Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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I agree with the feeling like a fanfiction. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but that's exactly it. It was good, and I enjoyed it and it's fantastic to have more of the Harry Potter universe. But this story didn't add too much more to the universe than seeing what the characters were like as grown ups.acn11 wrote:I enjoyed the book, but more for the nostalgia than anything. The sarcasm comes through 10x stronger than the books since its all dialogue. Before I had a chance to read it some articles had said that it read kind of like fanfiction and I can agree with that partially. It was predictable, and sometimes the characters seemed a little out of canon. But I don't know if that could be attributed to having 3 writers, being in script format, or that its been 9 years since the final book. Fans have had nearly a decade to theorize about what happens 19 years later so a lot of the events in this book seemed familiar and overdone. It was still worth it to dive into the potter world again.
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It isn't deplorable, I just had certain expectations for the book since it was a part of the Harry Potter world. I don't think the book measures up to the same standards she set for the original 7 installments of the series. However, in a way that's to be expected considering she didn't fully write this script. She just offered contributions and a few ideas so that it still felt connected somewhat to the rest of the series.mratdegraff91 wrote:I have been meaning to purchase and read this book myself but the way you all describe it being written has me hesitant now. I don't normally enjoy reading books written as such but I might try it out and see any way. I know what to be prepared for now.
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I will most likely end up reading it. It will drive me crazy I think if I don't. Thank you for your input.j jagelovicz wrote:It isn't deplorable, I just had certain expectations for the book since it was a part of the Harry Potter world. I don't think the book measures up to the same standards she set for the original 7 installments of the series. However, in a way that's to be expected considering she didn't fully write this script. She just offered contributions and a few ideas so that it still felt connected somewhat to the rest of the series.mratdegraff91 wrote:I have been meaning to purchase and read this book myself but the way you all describe it being written has me hesitant now. I don't normally enjoy reading books written as such but I might try it out and see any way. I know what to be prepared for now.
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Author: J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
Genre: Fantasy Literature, Young Adult Fiction
Star rating: 3.5
Buy: No
Borrow: Maybe
Summary: Harry Potter and The Cursed Child is the 'canon' eighth story in the Harry Potter series, it tells the tale of the three protagonists and their children focusing on Harry and his second oldest child Albus Severus. After overhearing a conversation between Harry and Amos Diggory - father of Cedric Diggory, the 'spare' who was killed in the triwizard tournament in the fourth book, Albus decides he and his friend Scorpius shall be going to go back in time to prevent Cedric from being killed as an intention to cure Amos' ongoing grief. In doing so he causes more trouble than good and reveals something very interesting about You Know Who.
Review: Overall, this highly anticipated book was a let down for many reasons. To begin with, all characters are (obviously) nineteen years older in the script and, in my opinion, the 'behind the scenes' character development was a little (if not very) different to what I expected. Some characters whole personality had changed in a way that made the once lovable characters introduced to us in the first novel feel unfamiliar and distant. This changed the whole atmosphere of the script and made me, the reader, feel less absorbed in the story before the main plot had even been introduced.
Secondly, the far-fetch storyline seems weak and peculiar when compared to those of the previous seven books. Instead of learning new things about the wizarding world, features already wrote about where brought back up in a particularly bad way. The only 'never heard of before' feature in the story was a spell that would have been extremely convenient in one of the previous books. On top of all of that, the main feature of the script - time travelling - is dealt with tediously and I was especially annoyed when rules put in place by Rowling in he previous books about time travelling where completely ignored.
Although, despite the book collectively not being the best Harry Potter works, the way it was written was just as beautiful as the actual novels with the same use of adjectives and language.
In conclusion, no matter how hard I tried to like the book (and I did try) I couldn't bring myself to find any enjoyment with in its pages and on second read all I discovered where more mistakes. I would not recommend the book to anyone else and feel like it should not be linked with the seven amazing Harry Potter tales known as modern classics, it's a disappointment.
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I completely relate to all said here and was too very much so suprised at hagrids absence in the book, the play format did differ it from the previous books which were well described and written just by J. K Rowling and not by a team of three writers.livreads wrote:WARNING:This could be considered spoiler, as I tell a few characters that didn't make an appearance in the book. For me, the book was good but definitely didn't satisfy what I was hoping for. Maybe because it was a script, so there wasn't many details, but I also think it was because while I loved the old characters that they did bring back in the story, they didn't bring in my favorites like Neville or Luna or even Hagrid. Over all though, I think it was a beautiful story. I enjoyed the new characters that the writers introduced, and overall the aspects of the story were well thought out. You also have to keep in mind when reading it that it was meant to be watched as it is a play, and the missing details are suppose to be seen, not read.
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Maybe we just have to go out of our comfort zone. I know most of us here are used to read a novel, where a person is talking and his/her gestures are explained. Not this kind where it's like a play script. Maybe the difference is plot building, but if you already read the previous Harry Potter books, then reading this script is easy. It's an easy read actually. We just have to go out of our comfort zone.