes sense). I also keep reminding myself that Rowling did not write the play.arpi05 wrote:Harry Potter is, without no doubt, one of the golden gems of literature! All the seven books (and the movies) are complete genius. JK Rowling is a phenomenal writer who never lets you leave the books. The entire series is an unpredictable adventure into the lives of the students of Hogwarts. The characters are very well written and all of them are well incorporated into the story.
However, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is not one of the books that a Harry Potter fan would recommend. For me, it ruined the beautiful epilogue that JK Rowling gave after the Deathly Hallows. The characters don't feel like themselves and the story is extremely predictable. The only good thing about the book is Scorpius Malfoy who's a precious person.
As a whole, the book doesn't give out the same vibe as the other Harry Potter books, is less magical and is rather a mature, predictable play.
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I agree too. It was particularly because Rowling has spoken in interviews about how she struggled to work within the paradox of time travel in the Prisoner of Azkaban, and then I felt like they stomped all over it in the Cursed Child. There was so much randomness and so many plot holes as well. I do think it'll be much better in play form than in book form -- or at least I tend to always dislike reading scripts.Kia wrote:I have to agree with you there. I do hope that it wI'll be more enjoyable to watch, but overall I was not a fan of the plot. I felt it to be rather unrealistic as far as how the characters all turned out.KLN21 wrote:I absolutely love Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling is an amazing author. My favorite is Goblet of Fire, but they're all great. I know this post has been about the seven novels, but I will add that I was really disappointed in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I do realize it was not written by J.K. Rowling (and there's the primary difference). Perhaps it would be more enjoyable to see live, as it is a script of the play, but I was unhappy with the writing and how the older Harry Potter characters were portrayed.
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I hadn't thought of that, but it makes a lot of sense. Time travel is such an unbelievably complicated concept and they really did make light of it in this play. Frankly I'm surprised they worked with it at all. I felt it to be really distracting.jennifer5 wrote:I agree too. It was particularly because Rowling has spoken in interviews about how she struggled to work within the paradox of time travel in the Prisoner of Azkaban, and then I felt like they stomped all over it in the Cursed Child. There was so much randomness and so many plot holes as well. I do think it'll be much better in play form than in book form -- or at least I tend to always dislike reading scripts.Kia wrote:I have to agree with you there. I do hope that it wI'll be more enjoyable to watch, but overall I was not a fan of the plot. I felt it to be rather unrealistic as far as how the characters all turned out.KLN21 wrote:I absolutely love Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling is an amazing author. My favorite is Goblet of Fire, but they're all great. I know this post has been about the seven novels, but I will add that I was really disappointed in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I do realize it was not written by J.K. Rowling (and there's the primary difference). Perhaps it would be more enjoyable to see live, as it is a script of the play, but I was unhappy with the writing and how the older Harry Potter characters were portrayed.
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