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3.15 AVERAGE
3.15 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
YES it was so good! Very happy with it. There were great character dynamics and while it did feel rushed at times... it was good. And funny. And stupidly emotional. God. So good.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
I do not know what possessed me to read this - in one sitting no less, although I probably would never have picked it up again if I put it down for a second - but apparently I wanted to torture myself.
(This will be full of spoilers.)
If this "book" did succeed at one thing, it's character assassination. Harry signing autographs? "Skinny Ginny" - yes, she is actually being called that - making everyone cut sugar (why is this a plot point??), Ron being stupid to the point of pointing his wand at himself and traveling to the wrong chimney, Draco saying shit like "power of friendship" unironically, while generally behaving much more noble than Harry Potter himself... yeah no. Oh, and of course, Cedric Diggory, who, after being humiliated, turned out to be a death eater. Sure.
Don't get me started on the plot. The fact that the trolley witch on the Hogwarts express is some sort of monster that grows claws when students are trying to get off the train aside, who the hell thought that time turners and descendants of Voldemort were the way to go?
All time turners were famously destroyed at the end of the fifth book. But okay, let's say someone did manage to craft a new one, and one that lets you go back years instead of hours at that; however far back in time you travel, is how much you age when you come back. Meaning both Albus and Scorpius would be about 100 years old - and the worst thing is, that they admitted to that mistake IN THE TEXT. Albus breaks his arm in the past, travels back - his fracture is over 20 years old, but he isn't??
That bullshit aside, we learn that apparently Bellatrix and Voldemort had a CHILD, right before the battle of Hogwarts. Who the actual fuck thought that putting the image of noseless snake man having sex in the heads of unsuspecting readers would be a good idea? Not only is that a horrifying image, but completely unrealistic. Voldemort most definitely did not have desires like that, especially at that time, when all he wanted was to destroy Harry and win the war. And even if he did, he would never allow there to be some sort of heir of his - he wouldn't need one, since he'd be immortal.
Oh and on the topic of Voldemort, of course Harry's scar started hurting again! And he could speak parsel tongue once more! Because that huge plot point of the original series, in which he could only do that because of the piece of Voldemort inside him (I can never read that phrase innocently again, thanks a lot), is not relevant at all!
There was two lines in this play that I liked - and of course they were spoken by Dumbledore. "Of course I loved you... and I knew that it would happen all over again... that where I love, I would cause irreparable damage. I am no fit person to love... I have never loved without causing harm." This is the only conversation that I wish he got to have with Harry canonically, and it hit a little too close to home.
Anyway, this thing ("play" if I have to call it that) can safely be added to the things J.K. Rowling should be despised for. I know she didn't write it, but she put her name on it, so there you go.
Also thank you story graph for letting me give this zero stars, it is greatly appreciated.
(This will be full of spoilers.)
If this "book" did succeed at one thing, it's character assassination. Harry signing autographs? "Skinny Ginny" - yes, she is actually being called that - making everyone cut sugar (why is this a plot point??), Ron being stupid to the point of pointing his wand at himself and traveling to the wrong chimney, Draco saying shit like "power of friendship" unironically, while generally behaving much more noble than Harry Potter himself... yeah no. Oh, and of course, Cedric Diggory, who, after being humiliated, turned out to be a death eater. Sure.
Don't get me started on the plot. The fact that the trolley witch on the Hogwarts express is some sort of monster that grows claws when students are trying to get off the train aside, who the hell thought that time turners and descendants of Voldemort were the way to go?
All time turners were famously destroyed at the end of the fifth book. But okay, let's say someone did manage to craft a new one, and one that lets you go back years instead of hours at that; however far back in time you travel, is how much you age when you come back. Meaning both Albus and Scorpius would be about 100 years old - and the worst thing is, that they admitted to that mistake IN THE TEXT. Albus breaks his arm in the past, travels back - his fracture is over 20 years old, but he isn't??
That bullshit aside, we learn that apparently Bellatrix and Voldemort had a CHILD, right before the battle of Hogwarts. Who the actual fuck thought that putting the image of noseless snake man having sex in the heads of unsuspecting readers would be a good idea? Not only is that a horrifying image, but completely unrealistic. Voldemort most definitely did not have desires like that, especially at that time, when all he wanted was to destroy Harry and win the war. And even if he did, he would never allow there to be some sort of heir of his - he wouldn't need one, since he'd be immortal.
Oh and on the topic of Voldemort, of course Harry's scar started hurting again! And he could speak parsel tongue once more! Because that huge plot point of the original series, in which he could only do that because of the piece of Voldemort inside him (I can never read that phrase innocently again, thanks a lot), is not relevant at all!
There was two lines in this play that I liked - and of course they were spoken by Dumbledore. "Of course I loved you... and I knew that it would happen all over again... that where I love, I would cause irreparable damage. I am no fit person to love... I have never loved without causing harm." This is the only conversation that I wish he got to have with Harry canonically, and it hit a little too close to home.
Anyway, this thing ("play" if I have to call it that) can safely be added to the things J.K. Rowling should be despised for. I know she didn't write it, but she put her name on it, so there you go.
Also thank you story graph for letting me give this zero stars, it is greatly appreciated.
Felt like glorified, authorized fanfic. Really not that good.
adventurous
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Disappointing. The plot felt very thin compared to JKR's previous writings and it felt as if it could have been so much better.