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A review by chaosandbooks
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
5.0
A solid entry into the world of screenplay writing for J.K. Rowling. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them was not my favorite of the two side books she published in order to make the Hogwarts Library collection. I was always hoping for (and still am) a TV series chronicling a quidditch World Cup year. Regardless, she changed my mind with this one.
Newt is the most wonderful Hufflepuff and probably one of my top ten characters of her creation. I love that she introduces us to the world of American wizards through his eyes, establishing us in the same set of new territory as her character really helped to digest the new system better.
Queenie and Tina are some of her best female characters to-date, being two sides of the same coin. They're both fierce and independent, but full of love and sympathy. They just exhibit it in different manners.
Jacob is the most endearing muggle and probably what has been missing from her works all along. He reacts exactly to the wonderful world of wizarding in the way we all did when we first discovered it.
And of course, the beasts. Rowling brought them to life from her early entries and fleshed them with personalities and nuances, something I never imagined. We all knew Fawkes and Buckbeak, but we weren't prepared to fall in love with a whole new cast of nifflers, bowtruckles, erumpents and more.
Bravo.
Newt is the most wonderful Hufflepuff and probably one of my top ten characters of her creation. I love that she introduces us to the world of American wizards through his eyes, establishing us in the same set of new territory as her character really helped to digest the new system better.
Queenie and Tina are some of her best female characters to-date, being two sides of the same coin. They're both fierce and independent, but full of love and sympathy. They just exhibit it in different manners.
Jacob is the most endearing muggle and probably what has been missing from her works all along. He reacts exactly to the wonderful world of wizarding in the way we all did when we first discovered it.
And of course, the beasts. Rowling brought them to life from her early entries and fleshed them with personalities and nuances, something I never imagined. We all knew Fawkes and Buckbeak, but we weren't prepared to fall in love with a whole new cast of nifflers, bowtruckles, erumpents and more.
Bravo.