Harry Potter And the Cursed Child
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I saw Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London in July. The staging, the effects, and the actors were absolutely fabulous. Seeing Jamie Parker on stage is amazing. He IS Harry in a three-piece suit, and I love him for it.
However, this story is an absolute mess. It contradicts canon in multiple places. It feels like the clumsiest sort of fan service: let's do this because we know readers like this character, not because it serves the plot! Let's make this story a new one abou
t Harry as a dad - but let's spend the entire play focusing on the events of books 1-7 instead. It was really crazy. After the first night, my friends and I spent a couple hours talking out our feelings. "Can it bounce back? Is there a way for it to ... fix itself?" The answer is no. This is a terrible story foisted on an excellent cast.
The line that best sums up the play for me is this: [Harry takes Albus to Cedric's grave and mentions that he goes there every year on his death.
HARRY: He could have been anything. He could have been an Auror. He could have played Quidditch for England. He could have been anything.
Yes! That's true. He could have been ANY OF THE TWO WIZARDING CAREERS WE KNEW ABOUT IN 2008. This line made me actually laugh out loud in the theater. This play was supposed to expand the Harry Potter universe. Instead it contracted it. If they had nothing to say about Harry and real-life struggles [instead of blah blah Voldemort is back , why even bother?
I am 1000% disappointed and hope that JK has plausible deniability.
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Guest 7 months ago
i wish it had more feelings and how did it go from one year and than the next page was another very disappointed
Guest a year ago
Just awful. Not only does it go from year to year in three words it's also very hard to understand becuase of how it is written. Very disapionted becuase i love Harry Potter and this was a huge disapointment.
Guest 4 years ago
Bro....Jk Rowling bruh this sucked. I think you may have been limited tho by what scenes the film industry could bring to life, but I think your books were better when you were only limited by your imagination, not by some CGI artists. AND WHO ARE THESE IMPOSTORS IF THEY HELPED YOU THEY OBV DID NOT HELP YOU HOW DOES THIS HELP ME SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THE END TO THE HARRY POTTER SERIES IS THIS PIECE OF TRASHHHHHHHHHHH
Guest 4 years ago
I think it is a wonderful book but it would have been better if not in scripted form.But the thing that astounded me when Ginny Potter told Draco Malfoy that Harry did most of the cooking , in the series the only time Harry cooked something was in the
first book at the Dursleys'
Guest 4 years ago
I think it is amazing.yeah it is not the same as all Harry Potter series but it is good.i really enjoy it.
Guest 4 years ago
the book is kinda rubbish it was horrid i would rarther read the worst book in the series than read thet thing AGAIN. im thining jk rowling was under the iperious curse
Guest 3 years ago
Hey! This book isn't fanmade! It's a collab by Rowling and two other authors! In fact, Rowling herself confirmed it's canon (on Twitter, if you don't believe me go and check for yourself!)
Guest 4 years ago
Wdym Jk rowling did write this.................................................................................................
Guest 4 years ago
well , the plot was really nice but i didn't quiet enjoy reading because it didn't have much expressions as it was written in a play form........overall it's really good
Guest 5 years ago
I'm not sure what I thought about the book. It is definitely not as enjoyable as the Harry Potter series, but I think it is still worth reading for any Harry Potter fan. There are some touching and emotional scenes, but the pace of the book can feel slow and boring, and read like fan fiction. The characters are not fully fleshed out like they are in the book series. I think this is because it is written to be a stage play and the responsibility falls on the actors to bring their characters to life. I bet the stage play is amazing, but reading it as a stand alone script it falls flat. It lacks the vivid descriptions that we are so used to that give the HP books their magical quality. Again, I think this is due to it being written as a stage play and the intention is for the play to be viewed, versus trying to imagine the action in one's head.
Guest 4 years ago
S game here but it is a good one, it's just not as good as the other Harry Potter series. It needs work. Also it needs more description because for a first time Harry Potter reader they wouldn't really get what the characters look like.
Guest 4 years ago
i agree cuz the book is more against harry and more towards malfoy which makes no sense it has ruined the personality of the characters we know about but it is a play and it is still not bad but as compared to thr original harry books it it is not worth it.
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Guest 6 years ago
I love anything Harry Potter. This book is good and fun. Did not expect this stuff to happen! 10/10Write Review:
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