shethewriter's review

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2.0

Um.....
Um.
The stage directions were so bad. Undermines the canon. Undermines the classic story we know, if you want to take it seriously. At all. First half was kind kf fun, but....it was just too much for me to believe.
And the time travel stuff...oh God. Stop pandering to the fans. JKR tied up the story in a bow, dont untie it. Make a new one.

mariel's review

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5.0

I know that there are a lot of mixed reviews about this script, and from reading it, I'll be on the side that really loved it.
It was super interesting to see Harry Potter as an adult and a father along with the rest of the gang all grown up. The next generation, their children, was exciting to read about as well.
I was actually quite emotional reading this book, most likely because the nostalgia just hit me hard (like I might have cried over the smallest things), and I was all for it in every page~
Extra star was given for just my absolute love for the Wizarding World.
Personally, it was another amazing work by J.K. Rowling.

pandemoniumpizza's review

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1.0

I thought this was just ok. I felt as though this was a lot of the things that people found to be popular in the Harry Potter series thrown in together. I just wasn't much of a fan of those things. I also felt like the play format means there couldn't be as much depth. Still, it was interesting seeing some of Harry Potter in the future.

gretafaith's review

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3.0

First of all, this book is so different from the original series in format, characters, and story that it's pretty much impossible to answer the question, "Is it as good as the original series?" On its own, this book was not only dramatic and suspenseful, it was charming and nostalgic.
The only complaints i have are in relation to the original series. This was supposed to be building off the original series, and the authors did a pretty good job with this other than the characters themselves. It felt like they didn't really understand the personalities of the original characters and they were changed so much they were almost like new ones. For example, Ron had lost all his bravery and charm and was essentially the useless "dumb uncle".
Other than that, I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to other Harry Potter fans.

silkemaria's review

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2.0

I don't really know whether the two star rating really fits - if it really was ok - or not. I can't wrap my mind about that written version of a play I haven't seen and probably won't in near future. I enjoyed some parts and characters really much (Scorpius is a gem and the relationship between Harry and his son was moving and relateable) and on the other hand I couldn't shake off the feeling of reading a really bad fanfiction with so many cringe worthy moments, plotholes and things that really upset me and made me question my entire experience with Harry Potter.

georginaballantine's review

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5.0

I won't write my usual style of review because the fact is, I'm biased. I adore Harry Potter and everything Potteresque. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child left me wanting more. When it comes to Harry Potter fiction, I always want more! Enough said :)

amythebookbat's review

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4.0

I really enjoyed this return to the Potter-verse. I will state upfront that I am not a big fan of reading plays. I would have preferred a novel. That said, this play was very easy reading. The time-turner description did get a little repetitive after a while. Overall, it was interesting to see how J.K. Rowling and team were able to make a reasonable story focused primarily on the children. It was a little odd to see such a strong friendship between a Potter and a Malfoy, but it was kind of a nice changing of the guard, so to speak.

kyliehaux's review

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1.0

I HATE giving this 1 star, (I'm trying so hard not to be biased, bc it's Harry Potter) but it was so disappointing and it felt like I was reading a bad fanfic. The narrative was hard to follow and a lot of the plot points jumped the shark. tbh Scorpius Malfoy was the best part of this book. Overall I think that a novel format would have been better suited. Obviously it's a script for a live show, so reading it won't have the same feeling, but I'm pretty disappointed with this one.

ahshlyn's review

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4.0

Honestly, there were some incredibly super weird and awkward plot points. But overall, I loved this ridiculous canon fan fiction. I'm over the moon with Scorpius and Albus, and the various Ron and Hermione scenes. I can see how the play could be absolutely incredible, and I'm still really hoping I get to see it with this cast.

yungdaikon's review

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Mugglecast was so #wormtailly that I had a good month and a half to come to terms with this story and its, uh, weak points. However, no spoiler analysis could have ever prepared me for this. This gets no rating and no actual review because I'm still so confused.

Like what the actual fuck was this.
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A week has passed since I read HP+Cursed Child. I have watched many reviews, read many analyses, re-listened to lots of Mugglecast, had many heated, all-caps discussions. I am now slightly more coherent in my thoughts regarding this 8th story.

Let me preface this by saying I am a big Potter fan; a massive and hooked one, much like Snape's nose. However, I am not a blind fan. I don't think that JK Rowling could do no wrong, or that the Harry Potter stories are 110% flawless. These books and the world that resides in them means so much to me, as integral to my soul as chicken soup, and naturally I was very hesitant towards this "eighth story", one that could make or break the arc that we had all grown so closed with.

Haha. Sure enough, it broke the damn arc, like the Death Eaters did in the HBP movie to the Millennium Bridge!!!!

Back in my wee pre-pubescent days, I read a lot of Harry Potter fanfiction, specifically regarding the "epilogue era". I loved seeing what other fans envisioned the lives of the beloved characters would be like, further than what Rowling could ever give me. But that's all it was: fanfiction. It wasn't canon. I wasn't forced to accept it as part of the world I held to dearly to my heart. If I didn't like the character portrayals or the wacky events that ensued, welp, too bad, moving on to the next story. However, with JK Rowling's proclamation that CC is in fact, canon, it brings on lots of confusion. I was willing to accept this ridiculous story as nothing more than a marketing scam spectacle, meant to please all the fans that wanted more, and as a means to revive The Boy Who Lived. I viewed this story as nothing more than an optional add-on, because to me, DH wrapped up the entire story of Harry so beautifully, driving home all the lessons and morals that was meticulously wrought and crafted, and in my opinion, CC just shits on it all (like a diarrhetic owl).

I get it though; it's a play. It's meant to be over the top, dramatic in every which way; it's a crowd pleaser. It's theater, for Dumbledore's sake! Sure, Rowling approved this story and whatnot, but to me, a lot of it didn't feel like a Potter story. Sure, the characters were the characters and sometimes they said things that aligned with their previously established selves, the setting was the same, blahblahblah, but it missed all the nuances. It also had very, very, VERY stupid plot points. I can accept Harry and Albus' broken relationship, because no family, not even the family of the infamous Harry Potter (Boy Who Lived Come To Die) is ever without it's rough spots. But Delphi??? Time Turning??? Harry as a Polyjuiced Voldemort??? Like, what the fuck????? But mostly, Voldemort had sex??? Voldemort has a dick??? Perhaps if it was all explained, and there was a rundown as to how everything fits into place, then it would all be slightly more okay, because Rowling has proven time and time again that every little bit matters. Every little seemingly insignificant plot point was never just thrown in for kicks; Harry Potter was never a sensationalist story. It was raw, natural, and utterly beautiful. CC is fake, fake, and shitty. That sounds harsh. I'm just angry. All my criticisms pretty much align with the criticisms others have. Also, Rose and James should have been developed more as characters. Actually, ALL the characters should have developed more. I felt like they went nowhere. Delphi was extremely flat, an antagonist just there to be Voldemort's spawn and to continue that evil, dead legacy. He's dead. It ended. Stop dredging it up.

Deep breath. Okay.

Anyways, sorry, Joanne Rowling, my second mother, the bringer of light in my life, but I'm not going to accept CC as canon. It will remain as an entirely separate entity to anything that came previously to it. Fantastic Beasts looks fucking dope, though.

The story of The Boy Who Lived never died. It was always fresh and alive in our hearts, because the ones that love us never really leave us.

VOLDEMORT HAS A DICK?????