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3.15 AVERAGE
3.15 AVERAGE
Me gustó mucho. Volver a entrar en el mundo de Harry Potter con una nueva historia fue realmente muy divertido. Definitivamente Albus y Scorpius son mis personajes favoritos de esta obra. su amistad fue muy linda de ver. Volver a ver a los personajes que tanto cariño les tengo desde la primera vez que leí la saga fue algo hermoso. La único que realmente hace que no le ponga 5 estrellas es un giro de la trama que no me convenció para nada. No me terminó de cerrar. Fue inesperado pero para mi no tuvo mucho sentido. A pesar de eso me pareció una buena continuación para la saga.
I take it back
This is a 1 star read for sure
This book is the worse in so many aspects I don’t even want to think about it anymore…
This is a 1 star read for sure
This book is the worse in so many aspects I don’t even want to think about it anymore…
I'm torn. On the one hand, this is more in the Harry Potter mythos, and let's be real, I would read Ollivander's receipts.
Actually, I would read the crap out of Ollivander's receipts and invoices -- can you imagine how much you would learn from those?
That aside, this is more Harry Potter, and I love that. However, I'm a little less in love with the script itself. Part of it is that, being a superfan, there are particular things I wanted out of this script, and I didn't get them. This uses a lot of cliches -- including some rather wonky time travel -- without giving us what makes HP so great: JKR's writing itself. She manages to include massively heartfelt lines with beautiful, snarky humor and amazing puns -- and it's pretty clear that while JKR greenlit the project, her hands weren't on the script much. There's also not a lot of new information about the world itself, which I know isn't the point of the play, but which is something I was deeply hoping for.
It's clear that this play would be great staged -- the amount of necessary effects and screen changes alone makes it a spectacle -- but as a standalone script, it's less compelling.
Actually, I would read the crap out of Ollivander's receipts and invoices -- can you imagine how much you would learn from those?
That aside, this is more Harry Potter, and I love that. However, I'm a little less in love with the script itself. Part of it is that, being a superfan, there are particular things I wanted out of this script, and I didn't get them. This uses a lot of cliches -- including some rather wonky time travel -- without giving us what makes HP so great: JKR's writing itself. She manages to include massively heartfelt lines with beautiful, snarky humor and amazing puns -- and it's pretty clear that while JKR greenlit the project, her hands weren't on the script much. There's also not a lot of new information about the world itself, which I know isn't the point of the play, but which is something I was deeply hoping for.
It's clear that this play would be great staged -- the amount of necessary effects and screen changes alone makes it a spectacle -- but as a standalone script, it's less compelling.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Was this book well-executed, sensible, and absolutely flawless? No. But was it enjoyable and a nice trip back into the Harry Potter world? Absolutely. This book felt like a crackfic gone bad, and it was full of things that seemed so out of character for many of the characters, but I still enjoyed every second. Scorpius and Albus are what really won me over; their friendship was so adorable and I could definitely foresee it becoming more than friendship in the future. Anyway, this book was pretty terrible, but I had a lot of fun reading it.
I hated this book. It was such a disappointment. Killed the magic of the Harry Potter universe for me for sure.
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 stars. I enjoyed reading a Harry Potter story in play form for the novelty of it. But from beginning to end, something felt missing-- in this format, the new characters lacked development. I wanted to get to know them and feel their stories, but never really did. I'd love for JKR to develop Albus, Severus, Rose, and all a bit more in another book.
I'm just going to accept this as published fan-fiction. I like it much more when I don't accept it as real canon.
This is written as a play, which was weird at first but really didnt make any difference. The book is basically the cliffs notes version of what would have been a good book had it been written like the others. This was fast paced, watered down, uneventful. The end started to be a little more true to original works, but then it wasnt. The adult harry, ron, hermoine and draco didnt even hold true to their original, younger, personalities and characters. Dissappointing.