Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production Special Rehearsal Edition

It reads like a bad fanfiction

3/5⭐️

This was okay. I owned this book and knew I was going to read it but it’s definitely different. It honestly felt like fan fiction as I was reading it. But I’m also glad it was written in play format because as a story I don’t know who I would feel about it.

I love it so much🙂🙃

What the f*** happened to Hermione's entire personality??

voy a fingir que nada de esto es canon

This is the Star Wars Holiday Special of the Harry Potter universe. It's an author endorsed fanfiction of debatable quality. I can now say I've read it and enjoyed it for what it was but I'm happy to forget about it and never read it again. Your time would be better spent reading a well reviewed next-gen fanfiction novel. Check out the James Potter series for example.

Wow! Jack Thorne took the saga J.K. Rowling created and added to it beautifully. Even though it was a play script, I was transported back to the world of Harry Potter and could imagine my own version of what this play would look like. Definitely worth the read!

Loved the book and the story continuation. I never read in “script” format, so it was weird at the beginning until I started playing the dialogues in my head :) Now I *have* to see the se play!

the best 4 hours. Yeah, I read it for 4 hours but as always the story keeps in my head for a long time. Even this book is drama-thing but i like the characters complexity. And what I get? One of Malfoy has been in my favorite list!

Well, it's got kind of nice aspect, but it's nowhere near the brilliance of the original 7 books... in fact, it's pretty horrible after all.

i should have listened to what my friend said to me "don't read this, just ignore it." oh well.

#HarryPotter #CursedChild is actually a #DoctorWho episode so ofcourse I totally loved it! Wibbley-wobbly what not shenanigans, quotable quips, fitting friends, unlikely allies & more in @jk_rowling's #HarryPotter #CursedChild <3

ce bouquin me fout toujours autant la haine, équivaut à un zéro.

If I could rate this so-called book 0 stars, I would.

I stopped ~75% of the way through. ugh.

Book #75 Read in 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling et al This is the 8th "book" in the Harry Potter series and is the script of a play going on in London. It picks up 19 years after the end of the 7th book. Harry and Ginny are married with children, as are Ron and Hermoine. Albus, Harry's youngest son, is struggling with being the son of the famous Harry Potter. There are, of course, sinister forces at work--will good once again overcome evil? This was a great read and did justice to the Harry Potter books. I enjoyed it.

Surprisingly emotional. You can see Rowling's hand in the story, and characters felt true to form. This stands up to being labeled the 8th story. It was wonderful to revisit characters you know and love, and heartening to see the struggles of adulthood in ways that feel true. A wonderful addition to the fantastic world of J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter.

Destroying what has been built in 7 previous books.... It shouldn't be published cause it means nothing! The characters aren't absolutely the same!

Loved it! Brought my old characters back to life as well as new characters

Surprisingly emotional. You can see Rowling's hand in the story, and characters felt true to form. This stands up to being labeled the 8th story. It was wonderful to revisit characters you know and love, and heartening to see the struggles of adulthood in ways that feel true. A wonderful addition to the fantastic world of J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter.

Surprisingly emotional. You can see Rowling's hand in the story, and characters felt true to form. This stands up to being labeled the 8th story. It was wonderful to revisit characters you know and love, and heartening to see the struggles of adulthood in ways that feel true. A wonderful addition to the fantastic world of J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter.

I bet this is an exciting play to watch. I bet the costumes and especially the effects are really cool. But ... I think the story is only average. It's sweet and it has moments of genuine pathos, but it in no way reaches the depth and excitement of the original series. The characters sometimes seem like caricatures of themselves, especially Ron. I mean, it's quippy and funny, but a little too self-referential and a little dismissive of the depth of characterization we already have for these people. I'm glad I read it. It has a nice message. Just don't expect anything like the original series.

I've read fan fiction that's more faithful to the characters but still enjoyed this for what it was.

I’m surprised so many people didn’t enjoy this. Was it necessary? No, not really, but it was fun and a good look at what the future is like for our favorite characters. Book 7 ended at a really good place, and I was kind of apprehensive about this, which is probably why it took me so many years to finally read this one. The story surprised me though, and I like that it’s more focused on personal stuff and the relationship between Harry and Albus rather than magic. Anyway, this is my first screenplay script I’ve ever read and it’s making me want to go read the fantastic beasts scripts as well.