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A review by mandeekay
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling
2.0
I was hoping to like this more than I did despite everything I heard before reading it. For the most part I thought it was a lazy cash grab that read like fan fiction. There were a few good moments, but overall it was just ok.
SPOILERS:
Pros:
-The opening was quite nice. I enjoyed the feeling of nostalgia up until the kids got on the train
-I really liked how Draco's character turned out. I thought he had some of the best lines and felt the most accurate in terms of how the original characters would have turned out as an adult
-Even though he had absolutely terrible dialogue, I enjoyed Scorpious.
-There were a few tender moments that were nice. Most noticeably the interactions with Scorpious and Snape and Albus describing Harry's parents to Harry.
Cons:
-The plot was so bad. The time turner story line is super lazy. It made the plot super clunky, and of course filled with plot holes.
-The dialogue was terrible. Hardly any of it sounded natural, especially anything coming from Albus and Scorpious.
-Ron was just a caricature of himself.
-There is absolutely no way that even in an alternate universe Hermione would give up her ambitions because her and Ron don't get together. Hermione is too strong for that. And even if she did become a teacher, she would have done so because she loved school. Sure, she would likely be an incredible teacher with a stern side (like McGonagall), but no way she'd be how she was depicted in the alternate reality. It was completely unfaithful to her real character.
-Rose had an awful personality in most of her scenes and reminded me of how Draco was as a kid with his entitlement obsession. To be fair, this is because she hardly had any time in the play and the time she had was spent being more obsessed with status and who will be the right type of friend.
-The Delphi twist was really bad. Really, really bad.
I have more cons, but those were some of the main things that irked me. Overall it was a disappointment. Most definitely the least magical of anything from the Harry Potter series.
SPOILERS:
Pros:
-The opening was quite nice. I enjoyed the feeling of nostalgia up until the kids got on the train
-I really liked how Draco's character turned out. I thought he had some of the best lines and felt the most accurate in terms of how the original characters would have turned out as an adult
-Even though he had absolutely terrible dialogue, I enjoyed Scorpious.
-There were a few tender moments that were nice. Most noticeably the interactions with Scorpious and Snape and Albus describing Harry's parents to Harry.
Cons:
-The plot was so bad. The time turner story line is super lazy. It made the plot super clunky, and of course filled with plot holes.
-The dialogue was terrible. Hardly any of it sounded natural, especially anything coming from Albus and Scorpious.
-Ron was just a caricature of himself.
-There is absolutely no way that even in an alternate universe Hermione would give up her ambitions because her and Ron don't get together. Hermione is too strong for that. And even if she did become a teacher, she would have done so because she loved school. Sure, she would likely be an incredible teacher with a stern side (like McGonagall), but no way she'd be how she was depicted in the alternate reality. It was completely unfaithful to her real character.
-Rose had an awful personality in most of her scenes and reminded me of how Draco was as a kid with his entitlement obsession. To be fair, this is because she hardly had any time in the play and the time she had was spent being more obsessed with status and who will be the right type of friend.
-The Delphi twist was really bad. Really, really bad.
I have more cons, but those were some of the main things that irked me. Overall it was a disappointment. Most definitely the least magical of anything from the Harry Potter series.