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A review by gayatriii
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling
2.0
Ok look, this would have been a lukewarm 3 stars, instead of a heartbreaking 2, if it weren't for the last 7 books. But the fact is is that it picks up from where Rowling left off, and it is necessary prerequisite that it be just as good. It's not even close.
The characters are just lame. They go from having zero personalities, to having God awful personalities, in 60 seconds. Each one of them is an incredibly unlikely adult version of the characters we know so well.
Albus is whiny and dumb, Hermione has zero spunk, Ron seems aging and desperate, Harry is bitter, Draco is a nice guy with none of his swag... and all this won't be so bad, but they're all also incredibly dull and one dimensional. Draco's kid Scorpius is the only semi-interesting character.
The plot's not half bad, I mean how elaborate can you really make a play? It's the characters and their dialogues that are lacklustre and severely under representative of the awesomeness that are HP characters.
The characters are just lame. They go from having zero personalities, to having God awful personalities, in 60 seconds. Each one of them is an incredibly unlikely adult version of the characters we know so well.
Albus is whiny and dumb, Hermione has zero spunk, Ron seems aging and desperate, Harry is bitter, Draco is a nice guy with none of his swag... and all this won't be so bad, but they're all also incredibly dull and one dimensional. Draco's kid Scorpius is the only semi-interesting character.
The plot's not half bad, I mean how elaborate can you really make a play? It's the characters and their dialogues that are lacklustre and severely under representative of the awesomeness that are HP characters.