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sushizhan's review against another edition
5.0
Read this a few days after I watched the movie. It was like reliving the magic again. Everything is wonderful.
margotgabriella's review
4.0
such a quick and easy read! it took me about 45 minutes to read and I loved returning to the fantastic beasts world via book form! still, I prefer crimes of grindlewald...
rjdenney's review against another edition
5.0
5 STARS!!
I loved it just as much as the movie and can't wait to own the movie when it comes out on DVD, yes I still use a DVD player haha I even listened to the film's soundtrack while reading this which made it 10x better. The illustrations in this were amazing and for any Harry Potter fan, this is a must-read and a must-own for your shelf, plus it's bloody GORGEOUS!! I really hope they publish the rest of the screenplays like this. I think they would look awesome next to the HP series. Here's hoping! - Richard
I loved it just as much as the movie and can't wait to own the movie when it comes out on DVD, yes I still use a DVD player haha I even listened to the film's soundtrack while reading this which made it 10x better. The illustrations in this were amazing and for any Harry Potter fan, this is a must-read and a must-own for your shelf, plus it's bloody GORGEOUS!! I really hope they publish the rest of the screenplays like this. I think they would look awesome next to the HP series. Here's hoping! - Richard
selreading's review
5.0
Sometimes, you need a sweet little reread to get you out of a reading slump.
Jacob Kowalski and Newt Scamander are the best men on the planet, hands down. Too bad they’re fictional
Jacob Kowalski and Newt Scamander are the best men on the planet, hands down. Too bad they’re fictional
aubrey_the_explorer's review
3.0
I love the Harry Potter series and The Cursed Child. I'm excited about Grindelwald. This book just didn't do it for me though. The last 1/3 of the book is good, but the rest of it is too much like magical Pokémon for my liking. I'm not certain how I feel about Newt, but I do think that Jacob's character is well developed and really enjoy several of his comments throughout the book.
ponch22's review
3.0
I wanted to read this because when I watched the movie last year, I dozed off for part of it... I figured maybe I could read what I missed, but the script isn't much better than the 2.5* film.
[a:JK Rowling|1077326|J.K. Rowling|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1415945171p2/1077326.jpg] has created an amazing world with details and history galore (see Pottermore), however, I don't really need (or want) five more mediocre films/books.
BUT this is supposed to be a review of the book, not the film.
I'm very surprised by how familiar the screenplay is. I've read other movie scripts before and I love seeing the differences between script and screen. This, however, seems to be the entire film in literal book form—no scenes left on the cutting-room floor; no alternate takes or lines; nothing but the film written for you to read.
And I think that's a real detriment. The acknowledgments section pretty much says that Rowling had a lot of help bringing this (first 20% of the) story to life. I don't need to see every draft that was ever written, but I would much rather read a shooting script to get some insight on what might have been edited in post-production...
But that's not what we get. We get the film transcribed to the page with a whole lot of extra details in the stage directions (sorry, I think there's a better phrase for these, but I'm a theatre geek at heart)—like names for all the creatures in Newt's case.
The script is fairly slow to begin with and then diverges into two separate plots. First, magizoologist, Newt Scamander, loses three magical creatures from his, bigger-on-the-inside, suitcase. With the help of two American witches and one No-Maj (American Muggle), he eventually collects them all again with not too much destruction.
Secondly, there is a strong movement to call out the witches and wizards who are hiding in NYC from a group known as the Second Salemers, and one child, with a dark, evil force hidden inside, seems to be among the Salemers.
Oh, and the book's opening scene features Grindewald escaping a European attempt to capture him, so you know he'll eventually turn up in NYC...
I suppose Rowling has some grand vision of showing the epic Dumbledore-Grindelwald battle spoken of in the Harry Potter books, but this story is just a lame setup for that story. Apparently, Newt will just so happen to be in the right part of the world as Grindelwald re-rises to power (and is eventually beaten).
The book design is lovely—every few pages has large, beautiful drawings of creatures and cityscapes (literally [b:Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them|29363501|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them The Original Screenplay|J.K. Rowling|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1481542648s/29363501.jpg|50435175]). But I didn't want to read a picture book—I'd rather have a novel (or even a better script)...
[a:JK Rowling|1077326|J.K. Rowling|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1415945171p2/1077326.jpg] has created an amazing world with details and history galore (see Pottermore), however, I don't really need (or want) five more mediocre films/books.
BUT this is supposed to be a review of the book, not the film.
I'm very surprised by how familiar the screenplay is. I've read other movie scripts before and I love seeing the differences between script and screen. This, however, seems to be the entire film in literal book form—no scenes left on the cutting-room floor; no alternate takes or lines; nothing but the film written for you to read.
And I think that's a real detriment. The acknowledgments section pretty much says that Rowling had a lot of help bringing this (first 20% of the) story to life. I don't need to see every draft that was ever written, but I would much rather read a shooting script to get some insight on what might have been edited in post-production...
But that's not what we get. We get the film transcribed to the page with a whole lot of extra details in the stage directions (sorry, I think there's a better phrase for these, but I'm a theatre geek at heart)—like names for all the creatures in Newt's case.
The script is fairly slow to begin with and then diverges into two separate plots. First, magizoologist, Newt Scamander, loses three magical creatures from his, bigger-on-the-inside, suitcase. With the help of two American witches and one No-Maj (American Muggle), he eventually collects them all again with not too much destruction.
Secondly, there is a strong movement to call out the witches and wizards who are hiding in NYC from a group known as the Second Salemers, and one child, with a dark, evil force hidden inside, seems to be among the Salemers.
Oh, and the book's opening scene features Grindewald escaping a European attempt to capture him, so you know he'll eventually turn up in NYC...
I suppose Rowling has some grand vision of showing the epic Dumbledore-Grindelwald battle spoken of in the Harry Potter books, but this story is just a lame setup for that story. Apparently, Newt will just so happen to be in the right part of the world as Grindelwald re-rises to power (and is eventually beaten).
The book design is lovely—every few pages has large, beautiful drawings of creatures and cityscapes (literally [b:Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them|29363501|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them The Original Screenplay|J.K. Rowling|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1481542648s/29363501.jpg|50435175]). But I didn't want to read a picture book—I'd rather have a novel (or even a better script)...
shemene's review against another edition
4.0
Super leuk boek om de film weer te herleven. Ook al was het niet perse een extra toevoeging. Leest makkelijk weg en op een leuke manier gemaakt.
(En de cover!! ik ben verliefd)
(En de cover!! ik ben verliefd)