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peyton_honeck's Reviews (220)
I finally read this book after starting it and putting it down in anger 3 times. The only way it is possible to enjoy The Cursed Child is if you separate it in your mind from the original series and understand that it is essentially a fan fiction made for the stage. JK Rowling may have had an influence on the overall story, but it wasn’t written by her and this shows through the dialogue and some elements of the plot. For example, I don’t believe that JK Rowling would turn the trolley witch into an immortal monster whose main purpose is to keep children on the Hogwarts Express (not to mention that it doesn’t make sense to protect kids by growing spikes when it would be much easier just to use magic) and, much more seriously, I definitely don’t believe she would have written that Voldemort had a child with Bellatrix Lestrange. While Bellatrix had an obsession with Voldemort, I don’t think there’s any possibility he could have fathered a child with her. He can’t feel love and I have a hard time imagining that he could feel lust either. Voldemort’s one and only obsession was to become the most powerful dark wizard of all time and kill his enemies (most importantly Harry Potter and Dumbledore) so I have a hard time believing he was having sex with Bellatrix in his free time. Not to mention that this would cause plot holes concerning the timeline of the pregnancy. The identity of his child was also extremely predictable. I saw it coming a mile away that Delphi was the one who was Voldemort’s child. But, with all of this in mind, if you can separate it in your mind and read it as a fan fiction meant for the stage, it really is quite entertaining. I especially enjoyed the bits where they go back in time. The stage directions are fun and make me want to see the actual play. There is quite a bit of character development especially for Harry and Albus, however two dimensional it is. I think this play is meant for casual fans of Harry Potter, not the diehards. If you are a diehard fan you must be able to separate it from the series and understand that plays tell their stories through dialogue and action, not descriptions and narrators. You must understand that, while JK Rowling had some influence, she didn’t write this story or transfer it onto the stage. But, if you can do those things, you might enjoy it for what it is: a pretty good fan fiction.
