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Harry Potter & the Cursed Child

Hey Guys! This is my honest review of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'. Remember, this is just my opinion and I don't mean to offend any of you. Everyone's entitled to their own opinions, and this just happens to be mine.

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I feel like I should start by mentioning how I am a die-hard fan of The Harry Potter series, and that I worship the ground on which J.K. Rowling walks. As much as I wish I could say that I loved this 'eighth edition' as much as the rest, I would be lying. To be honest, though I was beyond excited to know this book was being written, I hadn't expected to like it. After the epidemic that J.K. Rowling started with the first seven, I felt nothing could even hope to compare, and anything further would be an immense let-down. Unfortunately, I didn't disagree with myself after reading the book.

In my opinion I think that the biggest disappointment was that it wasn't written by J.K. Rowling herself. Rowling had a concept in mind, and Jack Thorne outlined a story, while John Tiffany directed the play. This is where they committed their first mistake. The second disappointment being that the book was actually a script. I feel that the reason that Harry Potter became so famous was because of the way it was written. She flawlessly made the wizarding world seem so realistic and almost within reach.

I remember a part form The Chamber of Secrets where Mr. Weasley talks about 'Muggle-baiting', an illegal practice where wizards bewitch Muggle items. Mr. Weasley describes an example where a wizard sells a Muggle a key that keeps shrinking into nothing so they can never find it when they need it. "Of course, it's very hard to convict anyone, because no Muggle would admit that their key keeps shrinking- they'll just keep insisting they just keep loosing it. Bless them, they'll go to any lengths to ignore magic, even if it's staring them in the face." It's the small details that J.K Rowling addresses that make the series seem so realistic, she did such a remarkable job in those volumes conjuring a fictional universe. No Harry Potter fanatic will deny that they've waited for their letter of acceptance from Hogwarts to come in. (I'm still waiting for mine.#NoShame (;) Although sadly, I felt this book lacked that.

The Cursed Child was also set at a pretty rapid speed. The events happened so quickly, and since there was close to no narration, it felt out of place. The other seven felt like home. Irrespective of the number of times I've reread them, every time, I'd feel as if I was part of the trio, on my journey at Hogwarts.

I know I can't be the only one who thought Draco had a itty-bitty crush on Hermione. When Jack Thorne described Scorpio to be similar in character, it was just plain weird. I also hated that it seemed that his character was largely based off of Hermione. I felt he lack individualism.

Also, I can't ignore the Trolly Witch. Honestly, who else face-palmed themselves at that part of the story? Explosive Pumpkin Pastries? Her hair and fingers transfiguring into sharp spikes? Really Jack Thorne, really?

As far as the topic of character development goes, all the characters seemed to be very confused and out of place in the story. I just never got the feeling that Albus was Harry's child. He just resembled a very confused, distraught teenage boy. Although I can relate and understand Albus's situation and the pressure of being The Chosen One's son, he just seemed to literally hate Harry, about things that were beyond Harry's control. Also I never understood the part where Harry's other kids never felt this pressure on them. Pushing aside the the characters from this book and returning to the rest of series, I felt that the main characters just were so different.

Harry's response to Albus's choices were so hostile and unnerving. Harry was meant to be caring, forgiving, and understanding. In the previous books, he even had sympathy for characters that showed no mercy towards him. He addresses McGonagall as Minevra, and further threatens her! Harry claimed that the lack of parental authority in his life as a child had affected his current situation, which seems like bullshit to me. He had so many father figures throughout, Hagid, Sirius black, Author Weasley, Lupin and Albus Dumbledore! Even Hermione wasn't her usual witty, and calculating self. She says that she doesn't want to be Cornelius Fudge yet so confused about her own decisions (Which according to me, seem to be largely based on Harry's emotional distress.) Ron was portrayed to be a comical character in the book, and that just made me feel the gaping hole that couldn't replace George and Fred Weasley. I was also disappointed that several old characters never made an appearance in this book such as Hagrid, the Weaselys', etc.

The appearance of Delphi was very sudden. There was little to no background information given about her. She seemed to be a mystery throughout the entire book. This was really upsetting as she was one of the main protagonist in the storyline.

Overall, I felt this book had a lot of potential. Though Jack Thorne attempts to bring back the Wizarding World that we love, it just didn't have the magical touch that J.K.Rowling adds.

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Annnd my first review is done! It felt amazing to get that off my chest! Let me know what you think, getting feedback is always amazing!

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