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John Tiffany
12听books338听followersJohn Tiffany trained at Glasgow University gaining an MA in Theatre and Classics. He was Literary Director for the Traverse Theatre, Associate Director for Paines Plough and a founding Associate Director for the National Theatre of Scotland. He is currently an Associate Director for the Royal Court Theatre. During 2010-11 John was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University.
Work for the Royal Court includes: THE TWITS, HOPE, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and THE PASS.
Work for the National Theatre of Scotland includes: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, MACBETH, ENQUIRER, PETER PAN, THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, TRANSFORM CAITHNESS: HUNTER, BE NEAR ME, NOBODY WILL EVER FORGIVE US, THE BACCHAE, BLACK WATCH, ELIZABETH GORDON QUINN and HOME: GLASGOW. For BLACK WATCH, John won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director and a Critics鈥� Circle Award.
On Broadway, John directed THE GLASS MENAGERIE (also A.R.T.), MACBETH, and ONCE, which won 8 Tony Awards in 2012, including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical.
Other work includes: THE AMBASSADOR (Brooklyn Academy of Music), JERUSALEM (West Yorkshire Playhouse), LAS CHICAS DEL TRES Y MEDIA FLOPPIES (Granero Theatre, Mexico City and Edinburgh Festival Fringe), IF DESTROYED TRUE, MERCURY FUR, HELMET and THE STRAITS (Paines Plough), GAGARIN WAY, ABANDONMENT, AMONG UNBROKEN HEARTS, PERFECT DAYS and PASSING PLACES (Traverse, Edinburgh).
John is also working on the stage play of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD with J.K. Rowling and Jack Thorne, which opened in the West End in June 2016.
Work for the Royal Court includes: THE TWITS, HOPE, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and THE PASS.
Work for the National Theatre of Scotland includes: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, MACBETH, ENQUIRER, PETER PAN, THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, TRANSFORM CAITHNESS: HUNTER, BE NEAR ME, NOBODY WILL EVER FORGIVE US, THE BACCHAE, BLACK WATCH, ELIZABETH GORDON QUINN and HOME: GLASGOW. For BLACK WATCH, John won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director and a Critics鈥� Circle Award.
On Broadway, John directed THE GLASS MENAGERIE (also A.R.T.), MACBETH, and ONCE, which won 8 Tony Awards in 2012, including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical.
Other work includes: THE AMBASSADOR (Brooklyn Academy of Music), JERUSALEM (West Yorkshire Playhouse), LAS CHICAS DEL TRES Y MEDIA FLOPPIES (Granero Theatre, Mexico City and Edinburgh Festival Fringe), IF DESTROYED TRUE, MERCURY FUR, HELMET and THE STRAITS (Paines Plough), GAGARIN WAY, ABANDONMENT, AMONG UNBROKEN HEARTS, PERFECT DAYS and PASSING PLACES (Traverse, Edinburgh).
John is also working on the stage play of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD with J.K. Rowling and Jack Thorne, which opened in the West End in June 2016.
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August 2, 2016
3 1/2 stars. I completely get why many HP fans will be disappointed with this, but I have to admit: I really enjoyed it. I'd love to see this story play out on stage.
So yeah, I understand the sad feelings. has a completely different vibe. Aside from being a play, it's also a more mature, character-driven, less magical story. It does not feel like an eighth Harry Potter book at all; there's a real disconnect between this play and the other seven novels. And you know what? I'm so glad.
I guess it's just what you're hoping for. To be honest, I never wanted another Harry Potter book. The thought of extending a series I loved so much actually made me NOT want to read this. I got to the end of and thought it was magical perfection - the story had completed its arc in full and I put it aside feeling a slight melancholy, but a whole lot of satisfaction. I didn't want more.
However, if you went crazy needing more from the HP series, you'll probably be disappointed by this. If you feel there's a gap where something HP is missing, then I don't think this will fill it. Separate the two in your mind, and you have a better chance of liking it. Because this is something different - and I'm happy about it.
First, of course, it's a play. Right away it's going to be something unlike what we've seen before. I don't usually love to read plays, especially modern ones, but this one is very readable because the dialogue is wonderful. I don't know why people are saying "it's so obvious JKR didn't write most of this" because I think her style is all over it - the very fact that this play (which is meant to be viewed on stage) can be just as easily read like a book tells me JKR had a lot of input.
Also, it's funny. Much more consistently comical than the books, but with the same style of humour - i.e. lots of Ron being a buffoon.
Hermione: If some part of Voldemort survived, in whatever form, we need to be prepared. And I鈥檓 scared.
Ginny: I鈥檓 scared too.
Ron: Nothing scares me. Apart from Mum.
The plot leaves a little something to be desired. Again, it feels different from the main series. It's not so much about the world and magic, but more about relationships, conflicts (particularly between Harry and Albus) and the dialogue between characters. I suppose this makes more sense in a play, where the story unravels through dialogue and not through an omniscient narrator.
And, as I touched upon earlier, it feels... older. I don't know how well kids will appreciate the jokes about growing old and how Ron now says "oof" every time he sits down. Or the family drama between Harry and his son, Albus. But I liked it.
I'm happy with this addition. I truly am. If it had been too similar to the seven novels, I feel it would have risked reopening a series that had been closed in a great place. Instead, we have something very unique and, for me, very entertaining. Some of the staging directions also leave me excited about seeing the play (when I win the lottery or acquire a magic wand, maybe).
One thing I have to say that I said in another comment thread: NOW, it's time to stop. This was a risky experiment and it turned out to be fun, but JKR needs to leave this world alone now. I really do not want to read about old-age Harry, Ron and Hermione rolling around in magical wheelchairs. So, just stop.
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August 2, 2016
It was alright. It was just alright.
I know I gave this 4 stars, but to be honest, J.K. Rowling can write a dictionary with Harry Potter illustrations and I'd probably give it 4 stars, so my rating is almost irrelevant here, given my extreme bias.
The thing is, it was cute, it was sweet, it was entirely nostalgic to see the old crew again, but I hated the play format. As a person who grew up with Harry Potter, and who is in her early 30s now, I feel like I grew up with Harry Potter and the crew, and with the advent of this book, I have, in fact, grown old with them. It was lovely to see them again. It was like meeting old friends.
I don't feel old. I'm a more responsible person, for sure, but I feel young at heart. When we're young, adulthood, responsibilities, just the prospect of adulting seem so daunting...then one gets there and it's like, well, I'm as immature as I ever was. I love fun as much as I ever did. Growing old isn't that bad. And seeing the old crew being as much as they ever were brings joy into my not-yet-old-and-grizzled-heart.
I could do without the kids, to be honest. Oh, sure, they're little Potter and Granger-Weasley spawns, but come on, nobody ever has and nobody ever will win me over as much as their parents, whom I have loved the instant we met them on the Hogwarts Express.
(Ok, maybe not Ron...)
But I digress. The kids aren't all bad. I rather like little Scorpius, actually.
That it's rather discombobulating to see anything otherwise.
But yeah, characters are great, but the format. THE FORMAT.
I don't even know it's fair of me to judge this based on the fact that I don't like that it's a play, because for fuck's sakes, IT'S A PLAY. Like, what did I expect? This may be the most confusing review I've ever written. I just don't like the play format. It's meant for the stage. That means it's up to the skill of the actors to portray what is implied. It's up to the audience to interpret nuances. It is almost entirely based on dialogue, and I hate that. I miss Rowling's writing. I love Rowling's writing, and I wanted more of it. The play brings up so many things that could have been written so much more, had it been expanded into a book format. The children's growing pains, particular that of young Albus. Harry's feelings as a parent. Draco's struggles with who he was and who he is. Furthermore, Ron is relegated to little more than comic relief. Let's be honest, I never liked the guy, but for him to be much of the same character that he ever was conjures up the image of the try-hard middle-aged dude, and I know that Ron is more than that.
I like it? I don't like it? I don't know. But I would certainly relish watching it on the stage if I ever had the chance. It's bound to be better than on paper.
I know I gave this 4 stars, but to be honest, J.K. Rowling can write a dictionary with Harry Potter illustrations and I'd probably give it 4 stars, so my rating is almost irrelevant here, given my extreme bias.
The thing is, it was cute, it was sweet, it was entirely nostalgic to see the old crew again, but I hated the play format. As a person who grew up with Harry Potter, and who is in her early 30s now, I feel like I grew up with Harry Potter and the crew, and with the advent of this book, I have, in fact, grown old with them. It was lovely to see them again. It was like meeting old friends.
I don't feel old. I'm a more responsible person, for sure, but I feel young at heart. When we're young, adulthood, responsibilities, just the prospect of adulting seem so daunting...then one gets there and it's like, well, I'm as immature as I ever was. I love fun as much as I ever did. Growing old isn't that bad. And seeing the old crew being as much as they ever were brings joy into my not-yet-old-and-grizzled-heart.
I could do without the kids, to be honest. Oh, sure, they're little Potter and Granger-Weasley spawns, but come on, nobody ever has and nobody ever will win me over as much as their parents, whom I have loved the instant we met them on the Hogwarts Express.
(Ok, maybe not Ron...)
But I digress. The kids aren't all bad. I rather like little Scorpius, actually.
SCORPIUS: And it鈥檚 just like my father鈥檚! I got his nose, his hair, and his name. Not that that鈥檚 a great thing either. I mean 鈥� father-son issues, I have them. But, on the whole, I鈥檇 rather be a Malfoy than, you know, the son of the Dark Lord.The adults have grown, they've changed. Some have changed so much that I hardly recognize them, Draco, for instance. I like that he's, well, nicer now, but he doesn't feel like Draco, you know? I've been so used to Harry and Draco doing this...
That it's rather discombobulating to see anything otherwise.
But yeah, characters are great, but the format. THE FORMAT.
I don't even know it's fair of me to judge this based on the fact that I don't like that it's a play, because for fuck's sakes, IT'S A PLAY. Like, what did I expect? This may be the most confusing review I've ever written. I just don't like the play format. It's meant for the stage. That means it's up to the skill of the actors to portray what is implied. It's up to the audience to interpret nuances. It is almost entirely based on dialogue, and I hate that. I miss Rowling's writing. I love Rowling's writing, and I wanted more of it. The play brings up so many things that could have been written so much more, had it been expanded into a book format. The children's growing pains, particular that of young Albus. Harry's feelings as a parent. Draco's struggles with who he was and who he is. Furthermore, Ron is relegated to little more than comic relief. Let's be honest, I never liked the guy, but for him to be much of the same character that he ever was conjures up the image of the try-hard middle-aged dude, and I know that Ron is more than that.
I like it? I don't like it? I don't know. But I would certainly relish watching it on the stage if I ever had the chance. It's bound to be better than on paper.
August 3, 2016
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Original review:
I'm not going to rate this right now because honestly I don't what to think about it. Reading this really felt like Harry Potter fan-fiction to me, partly because it's hard to wrap my head around an 8th (sort of) Harry Potter story and partly because reading it as a play instead of a novel just made it feel...less like Harry Potter. I didn't dislike it; I definitely didn't love it--but I do want to be fair and say that reading a play is never, never as good as seeing the live production. In theory maybe this book shouldn't exist because it won't ever do the story justice. However, I'm glad I got to read it because I don't think I'll ever get to London to see the real deal, and at least now I know what it's all about.
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Original review:
I'm not going to rate this right now because honestly I don't what to think about it. Reading this really felt like Harry Potter fan-fiction to me, partly because it's hard to wrap my head around an 8th (sort of) Harry Potter story and partly because reading it as a play instead of a novel just made it feel...less like Harry Potter. I didn't dislike it; I definitely didn't love it--but I do want to be fair and say that reading a play is never, never as good as seeing the live production. In theory maybe this book shouldn't exist because it won't ever do the story justice. However, I'm glad I got to read it because I don't think I'll ever get to London to see the real deal, and at least now I know what it's all about.
April 28, 2020
Now this was a real shame. It read like some juvenile fan fiction. The characters were utterly lifeless. Perhaps seeing this would be better. The stage actor鈥檚 performances would carry the emotion and drama the dialogue completely failed to convey.
The stage directions were also minimalistic. I mean we have a basic location set for us, but that鈥檚 about all. There鈥檚 no real expression or sense of urgency. All in all, it鈥檚 just a little flat. The plot is feasible, even if it felt a little forced, but the characters were just poor. The new ones aren鈥檛 so bad, but the old characters, Harry, Ron and Hermione, were barely themselves. They just had no depth to them; they鈥檙e like reflections of their surface level. Ron felt like a piece of furniture that seemed to enjoy inserting several badly times jokes. Hermione seemed cold. And Harry, Harry simply isn鈥檛 Harry.
How can he identify himself as a bad farther? How can he believe that he had no farther figure in his own life? He had many. He had inspiration from many great men. They taught him a great deal about life and himself in the process. So why would a man who has defeated the face of evil be so daunted by giving his son some simple advice? It doesn鈥檛 add up. Harry Potter would make an excellent farther.
This didn鈥檛 even feel like the same world.
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The stage directions were also minimalistic. I mean we have a basic location set for us, but that鈥檚 about all. There鈥檚 no real expression or sense of urgency. All in all, it鈥檚 just a little flat. The plot is feasible, even if it felt a little forced, but the characters were just poor. The new ones aren鈥檛 so bad, but the old characters, Harry, Ron and Hermione, were barely themselves. They just had no depth to them; they鈥檙e like reflections of their surface level. Ron felt like a piece of furniture that seemed to enjoy inserting several badly times jokes. Hermione seemed cold. And Harry, Harry simply isn鈥檛 Harry.
How can he identify himself as a bad farther? How can he believe that he had no farther figure in his own life? He had many. He had inspiration from many great men. They taught him a great deal about life and himself in the process. So why would a man who has defeated the face of evil be so daunted by giving his son some simple advice? It doesn鈥檛 add up. Harry Potter would make an excellent farther.
This didn鈥檛 even feel like the same world.
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August 4, 2016I'm not going to rate this.
I didn't hate it.
I didn't love it.
It's just a thing that exists and I'm accepting it for what it is.
*edit: I didn't mean for this review to come off as shady as it did. I'm going to make a video discussing my feelings further. I'm happy that we got to visit this world again, but it just wasn't what I was expecting it to be. If you LOVED this book, that's okay! I'm happy that you enjoyed it.
I didn't hate it.
I didn't love it.
It's just a thing that exists and I'm accepting it for what it is.
*edit: I didn't mean for this review to come off as shady as it did. I'm going to make a video discussing my feelings further. I'm happy that we got to visit this world again, but it just wasn't what I was expecting it to be. If you LOVED this book, that's okay! I'm happy that you enjoyed it.
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June 13, 2020If Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Eddie Redmayne, Katie Leung, Evanna Lynch and Noma Dumezweni all said Trans Lives Matter, so can you.
August 1, 2016
Let's be honest - this read like badly written fan fiction
March 31, 2024
(B+) 79% | Good
Notes: All the charm of the originals, but too steeped in revisiting previous storylines to be much more than good nostalgia.
Notes: All the charm of the originals, but too steeped in revisiting previous storylines to be much more than good nostalgia.
February 10, 2017
This review contains *mild spoilers*.
I've waited for this particular story for what feels like ages, and words cannot even describe for how grateful I am that it finally exists in my hands. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child continues the wondrous magical world that we all know and love.
The story starts out at King's Cross with the original trio preparing their school-age children to board the train to start their first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
It's at this time that Harry and his son, Albus, share a nice father-son moment:
鈥淎lbus: Dad . . .
Do you think 鈥� what if I am 鈥� what if I鈥檓 put in Slytherin . . .
Harry: And what would be wrong with that?
Albus: Slytherin is the House of the snake, of Dark Magic . . . It鈥檚 not a House of brave wizards.
Harry: Albus Severus, you were named after two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.鈥�
(I dislike Snape, but the overall conversation made me tear up a bit.)
I also really appreciated that they talked about Slytherin in a positive light.
We have a few time jumps here and there, and then complications arise because Harry - Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement - seized an illegal Time-Turner from Theodore Nott and has kept it.
鈥淭he once-great Harry Potter, now a stone-cold Ministry man.鈥�
Meanwhile, Albus gets sorted into Slytherin and struggles with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted.
Harry tries to reach out to Albus but finds that he has diffuclity understanding someone different. And their connection wobbles from year to year because of it.
鈥淗arry: Do you want a hand? Packing. I always loved packing. It meant I was leaving Privet Drive and going back to Hogwarts. Which was . . . well, I know you don鈥檛 love it but . . .
Albus: For you, it鈥檚 the greatest place on earth. I know. The poor orphan, bullied by his uncle and aunt Dursley . . .
Harry: Albus, please 鈥� can we just 鈥�
Albus: . . . traumatized by his cousin, Dudley, saved by Hogwarts. I know it all, Dad. Blah, blah, blah.
Harry: I鈥檓 not going to rise to your bait, Albus Potter.
Albus: The poor orphan who went on to save us all. So may I say 鈥� on behalf of wizarding kind 鈥� how grateful we are for your heroism. Should we bow now or will a curtsy do?
Harry: Albus, please 鈥� you know, I鈥檝e never wanted gratitude.
Albus: But right now I鈥檓 overflowing with it 鈥� it must be the kind gift of this moldy blanket that did it . . .
Harry: Moldy blanket?
Albus: What did you think would happen? We鈥檇 hug. I鈥檇 tell you I always loved you. What? What?
Harry (finally losing his temper): You know what? I鈥檓 done with being made responsible for your unhappiness. At least you鈥檝e got a dad. Because I didn鈥檛, okay?
Albus: And you think that was unlucky? I don鈥檛.
Harry: You wish me dead?
Albus: No! I just wish you weren鈥檛 my dad.鈥�
Harry and Albus are trying to reach each other here, both are failing.
As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes darkness comes from unexpected places.
The Cursed Child answered a lot of topics that had been left unanswered in my mind, and it makes my heart tighten just thinking about everything.
鈥淗arry: And I鈥檝e locked away the map. You won鈥檛 see it again. Your mum left your room exactly as it was when you ran away 鈥� you know that? Wouldn鈥檛 let me go in 鈥� wouldn鈥檛 let anyone go in 鈥� you really scared her . . . And me.
Albus: Really scared you?
Harry: Yes.
Albus: I thought Harry Potter wasn鈥檛 afraid of anything?
Harry: Is that how I make you feel?
Albus looks at his dad, trying to figure him out.
ALBUS: I don鈥檛 think Scorpius said, but when we returned after failing to fix the first task, I was suddenly in Gryffindor House. Nothing was better between us then either 鈥� so 鈥� the fact that I鈥檓 in Slytherin 鈥� that鈥檚 not the reason for our problems. It鈥檚 not just about that.鈥�
I really appreciated that their relationship was developed in a very honest and raw way.
And not only theirs, but the development of Draco and his son, Scorpius, was truly melting my everything.
鈥淒raco: Astoria always knew that she was not destined for old age. She wanted me to have somebody when she left, because . . . it is exceptionally lonely, being Draco Malfoy. I never realized, though, that by hiding him away from this gossiping, judgmental world, I ensured that my son would emerge shrouded in worse suspicion than I ever endured.
Harry: Love blinds. We have both tried to give our sons, not what they needed, but what we needed. We鈥檝e been so busy trying to rewrite our own pasts, we鈥檝e blighted their present.鈥�
Watching Draco care deeply and fiercely for his child made me open up my heart.
Oh, and I wanted to mention how ecstatic I was when Albus befriended a Malfoy. Their friendship was inspiring until the very last heartbreaking page.
鈥淪corpius: Your dad thinks the rumors are true 鈥� I am the son of Voldemort?
Albus (nods): His department are currently investigating it.
Scorpius: Good. Let them. Sometimes 鈥� sometimes I find myself thinking 鈥� maybe they鈥檙e true too.
Albus: No. They鈥檙e not true. And I鈥檒l tell you why. Because I don鈥檛 think Voldemort is capable of having a kind son 鈥� and you鈥檙e kind, Scorpius. To the depths of your belly, to the tips of your fingers. I truly believe Voldemort 鈥� Voldemort couldn鈥檛 have a child like you.
Scorpius: That鈥檚 nice 鈥� that鈥檚 a nice thing to say.
Albus: And it鈥檚 something I should have said a long time ago. In fact, you鈥檙e probably the best person I know. And you don鈥檛 鈥� you couldn鈥檛 鈥� hold me back. You make me stronger 鈥� and when Dad forced us apart 鈥� without you 鈥�
Scorpius: I didn鈥檛 much like my life without you in it either."
We also had a lot of unexpected returns from the people that ended up sacrificing themselves in previous books, which truly broke me鈥� I kept looking for Fred Weasley to show up and crack a joke... but, alas, you can't always get what you want.
But to end this review on a more positive note, I want to mention my favorites: Hermione and Ron.
鈥淩on: I mean, we鈥檝e been together so long 鈥� and married for so long 鈥� I mean, so long 鈥�
Hermione: If this is your way of saying you want a marital break, Ron, then, to be clear, I will skewer you with this quill.
Ron: Shut up. Will you shut up for once? I want to do one of those marriage renewal things I鈥檝e read about. Marriage renewal. What do you think?
Hermione (melting slightly): You want to marry me again?
Ron: Well, we were only young when we did it the first time and I got very drunk and 鈥� well, to be honest, I can鈥檛 remember much of it and . . . The truth is 鈥� I love you, Hermione Granger, and whatever time says 鈥� I鈥檇 like the opportunity to say so in front of lots of other people. Again. Sober.
She looks at him, she smiles, she pulls him to her, she kisses him.
Hermione: You鈥檙e sweet.
Ron: And you taste of toffee . . .鈥�
I'm always up for more canon Romione.
To sum up, I thought at first that the format of the story would interfere with getting completely pulled in, but I needn't have worried鈥� this book was the definition of unputdownable. It truly didn't take long for me to realize how much I missed reading about Harry Potter and his magical surroundings. Hogwarts will always be like home. And now... I'm getting tearful just thinking about what an impact it made on me, as both the reader and person I am today.
Also, it was pretty nice getting to know that both Harry Potter and I are afraid of pigeons:
鈥淗arry: You told me you don鈥檛 think I鈥檓 scared of anything, and that 鈥� I mean, I鈥檓 scared of everything. I mean, I鈥檓 afraid of the dark, did you know that?
Albus: Harry Potter is afraid of the dark?
Harry: I don鈥檛 like small spaces and 鈥� I鈥檝e never told anyone this, but I don鈥檛 much like 鈥� (he hesitates before saying it) pigeons.
Albus: You don鈥檛 like pigeons?
Harry (he scrunches up his face): Nasty, pecky, dirty things. They give me the creeps.鈥�
Yes, Harry!!
Oh, and my favorite acts were acts 2 & 4鈥� because family dynamics and mystery!!
Just... I'm so glad this book exists, I truly missed my favorite trio.
5/5 stars (of course)
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September 7, 2017
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RULE FOR SPOILERS: if it's in the first 10%, and therefore (in most cases) available for scrutiny from undecided readers in the FREE downloadable preview, IT'S NOT A SPOILER.
That being said, a LOT of things happen--IMPORTANT things--in the first five percent, let alone ten percent of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, so if you'd rather go into your read without significant prior knowledge, leave this review immediately.
That's the only warning you're going to get.
In my experience there are two types of hardcore fans for any given series:
1. The Blind Zealot.
This type of fan will forgive an author almost anything. Inconsistent behavior in main characters, enormous plot holes, unexplained developments, etc., it doesn't matter, b/c OHMAGAWD, I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! *squeeeeeeee*
2. The Thoughtful, Critical Reader.
This type of fan loves a series based solely on its merit. They aren't blind to the aforementioned plot holes or inconsistent characters, they are in fact disappointed by such occurrences, but they can still maintain LOVE for the overall series.
For example, I LOVE HARRY POTTER, but I did not love HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, b/c I felt Rowling encapsulated all the teenangsty emotions of adolescence a little bit too thoroughly.
It was, in a word, exhausting.
PLOT TWIST: I think both types of fans are equally likely to have issues with this latest addition to their Harry Potter library.
Blind Zealots:
The trouble with ending a series is that if it's done well, you have all the answers to all of your questions, and a vague enough HEA-type scenario that your well-loved cast of characters is assured whatever it is that they deserve.
Heroines and Heroes live happily ever after, Villains and Minions are thwarted and punished, and while you aren't foolish enough to think everyone's adventures are over, Good continuing to triumph over Evil is reasonably guaranteed.
BUT.
Once you've finished something, the only way to reopen it is too create new conflict--without conflict there's no story.
Suddenly the nebulous "HEA" isn't so nebulous, and that new clarity jeopardizes everything you've happily assumed about what comes next.
Harry, Ginny, Hermione, and Ron, previously cardboard cutouts of adult wizards, become real parents with real children, and those children must grow up, making mistakes while they do it, and, worse, they must go through puberty and all the angst that entails.
That's not happily ever after . . . That's REAL LIFE.
Then Real Life takes your daydream of a-son-of-Harry-Potter being sorted into Slytherin and reinventing the house's image with the kind of unaffected rebelliousness you associated with a teenaged Sirius Black, and crushes it under its heel, forcing you to realize that wizards . . . are kind of assholes.
So now, adding insult to injury, the image of the utopian magical society that sprang fully formed from Voldemort's ashes is forever ruined.
A Blind Zealot might find ignorance preferable to that turn of events.
But those aren't my issues. My issues are thus:
1. I HATE TIME TRAVEL.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'm an escapist reader. I need to be consumed by a book to fully enjoy it, and that means I NEED to be able to believe what I'm reading is the truth.
BUT.
Time travel destroys the possibility of believing anything, b/c it's ALL subject to change.
Why mourn a character's death if it will more than likely be nullified in the next chapter or two? Why dredge up any outrage on a character's behalf when the object of her torment will be thwarted during the second take?
For me, it's not an issue of, "why would I?" It's an issue of, "I can't." And if I can't feel anything in response to your characters or your story, why would I read your book?
2. Resurrecting Voldemort-as-villain is lazy. And infuriating.
We survived three of Voldemort's failed attempts at rebirth, we survived one success, and we survived a three book revelation that essentially said we had to kill him SEVEN TIMES for his death to actually stick.
After all of that, how could anyone think it would be a Good Idea to bring him back AGAIN?
Admittedly, it wasn't quite that simple, but . . . it was also exactly that simple. Everything and everyone else connected to ye olde grande scheme was superfluous, merely the means of achieving a so-very-tired end.
As for the aforementioned superfluous detail:
3. Unnecessary drama.
At first I debated whether or not it was fair to fault a staged production for being overly dramatic, but I hate unnecessary drama on the screen as much as I hate it on paper, so, YES, it most definitely is fair.
A. Stop crying, dammit. Especially you, Harry. *rolls eyes*
B. Ginny's instant escalation from concerned-but-understanding wife into finger-pointing harridan. If you've read it, you know to what I'm referring.
C. Harry's impersonation of a father-as-dictator
4. Contradictions, including, but not limited to:
In Act 2, when Harry uses his conversation with Dumbledore-as-portrait as reasoning for his ludicrous request, Headmistress McGonagoll admonishes him for treating a "memoir" like the actual person:
BUT, in Act 4, this:
Either they're two men or they're one man and a flawed copy. Pick one and stick with it, please.
5. Plot holes.
A. If Dolores Umbrage warded her Hogwarts office against unauthorized entry, do you really expect me to believe that
B. How many times have we heard some variation of, "Am I the only person who's read Hogwarts, a History?"
And how many of those times were specifically in reference to wards that prevented witches and wizards from magicking themselves onto Hogwarts' property?
Yet suddenly and inexplicably, anyone can use the floo network to travel to any number of chimneys on the grounds.
C. There was also some nonsense about Albus and Scorpius not needing to worry about a certain de-wanded Hogwarts student being harmed b/c "the professors would never allow serious injury to occur," which is, simply put . . . laughable.
That's not to say HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD was horrible and I hated it. It wasn't and I didn't. I even loved parts of it, Scorpius in particular. BUT. Even taking into consideration that it was a script, not a novel, it wasn't the same level of quality we've come to expect from Rowling (who, no, may not have written the thing in its entirety, but who, YES, did collaborate on and ultimately give her seal of approval for), and that is disappointing.
I'm not going to bother recommending or not recommending this one--you'll either read it or you won't, and at this stage of series worship or indifference, your decision will have little to do with what I have to say about it. SO. Go forth and do what you were always going to do.
RULE FOR SPOILERS: if it's in the first 10%, and therefore (in most cases) available for scrutiny from undecided readers in the FREE downloadable preview, IT'S NOT A SPOILER.
That being said, a LOT of things happen--IMPORTANT things--in the first five percent, let alone ten percent of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, so if you'd rather go into your read without significant prior knowledge, leave this review immediately.
That's the only warning you're going to get.
In my experience there are two types of hardcore fans for any given series:
1. The Blind Zealot.
This type of fan will forgive an author almost anything. Inconsistent behavior in main characters, enormous plot holes, unexplained developments, etc., it doesn't matter, b/c OHMAGAWD, I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! *squeeeeeeee*
2. The Thoughtful, Critical Reader.
This type of fan loves a series based solely on its merit. They aren't blind to the aforementioned plot holes or inconsistent characters, they are in fact disappointed by such occurrences, but they can still maintain LOVE for the overall series.
For example, I LOVE HARRY POTTER, but I did not love HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, b/c I felt Rowling encapsulated all the teenangsty emotions of adolescence a little bit too thoroughly.
It was, in a word, exhausting.
PLOT TWIST: I think both types of fans are equally likely to have issues with this latest addition to their Harry Potter library.
Blind Zealots:
The trouble with ending a series is that if it's done well, you have all the answers to all of your questions, and a vague enough HEA-type scenario that your well-loved cast of characters is assured whatever it is that they deserve.
Heroines and Heroes live happily ever after, Villains and Minions are thwarted and punished, and while you aren't foolish enough to think everyone's adventures are over, Good continuing to triumph over Evil is reasonably guaranteed.
BUT.
Once you've finished something, the only way to reopen it is too create new conflict--without conflict there's no story.
Suddenly the nebulous "HEA" isn't so nebulous, and that new clarity jeopardizes everything you've happily assumed about what comes next.
Harry, Ginny, Hermione, and Ron, previously cardboard cutouts of adult wizards, become real parents with real children, and those children must grow up, making mistakes while they do it, and, worse, they must go through puberty and all the angst that entails.
That's not happily ever after . . . That's REAL LIFE.
Then Real Life takes your daydream of a-son-of-Harry-Potter being sorted into Slytherin and reinventing the house's image with the kind of unaffected rebelliousness you associated with a teenaged Sirius Black, and crushes it under its heel, forcing you to realize that wizards . . . are kind of assholes.
So now, adding insult to injury, the image of the utopian magical society that sprang fully formed from Voldemort's ashes is forever ruined.
A Blind Zealot might find ignorance preferable to that turn of events.
But those aren't my issues. My issues are thus:
1. I HATE TIME TRAVEL.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'm an escapist reader. I need to be consumed by a book to fully enjoy it, and that means I NEED to be able to believe what I'm reading is the truth.
BUT.
Time travel destroys the possibility of believing anything, b/c it's ALL subject to change.
Why mourn a character's death if it will more than likely be nullified in the next chapter or two? Why dredge up any outrage on a character's behalf when the object of her torment will be thwarted during the second take?
For me, it's not an issue of, "why would I?" It's an issue of, "I can't." And if I can't feel anything in response to your characters or your story, why would I read your book?
2. Resurrecting Voldemort-as-villain is lazy. And infuriating.
We survived three of Voldemort's failed attempts at rebirth, we survived one success, and we survived a three book revelation that essentially said we had to kill him SEVEN TIMES for his death to actually stick.
After all of that, how could anyone think it would be a Good Idea to bring him back AGAIN?
Admittedly, it wasn't quite that simple, but . . . it was also exactly that simple. Everything and everyone else connected to ye olde grande scheme was superfluous, merely the means of achieving a so-very-tired end.
As for the aforementioned superfluous detail:
3. Unnecessary drama.
At first I debated whether or not it was fair to fault a staged production for being overly dramatic, but I hate unnecessary drama on the screen as much as I hate it on paper, so, YES, it most definitely is fair.
A. Stop crying, dammit. Especially you, Harry. *rolls eyes*
B. Ginny's instant escalation from concerned-but-understanding wife into finger-pointing harridan. If you've read it, you know to what I'm referring.
C. Harry's impersonation of a father-as-dictator
4. Contradictions, including, but not limited to:
In Act 2, when Harry uses his conversation with Dumbledore-as-portrait as reasoning for his ludicrous request, Headmistress McGonagoll admonishes him for treating a "memoir" like the actual person:
HARRY: And Dumbledore鈥擠umbledore said鈥�
PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: What?
HARRY: His portrait. We spoke. He said some things which made sense鈥�
PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: Dumbledore is dead, Harry. And I鈥檝e told you before, portraits don鈥檛 represent even half of their subjects.
BUT, in Act 4, this:
DUMBLEDORE (openly weeping now): I was blind. That is what love does. I couldn鈥檛 see that you needed to hear that this closed-up, tricky, dangerous old man . . . loved you.
A pause. The two men are overcome with emotion.
Either they're two men or they're one man and a flawed copy. Pick one and stick with it, please.
5. Plot holes.
A. If Dolores Umbrage warded her Hogwarts office against unauthorized entry, do you really expect me to believe that
B. How many times have we heard some variation of, "Am I the only person who's read Hogwarts, a History?"
And how many of those times were specifically in reference to wards that prevented witches and wizards from magicking themselves onto Hogwarts' property?
Yet suddenly and inexplicably, anyone can use the floo network to travel to any number of chimneys on the grounds.
C. There was also some nonsense about Albus and Scorpius not needing to worry about a certain de-wanded Hogwarts student being harmed b/c "the professors would never allow serious injury to occur," which is, simply put . . . laughable.
That's not to say HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD was horrible and I hated it. It wasn't and I didn't. I even loved parts of it, Scorpius in particular. BUT. Even taking into consideration that it was a script, not a novel, it wasn't the same level of quality we've come to expect from Rowling (who, no, may not have written the thing in its entirety, but who, YES, did collaborate on and ultimately give her seal of approval for), and that is disappointing.
I'm not going to bother recommending or not recommending this one--you'll either read it or you won't, and at this stage of series worship or indifference, your decision will have little to do with what I have to say about it. SO. Go forth and do what you were always going to do.
Want to read
August 19, 2016It's finally HERE!!! HP FOR LIFE!!
My post on
WHO'S EXCITED?!?
OMGGGGGGG
It's going to be published on HARRY'S BIRTHDAY!!!!
OH HAPPY DAYYYY
FROM TIME MAGAZINE ONLINE:
My post on
WHO'S EXCITED?!?
OMGGGGGGG
It's going to be published on HARRY'S BIRTHDAY!!!!
OH HAPPY DAYYYY
FROM TIME MAGAZINE ONLINE:
"There鈥檚 good news for Harry Potter fans who won鈥檛 be able to make it to London to see the theatrical production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: the play will be published in book form immediately after its debut.
The script, written by Jack Thorne and based on a story by J.K. Rowling, Thorne and John Tiffany, will be published as an eBook by Pottermore, Rowling鈥檚 digital publishing platform, and in hardcover by Scholastic in the U.S. The first printing will be a 鈥淪pecial Rehearsal Edition,鈥� reflecting the script from the early part of the preview period, and a later 鈥淒efinitive Collector鈥檚 Edition鈥� will present the finalized version (as many plays make small changes during previews).
The story picks up 19 years after the end of the original series, with Potter working at the Ministry of Magic, now a father of three. As Pottermore describes, 鈥淲hile Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted.鈥�
The play premieres on July 30, and the book will be released July 31, which just so happens to be The Chosen One鈥檚 birthday."
May 4, 2018
CONGRATS TO HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD FOR WINNING THE 2016 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FOR BEST FANTASY!!!
Bloody Hell!
I freaking cried. I was afraid I wasn't going to like this book but I did and I damn cried. This is a SPOILER FREE review so I can't tell you what made me cry.
Even though this is about the kids and all of our loves are older, they wrote the book in a way that we get to have some memories of certain things. And my favorite character made me cry again!
I really hope they put this play out on dvd sometime and make it available to everyone. Although, it might be weird seeing other people playing the parts.
Anyway, I loved reading about the children. I loved the friendship between Albus, Harry's son and Scorpius, Draco's son. Scorpius was the sweetest one of all, who would have thunk.
I didn't like some of the parts Ron played, he seemed like an idiot but he's Ron and I love Ron.
Of course most of you already know it's written in a play format. This was weird at first and then I got into it. I don't think I have ever read a play before, it seems like I would remember.
This was a nice little trip down Hogwarts Lane and the little mystery/hijinks the kids get up to that brings on all kinds of issues was a cool edition. Well, not really, but you know what I mean.
I loved it. I can't say that I loved everything about it and I might not have loved it if that one part didn't come into play, but who cares. I am so happy with it for what it is. I hope you all love it as much as I did and if you don't then that's okay too.
Thank you for being my light in the darkness
MY BLOG:
Bloody Hell!
I freaking cried. I was afraid I wasn't going to like this book but I did and I damn cried. This is a SPOILER FREE review so I can't tell you what made me cry.
Even though this is about the kids and all of our loves are older, they wrote the book in a way that we get to have some memories of certain things. And my favorite character made me cry again!
I really hope they put this play out on dvd sometime and make it available to everyone. Although, it might be weird seeing other people playing the parts.
Anyway, I loved reading about the children. I loved the friendship between Albus, Harry's son and Scorpius, Draco's son. Scorpius was the sweetest one of all, who would have thunk.
I didn't like some of the parts Ron played, he seemed like an idiot but he's Ron and I love Ron.
Of course most of you already know it's written in a play format. This was weird at first and then I got into it. I don't think I have ever read a play before, it seems like I would remember.
This was a nice little trip down Hogwarts Lane and the little mystery/hijinks the kids get up to that brings on all kinds of issues was a cool edition. Well, not really, but you know what I mean.
I loved it. I can't say that I loved everything about it and I might not have loved it if that one part didn't come into play, but who cares. I am so happy with it for what it is. I hope you all love it as much as I did and if you don't then that's okay too.
Thank you for being my light in the darkness
MY BLOG:
January 16, 2018
They're back..One More time..19 years later.
In a different style..
Harry Potter & The Cursed 8th Book
DRACO: I don鈥檛 care what you did or who you saved, you are a constant curse on my family, Harry Potter.
A 'Play', of friendship, courage & anti-prejudice as before..
AND
Marital relations, Father/Son issues.
A new Story goes farther than ever..
travelling back & forth in time..
Then back to where it all began..
To close the circle.
Once & for all.
HARRY: The Boy Who Lived. How many people have to die for the Boy Who Lived?
A Bittersweet ending to The Saga of The Boy Who Lived.
Our Friends are different a little bit here than we knew them?
YES, I mean who isn't? It's 19 years later.. Are you now as you'd expected would be 10 years ago? Are your real life friends still the same 12, 15 years later?
The Story is in Different form & atmosphere?
YES., It's a Play..screen play - and not to mention that there's a 鈥楧efinitive Edition鈥� of the play as it is just the Rehearsal Edition..
Not the Trio story rather the children's? YES. It's story of 19 years later...of the new generation..
So STOP Moaning like Myrtle,It's still very faithful to the magical series..
A perfect conclusion to the Symmetry* of the Epic series in the History.
~~~~~~~~~~
Since the Ending of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows we wanted more...One more time.
Many asking too many "What If"..
What if Harry's son end up in Slytherin?
What if Ron and Hermione didn't work out as the author herself suspects?
What if there's a Time Turner left?
What if we use it to save someone of Death?
What if we use it to save Voldemort? or to make more Horcrux ? Or worst?
What if we had One More Book? Nineteenth Years Later?
**The Play**
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First of all, Please do a Worldwide tour...Please include Egypt.
It's easy to read, and to get into the story..
Alas, I have to admit that being in form of 鈥榩lay鈥� and not a novel made it even a bit 鈥渄ry鈥� like most Fan Fictions., I even thought, after spending a direct 6 hours reading 3 Acts that it may be one and not the real deal -since I read it first in ebook format till my hard copy arrive to Egypt-
Anyway, You have to use your imagination to get the scenes...recall your past experience, life in Hogwarts and you'll be easily in...Reliving the Magic
Add to being a play, it's not all by J.K. Rowling, the story is by her, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany together..
And the Playwright is by Jack Thorne...not Rowling.
Yet the lines are really fun, smart..just amazing.
And you have to let go once you start 鈥楢ct Two鈥� cause everything starts to heat up much..in a very fast packed adventure, and theatrical dramatic ones鈥�
The Story
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鈥淐an you Keep the Secret?鈥�
Will try my best.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It's different... more mature...real wild and dangerous cause it deals with the most dangerous Instruments...TIME..
This time you'd feel that Rowling is really cruel to the characters..
It may be about the Test of Life....To Choose between what's good and what's easy..
BUT it was real hard test to us all..
I will merely summing up only Act One..
It starts right with the 鈥淗arry Potter and the Deathly Hallows鈥� Epilogue scene..
Albus Severus Potter is worried sick he'd end up in Slythrine
Yet.. as soon as he started his year, this was the least of his troubles.
Surprisingly befriended with Scorpius Malfoy, surprisingly hates Hogwarts鈥�
Surprisingly hates being the child of The Boy Who Lived, while many died in his cause.
The Father/Son issue in its worst..
And before his fourth year starts..Everything happens fast鈥�
Harry as Ministry official and Hermione as Minister for Magic seize an illegal last Time Turner..that even more dangerous..
Amos Diggory wants his son back...who had been killed by Voldmort in the Triwizard Tournament more than 20 years ago..
Albus feels his father's responsible for this death..
An attempt to change a minor misfortune of the past leads into a massive , colossal damage to the present and the future..
And even turns into a horrible Dystopia.
It's like The Butterfly Effect鈥� Days of Future Past
Again it's a story of the value of Friendship鈥� The wrong of Prejudice...
But it's also about Father/Son relation very well written..
I loved how it goes, from wrong to kinda right.
Between Harry and Albus, Between Dumbledore and Harry鈥�
And even between Draco and Scorpius..
Also the Marital relation is really good here鈥�
I loved Ron and Hermione their opposite character yet their strong bond.
And the love that lived...between Harry and Ginny.
Oh and Draco and his wife鈥�
Okay, time for,
The Characters
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Again... Rowling is really cruel to her characters here..
Harry's being a "Hot Head" is clearly deepening the problem with his son..
he's always has been a hot head by the way..
yet Ginny is a good mother, and better wife than I expected.
Hermone was good , not excellent but I LOVED how she turned into two different characters .. one was really awesome in the Dystopia, the second was really bad...but that may match what happened.
I just may be didn't like Ron much that I didn't feel angry enough for him being a bit shallow in this play but that still a bit sad.
And I have to admit that I really LOVE how Draco is...with his still being have the trace of what he was before...
BUT don't forget it's not about Harry Potter anymore...it's more about the Kids...
Though I wished to see more of Rose who's been shallow but I just loved Albus and Scorpios..
You'll be surprised with who you're gonna meet here.. truly.
Some of the Characters we all love makes appearance, some of them even you may never expect to see again!!!!
I have to say that I felt goosebumps everytime an old character appears...not just flashbacks, some was in The Future Past, or a real dystopia, some in dreams, even in portraits and some are just mentioned.
I really loved it. And wished for even more.
I was so sad for the death of some, and the re-death of some..
And just remember ... when you're 40.. you don't live the adventures much as your children..
And this last story is about them after all....
The Children..
Who's The Cursed Child
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As if I'm gonna tell, ha!
Till the mid of the third act you'll have many suspicious.
In Harry Potter鈥檚 dreams here he can be The Cursed Child...
-one of the best haunting scenes in every early novels was always Harry鈥檚 dreams, I bet it's purely written by Rowling here-
oh and looking from The Dursleys perspective, he is..even worse, he's so in his Son's eyes as well鈥�
And that's what triggers everything here.
Many surprises, many twists鈥�
I loved it鈥� I loved the ending as well鈥�
Playing in time is dangerous and as every one since the last book asked about Why Not Using the Time Turner鈥�.here's the answer..in the last book of the Series that changed the History forever..
Letting Go.
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By the end of this book you'll realize why J.K. Rowling announced that that's it for Harry Potter stories鈥� it is the the full circle鈥� the Beginning meets the End..the time has answered every What-if we can think of.
What if we use the time Turner to...
It's all here.
19 Years for most of us, since the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher鈥檚 Stone in 1997...Reading the story of Harry and his friends in 7 Volumes..
Reading as many lines about the back story of them and the rest of characters in the Pottermore and social media by Rowling.
Craving for one more time with them...after the Epilogue that passed 19 years.
Get excited with the very short article 2 years ago on Dumbledore Army reunited in the Qudditch World Cup.
Now here it is, a full story, one last story full of love and nostalgia.
We can't go back in time. We shan't dwell in the past..
And when I finish it, 2 times, I really admit This is EVERYTHING I've ever wanted in a Harry Potter sequels but I just wish a Time Turner, back to 1997 and start reading Harry Potter all over again.... :)
It's not good to dwell in past anyway, so I'm just Happy I lived this series..grown up with it..
I, and many of Potterheads and fans, were worried sick it may let us down but I'm so glad that many liked it.
And it's bittersweet to know that's it.
BUT We must have THE 鈥楧efinitive Edition鈥� of the play that promised.
The series of Harry Potter, the boy who lived,is now complete鈥�
And we still have a Wizarding World so vast to explore.
With J.K. Rowling, our Queen of Magic.
Mohammed Arabey
From 31 July 2016
To 1 Aug. 2016
**鈥� The Symmetry in case you didn't notice it yet.鈥�
And you can really add more similarities to that .
This time it's so related to the Heart of the Series,Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which is heavily echoes here..
If you agree about the symmetrical relation specially between this one and Goblet of Fire, let's discuss it at the comments :)
August 3, 2016
鈥� 鈥�
Warning: This review contains major spoilers! Don鈥檛 read this if you haven鈥檛 read the Harry Potter series and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child yet!
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If you loved Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, I wouldn鈥檛 recommend reading my review. This is going to be a rant! You鈥檝e been warned!
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This is the very first time I have rated a book one stars! Believe me, I don鈥檛 want to do this, but I really didn鈥檛 enjoy reading Cursed Child. Before I get started, I want you to know the following:
1. A couple of weeks ago, I read some spoilers from people who had watched the play. Those immediately lowered my expectations. I knew going into this I wasn鈥檛 going to like it.
2. I knew this was not written by J.K. Rowling.
3. I knew this wasn鈥檛 the eight book, but the script for the play.
I love the Harry Potter series so much. And I always will. It means a lot to me and when I heard about this, I immediately pre-ordered it. I鈥檝e seen some people say 鈥榠t鈥檚 Harry Potter so obviously I love this鈥�, but I can鈥檛 say the same. Call me critical but I spent money on this. People spend money on tickets to go see the play. I expect something decent in return then.
To call this fanfiction is an insult to all the people who try to bring more joy to a fandom. The Cursed Child was just plain bad writing. I will get into detail later, but I refuse to accept what happened as canon. I don鈥檛 care what J.K. Rowling says. This is a disgrace to the characters and the people who loved the original book series. You might think that I鈥檓 taking this too seriously, but they shouldn鈥檛 ask money for this if it were 鈥榡ust for fun鈥�. This is literally being promoted as 鈥榯he eight story鈥� in the Harry Potter series. I knew before I started it that it wasn鈥檛, but the marketing team pretends it is.
So no, I won鈥檛 apologise for being critical. Just because this isn鈥檛 a book, but a play, doesn鈥檛 mean that the story shouldn鈥檛 be as good. In fact, that is such an insult to plays! It鈥檚 just another form of media. I鈥檝e seen some people say: 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 judge this if you haven鈥檛 seen the play鈥�. Well, if that鈥檚 the case, they shouldn鈥檛 have published it as a book. I can鈥檛 afford going to London and paying a lot of money in order for some people to validate my opinion.
Let鈥檚 start of with the things I did like:
This felt as if I was reading a book. It didn鈥檛 take time to adjust to the format. I鈥檓 also curious to see what everything is going to look like in the actual play. But, since I really don鈥檛 like the actual story and what they did to the characters, I鈥檓 not sure yet whether I鈥檇 be willing to pay money for that.
Out of all the characters, Hermione was the only one who still resembled who she used to be. I鈥檓 proud that she has become Minister for Magic! I also really liked Minerva! And Draco proved he was a good parent (much better than Harry鈥�).
I enjoyed the interactions between Albus and Scorpius! They鈥檙e such good 鈥榝riends鈥� (A.K.A. boyfriends).
That was it. Those were the only thing I like. My list of dislikes is much longer! I had six full pages of notes. When I read a book that鈥檚 over a thousand pages long, I don鈥檛 even have that many notes! Let鈥檚 get started:
The plot is basically 90% about trying to bring back Cedric Diggory. I don鈥檛 understand why Albus is so obsessed with Cedric. So many people died for Harry, why does it have to be Cedric? Obviously because Amos asked, but to have almost the entire plot of this play resolve around that鈥�
I鈥檇 rather read every single second of a class taught at Hogwarts! Because this wasn鈥檛 magical enough. Sure, it features the characters we know and love and Hogwarts, but we rarely get to see actual magic. When Albus, Delphi and Scorpius are searching for the Time Turner in Hermione鈥檚 office, they don鈥檛 even try 鈥榓ccio鈥�! Instead, they search the entire bookcase! Whenever we do get some magic, it isn鈥檛 explained enough. Why couldn鈥檛 Delphi use 鈥榠mperio鈥� on Albus? She said: 鈥渢o fulfil the prophecy [鈥 Imperio just won鈥檛 do鈥�. Why not? Or when Harry transfigured into Voldemort鈥� Is that even possible? Why would wizards go through the trouble of brewing polyjuice potion then? All of this is just very convenient, but didn鈥檛 make enough sense.
One of the things that bothered me most, was Ron Weasley鈥檚 characterisation. He has become a caricature of the person he used to be. The only reason he鈥檚 there, is for comic relief. All he does is eat and make stupid jokes. They act as if he鈥檚 so dumb and doesn鈥檛 take anything serious. Did Thorne actually read the original series before he wrote this? Because this is not the Ron I know! I refuse to believe that he was so drunk at his own wedding he doesn鈥檛 remember anything. And why would Ron give someone love potion? He had a terrible experience with it when he was a teenager, why in the world would he do that? It doesn鈥檛 make any sense!
Another character who was completely butchered was Cedric Diggory. In the alternate universe where he lost the Triwizard Tournament, he becomes a death-eater and kills Neville. Cedric was one of the kindest characters. It鈥檚 absurd to assume that he would become a racist murderer just because he got humiliated!
Scorpius said: 鈥淐edric was a different person entirely 鈥� dark, dangerous鈥�. We only found out that he killed Neville, but Scorpius didn鈥檛 interact with him. I don鈥檛 understand where this observation comes from. And I had that feeling quite a few times while reading this; as if I had skipped a couple of pages without realising it.
Harry Potter is a terrible father. I didn鈥檛 like him once in this 鈥榖ook鈥�. Granted, Albus is a whiny teenager: he has no idea how privileged he is. Don鈥檛 tell me he doesn鈥檛 get special treatment because he鈥檚 a Potter. A lot of people have it worse than him. Still, Harry had no right to say the things he did. And his excuse? He didn鈥檛 have a father figure growing up. He had plenty! What about Arthur, Sirius, Remus, Hagrid and even Dumbledore, Harry?! Harry had no right to attack Minerva either. Just because a woman doesn鈥檛 have children, doesn鈥檛 mean she isn鈥檛 able to take care of them. She鈥檇 be a much better parent than he ever was.
And when did he become a psychic? His scar hurts, he actually hears Voldemort鈥檚 voice and can speak Parseltongue again, but Delphi hadn鈥檛 even saved Voldemort yet (actually, she never does). How is he able to do that if nothing has changed? Voldemort wasn鈥檛 back, yet he acted as if he was? Once again, I just don鈥檛 understand鈥�
Also, what is up with Lily鈥檚 blanket? I don鈥檛 remember him ever talking about it in the books, yet now Harry pretends as if it鈥檚 his most precious possession in the entire world. I know he didn鈥檛 possess it in the other books, but it鈥檚 still strange that he鈥檚 so obsessed with it now.
Oh, and the special privileges? Harry is at Hogwarts all the damn time! I don鈥檛 remember parents being allowed there. I guess being a Potter does mean you鈥檙e allowed to do more than others.
A lot of people hate Severus Snape and don鈥檛 see him as a brave person. While I don鈥檛 feel as strongly about that as them, I completely understand why they feel that was. He was horrible to his pupils, particularly Hermione, Harry and Neville. But, in the alternative universe, Hermione and Ron secretly work together with him. He used to be so mean to them, it seems highly unlikely to me they would forgive him! Just because he didn鈥檛 turn out to be a death-eater, doesn鈥檛 mean it justifies his behaviour. Snape鈥檚 interactions with Scorpius were so cringe-worthy. He isn鈥檛 a nice guy who makes one or two jokes and he鈥檇 never talk that openly about Lily.
Because so many characters felt differently, I didn鈥檛 care about them anymore. When Hermione and Ron sacrificed themselves and received the dementor鈥檚 kiss, I felt nothing. On the one hand, I鈥檓 sad we didn鈥檛 get to see Sirius, Remus, Tonks an Teddy. But on the other hand, I鈥檓 very glad, since their characters would have been butchered as well!
This book almost pretends as if the other Potter and Granger-Weasley kids don鈥檛 exist. Ever heard of Hugo???
The timeline is so strange. Page 22 and a year has past. Page 27 and they鈥檙e already starting their third year at Hogwarts. Seven pages later, another year has past! Surely, they could have given us a glimpse at their lives at Hogwarts without having to do it like this. Later on, Scorpius and Albus are in Scotland, without any brooms or wands. Yet the very next page, they鈥檙e already in Godric鈥檚 Hollow! How is that even possible? Again, this is not explained.
And how did Albus and Scorpius know every single detail from what went down over twenty years ago at the Triwizard Tournament and Battle of Hogwarts? Did their parents tell them literally everything? Were very detailed books written? I need to know this!
In the alternate universe, they kept mentioning an 鈥楢ugurey鈥� and I had no idea what it meant. It鈥檚 only explained many scenes later. I cannot stress enough how underdeveloped some plots were. Sometimes, I had no idea what was going on because things weren鈥檛 explained well enough. And that causes plot holes.
I鈥檓 so thankful they didn鈥檛 use the Time Turner often in the Harry Potter series. I can already imagine how how things would have ended otherwise: Harry would have gone back in time and kill Voldemort and save James and Lily. Whenever a universe has the ability to time travel, that鈥檚 the kind of things that happen. It鈥檚 predictable. Yet that鈥檚 exactly what Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is about. They go back in time over FOUR TIMES just to go back to how things were at the beginning of the play. It鈥檚 such a waste of time. I can think of so many plots that would have been more interesting. Imagine there鈥檚 ever going to be a F.R.I.E.N.D.S movie and it turns out Monica has left Chandler and never wants to see her children again. That wouldn鈥檛 make any sense at all. But that is how Cursed Child feels like to me.
Prisoner of Azkaban is one of my favourite books an films, so I obviously have no problems with time travelling. But this was just too much.
As I鈥檝e mentioned before, I really missed the magic. And of course the characters, because Cursed Child completely butchered them. Think of how much better this would be if it was about one school year at Hogwarts, without Voldemort trying to kill everyone. Just one year of the adventures Scorpius and Albus encounter. There didn鈥檛 need to be this much family drama. Honestly, I鈥檓 pretty sure this was the script of a Days of Our Lives or The Bold and the Beautiful episode instead! Just think how they could have explored the other houses, besides Gryffindor! But no, in Cursed Child, everyone is still prejudiced towards Slytherins and they pretend Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff don鈥檛 even exist!
This is only about three hundred pages long, yet it was so repetitive. Scorpius and Albus do something stupid; Draco, Harry and Ginny run after them and need Hermione because 鈥渢heir children are missing!鈥� AGAIN!
I also had some problems with the writing itself:
Voldemort Day? 鈥極h Potter鈥� instead of 鈥極h Shit鈥�? Mudbloods in the dungeons? The Blood Ball? WE GET IT, VOLDEMORT IS BACK!
鈥淎 Malfoy who may be a Voldemort鈥� Euhm, that鈥檚 just awful writing. 鈥榁oldemort鈥� isn鈥檛 a last name; it鈥檚 not as if 鈥楲ord鈥� was his first name. It should have been 鈥楻iddle鈥� instead.
鈥楾hank Dumbledore鈥� instead of 鈥楾hank God鈥� is not only cheesy, it is also incredibly arrogant. I鈥檓 not the most religious person but to say that Dumbledore is a God鈥�
It鈥檚 so sexist that at the Triwizard Tournament, every school got a lot of cheers besides Beauxbatons! I know boys also attend it, but it鈥檚 still more 鈥榝eminine鈥� than Durmstrang or Hogwarts.
Almost everyone who has read this, can鈥檛 deny there is something going on between Albus and Scorpius. They are so gay! But of course, this book is heteronormative to the max! I can already hear J.K. Rowling in a couple of years: 鈥淎ctually, they were dating, but it wasn鈥檛 important to the story鈥�. Please don鈥檛 give this woman any praise when it comes to diversity, she doesn鈥檛 deserve it. The Cursed Child could have meant a great deal more if they weren鈥檛 so afraid to include characters who aren鈥檛 straight for a change. And don鈥檛 even get me started on Albus鈥� crush on Delphi. He鈥檚 like fourteen and she was twenty? That鈥檚 disgusting.
Which brings me to Delphi, the daughter of Voldemort and Bellatrix. Do you really expect me to believe that Voldemort was capable of love and lust? Why do they feel the need to establish that every character is 鈥榦h so straight鈥�?! Supposedly, Bellatrix gave birth to Delphi before the Battle of Hogwarts in Malfoy Manor. WHAT?! In Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows, we actually see her there! Don鈥檛 you think anyone would have noticed? DRACO ACTUALLY LIVED THERE! How oblivious is he supposed to be then? This doesn鈥檛 make any sense!
I could go on, but I think I鈥檝e made my point. There were so many things that bothered me and I don鈥檛 ever want to read this again. I regret paying this much money for it. I refuse to accept this as canon. I will pretend this doesn鈥檛 exist.
Warning: This review contains major spoilers! Don鈥檛 read this if you haven鈥檛 read the Harry Potter series and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child yet!
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If you loved Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, I wouldn鈥檛 recommend reading my review. This is going to be a rant! You鈥檝e been warned!
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This is the very first time I have rated a book one stars! Believe me, I don鈥檛 want to do this, but I really didn鈥檛 enjoy reading Cursed Child. Before I get started, I want you to know the following:
1. A couple of weeks ago, I read some spoilers from people who had watched the play. Those immediately lowered my expectations. I knew going into this I wasn鈥檛 going to like it.
2. I knew this was not written by J.K. Rowling.
3. I knew this wasn鈥檛 the eight book, but the script for the play.
I love the Harry Potter series so much. And I always will. It means a lot to me and when I heard about this, I immediately pre-ordered it. I鈥檝e seen some people say 鈥榠t鈥檚 Harry Potter so obviously I love this鈥�, but I can鈥檛 say the same. Call me critical but I spent money on this. People spend money on tickets to go see the play. I expect something decent in return then.
To call this fanfiction is an insult to all the people who try to bring more joy to a fandom. The Cursed Child was just plain bad writing. I will get into detail later, but I refuse to accept what happened as canon. I don鈥檛 care what J.K. Rowling says. This is a disgrace to the characters and the people who loved the original book series. You might think that I鈥檓 taking this too seriously, but they shouldn鈥檛 ask money for this if it were 鈥榡ust for fun鈥�. This is literally being promoted as 鈥榯he eight story鈥� in the Harry Potter series. I knew before I started it that it wasn鈥檛, but the marketing team pretends it is.
So no, I won鈥檛 apologise for being critical. Just because this isn鈥檛 a book, but a play, doesn鈥檛 mean that the story shouldn鈥檛 be as good. In fact, that is such an insult to plays! It鈥檚 just another form of media. I鈥檝e seen some people say: 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 judge this if you haven鈥檛 seen the play鈥�. Well, if that鈥檚 the case, they shouldn鈥檛 have published it as a book. I can鈥檛 afford going to London and paying a lot of money in order for some people to validate my opinion.
Let鈥檚 start of with the things I did like:
This felt as if I was reading a book. It didn鈥檛 take time to adjust to the format. I鈥檓 also curious to see what everything is going to look like in the actual play. But, since I really don鈥檛 like the actual story and what they did to the characters, I鈥檓 not sure yet whether I鈥檇 be willing to pay money for that.
Out of all the characters, Hermione was the only one who still resembled who she used to be. I鈥檓 proud that she has become Minister for Magic! I also really liked Minerva! And Draco proved he was a good parent (much better than Harry鈥�).
I enjoyed the interactions between Albus and Scorpius! They鈥檙e such good 鈥榝riends鈥� (A.K.A. boyfriends).
That was it. Those were the only thing I like. My list of dislikes is much longer! I had six full pages of notes. When I read a book that鈥檚 over a thousand pages long, I don鈥檛 even have that many notes! Let鈥檚 get started:
The plot is basically 90% about trying to bring back Cedric Diggory. I don鈥檛 understand why Albus is so obsessed with Cedric. So many people died for Harry, why does it have to be Cedric? Obviously because Amos asked, but to have almost the entire plot of this play resolve around that鈥�
I鈥檇 rather read every single second of a class taught at Hogwarts! Because this wasn鈥檛 magical enough. Sure, it features the characters we know and love and Hogwarts, but we rarely get to see actual magic. When Albus, Delphi and Scorpius are searching for the Time Turner in Hermione鈥檚 office, they don鈥檛 even try 鈥榓ccio鈥�! Instead, they search the entire bookcase! Whenever we do get some magic, it isn鈥檛 explained enough. Why couldn鈥檛 Delphi use 鈥榠mperio鈥� on Albus? She said: 鈥渢o fulfil the prophecy [鈥 Imperio just won鈥檛 do鈥�. Why not? Or when Harry transfigured into Voldemort鈥� Is that even possible? Why would wizards go through the trouble of brewing polyjuice potion then? All of this is just very convenient, but didn鈥檛 make enough sense.
One of the things that bothered me most, was Ron Weasley鈥檚 characterisation. He has become a caricature of the person he used to be. The only reason he鈥檚 there, is for comic relief. All he does is eat and make stupid jokes. They act as if he鈥檚 so dumb and doesn鈥檛 take anything serious. Did Thorne actually read the original series before he wrote this? Because this is not the Ron I know! I refuse to believe that he was so drunk at his own wedding he doesn鈥檛 remember anything. And why would Ron give someone love potion? He had a terrible experience with it when he was a teenager, why in the world would he do that? It doesn鈥檛 make any sense!
Another character who was completely butchered was Cedric Diggory. In the alternate universe where he lost the Triwizard Tournament, he becomes a death-eater and kills Neville. Cedric was one of the kindest characters. It鈥檚 absurd to assume that he would become a racist murderer just because he got humiliated!
Scorpius said: 鈥淐edric was a different person entirely 鈥� dark, dangerous鈥�. We only found out that he killed Neville, but Scorpius didn鈥檛 interact with him. I don鈥檛 understand where this observation comes from. And I had that feeling quite a few times while reading this; as if I had skipped a couple of pages without realising it.
Harry Potter is a terrible father. I didn鈥檛 like him once in this 鈥榖ook鈥�. Granted, Albus is a whiny teenager: he has no idea how privileged he is. Don鈥檛 tell me he doesn鈥檛 get special treatment because he鈥檚 a Potter. A lot of people have it worse than him. Still, Harry had no right to say the things he did. And his excuse? He didn鈥檛 have a father figure growing up. He had plenty! What about Arthur, Sirius, Remus, Hagrid and even Dumbledore, Harry?! Harry had no right to attack Minerva either. Just because a woman doesn鈥檛 have children, doesn鈥檛 mean she isn鈥檛 able to take care of them. She鈥檇 be a much better parent than he ever was.
And when did he become a psychic? His scar hurts, he actually hears Voldemort鈥檚 voice and can speak Parseltongue again, but Delphi hadn鈥檛 even saved Voldemort yet (actually, she never does). How is he able to do that if nothing has changed? Voldemort wasn鈥檛 back, yet he acted as if he was? Once again, I just don鈥檛 understand鈥�
Also, what is up with Lily鈥檚 blanket? I don鈥檛 remember him ever talking about it in the books, yet now Harry pretends as if it鈥檚 his most precious possession in the entire world. I know he didn鈥檛 possess it in the other books, but it鈥檚 still strange that he鈥檚 so obsessed with it now.
Oh, and the special privileges? Harry is at Hogwarts all the damn time! I don鈥檛 remember parents being allowed there. I guess being a Potter does mean you鈥檙e allowed to do more than others.
A lot of people hate Severus Snape and don鈥檛 see him as a brave person. While I don鈥檛 feel as strongly about that as them, I completely understand why they feel that was. He was horrible to his pupils, particularly Hermione, Harry and Neville. But, in the alternative universe, Hermione and Ron secretly work together with him. He used to be so mean to them, it seems highly unlikely to me they would forgive him! Just because he didn鈥檛 turn out to be a death-eater, doesn鈥檛 mean it justifies his behaviour. Snape鈥檚 interactions with Scorpius were so cringe-worthy. He isn鈥檛 a nice guy who makes one or two jokes and he鈥檇 never talk that openly about Lily.
Because so many characters felt differently, I didn鈥檛 care about them anymore. When Hermione and Ron sacrificed themselves and received the dementor鈥檚 kiss, I felt nothing. On the one hand, I鈥檓 sad we didn鈥檛 get to see Sirius, Remus, Tonks an Teddy. But on the other hand, I鈥檓 very glad, since their characters would have been butchered as well!
This book almost pretends as if the other Potter and Granger-Weasley kids don鈥檛 exist. Ever heard of Hugo???
The timeline is so strange. Page 22 and a year has past. Page 27 and they鈥檙e already starting their third year at Hogwarts. Seven pages later, another year has past! Surely, they could have given us a glimpse at their lives at Hogwarts without having to do it like this. Later on, Scorpius and Albus are in Scotland, without any brooms or wands. Yet the very next page, they鈥檙e already in Godric鈥檚 Hollow! How is that even possible? Again, this is not explained.
And how did Albus and Scorpius know every single detail from what went down over twenty years ago at the Triwizard Tournament and Battle of Hogwarts? Did their parents tell them literally everything? Were very detailed books written? I need to know this!
In the alternate universe, they kept mentioning an 鈥楢ugurey鈥� and I had no idea what it meant. It鈥檚 only explained many scenes later. I cannot stress enough how underdeveloped some plots were. Sometimes, I had no idea what was going on because things weren鈥檛 explained well enough. And that causes plot holes.
I鈥檓 so thankful they didn鈥檛 use the Time Turner often in the Harry Potter series. I can already imagine how how things would have ended otherwise: Harry would have gone back in time and kill Voldemort and save James and Lily. Whenever a universe has the ability to time travel, that鈥檚 the kind of things that happen. It鈥檚 predictable. Yet that鈥檚 exactly what Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is about. They go back in time over FOUR TIMES just to go back to how things were at the beginning of the play. It鈥檚 such a waste of time. I can think of so many plots that would have been more interesting. Imagine there鈥檚 ever going to be a F.R.I.E.N.D.S movie and it turns out Monica has left Chandler and never wants to see her children again. That wouldn鈥檛 make any sense at all. But that is how Cursed Child feels like to me.
Prisoner of Azkaban is one of my favourite books an films, so I obviously have no problems with time travelling. But this was just too much.
As I鈥檝e mentioned before, I really missed the magic. And of course the characters, because Cursed Child completely butchered them. Think of how much better this would be if it was about one school year at Hogwarts, without Voldemort trying to kill everyone. Just one year of the adventures Scorpius and Albus encounter. There didn鈥檛 need to be this much family drama. Honestly, I鈥檓 pretty sure this was the script of a Days of Our Lives or The Bold and the Beautiful episode instead! Just think how they could have explored the other houses, besides Gryffindor! But no, in Cursed Child, everyone is still prejudiced towards Slytherins and they pretend Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff don鈥檛 even exist!
This is only about three hundred pages long, yet it was so repetitive. Scorpius and Albus do something stupid; Draco, Harry and Ginny run after them and need Hermione because 鈥渢heir children are missing!鈥� AGAIN!
I also had some problems with the writing itself:
Voldemort Day? 鈥極h Potter鈥� instead of 鈥極h Shit鈥�? Mudbloods in the dungeons? The Blood Ball? WE GET IT, VOLDEMORT IS BACK!
鈥淎 Malfoy who may be a Voldemort鈥� Euhm, that鈥檚 just awful writing. 鈥榁oldemort鈥� isn鈥檛 a last name; it鈥檚 not as if 鈥楲ord鈥� was his first name. It should have been 鈥楻iddle鈥� instead.
鈥楾hank Dumbledore鈥� instead of 鈥楾hank God鈥� is not only cheesy, it is also incredibly arrogant. I鈥檓 not the most religious person but to say that Dumbledore is a God鈥�
It鈥檚 so sexist that at the Triwizard Tournament, every school got a lot of cheers besides Beauxbatons! I know boys also attend it, but it鈥檚 still more 鈥榝eminine鈥� than Durmstrang or Hogwarts.
Almost everyone who has read this, can鈥檛 deny there is something going on between Albus and Scorpius. They are so gay! But of course, this book is heteronormative to the max! I can already hear J.K. Rowling in a couple of years: 鈥淎ctually, they were dating, but it wasn鈥檛 important to the story鈥�. Please don鈥檛 give this woman any praise when it comes to diversity, she doesn鈥檛 deserve it. The Cursed Child could have meant a great deal more if they weren鈥檛 so afraid to include characters who aren鈥檛 straight for a change. And don鈥檛 even get me started on Albus鈥� crush on Delphi. He鈥檚 like fourteen and she was twenty? That鈥檚 disgusting.
Which brings me to Delphi, the daughter of Voldemort and Bellatrix. Do you really expect me to believe that Voldemort was capable of love and lust? Why do they feel the need to establish that every character is 鈥榦h so straight鈥�?! Supposedly, Bellatrix gave birth to Delphi before the Battle of Hogwarts in Malfoy Manor. WHAT?! In Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows, we actually see her there! Don鈥檛 you think anyone would have noticed? DRACO ACTUALLY LIVED THERE! How oblivious is he supposed to be then? This doesn鈥檛 make any sense!
I could go on, but I think I鈥檝e made my point. There were so many things that bothered me and I don鈥檛 ever want to read this again. I regret paying this much money for it. I refuse to accept this as canon. I will pretend this doesn鈥檛 exist.
February 14, 2017
SPOILER FREE VIDEO REVIEW:
2.5* (I think)
So here's the deal. I went into this being apprehensive. My expectations were low and I was right. I just felt like Harry Potter's story ended where it had to end. The questions that were left unanswered kept the story alive as I would imagine what might be going on in their lives as adults. This answers all those questions and then some. I wanted to rate this higher but I think 2.5 is as high as I can go. These characters didn't feel like the characters I fell in love with. The story had cringe worthy moments and honestly felt like fan fiction. I think seeing this actually performed would be incredible, but reading it was just, average. Might do a video review so I can go more into depth because I definitely have more to say.
2.5* (I think)
So here's the deal. I went into this being apprehensive. My expectations were low and I was right. I just felt like Harry Potter's story ended where it had to end. The questions that were left unanswered kept the story alive as I would imagine what might be going on in their lives as adults. This answers all those questions and then some. I wanted to rate this higher but I think 2.5 is as high as I can go. These characters didn't feel like the characters I fell in love with. The story had cringe worthy moments and honestly felt like fan fiction. I think seeing this actually performed would be incredible, but reading it was just, average. Might do a video review so I can go more into depth because I definitely have more to say.
August 10, 2016
FULL VIDEO REVIEW IS LIVE:
I have a lot of mixed feelings on this book. Am I happy we got another Harry Potter story? Yes. Am I satisfied with some aspects? Absolutely. But am I disappointed as well? Unfortunately, YES.
L I K E S :
Characters:
I was so happy to feel like the characters were authentic. Throughout the entire novel, these felt like the children I grew up alongside and their development over the last two decades into adults felt REAL. Everyone was who I wanted them to become (ESPECIALLY DRACO) and even the kid's had their own distinctive voices I really enjoyed. The dynamic of the characters (Harry & Draco are a perfect example, as well as Harry & Ginny and Ron & Hermione) were consistent with the books, yet still developed over the years into what I felt they should be. Also Scorpius is my everything, he is one of the purest characters in all of literature and if you disagree, bye.
Things that were addressed that needed to be addressed:
Minimal moments that made me happy: Basically, I think there are so many people that loved everything about this book, but as I read this book very critically and found a lot of faults, the parts I loved seemed pretty minimal so I've grouped them here.
-Beginning: I loved that the story started at the epilogue of Deathly Hallows. I didn't even think this was a possibility, but I think it was the perfect way to mesh these two stories into one another.
- Draco & Harry's Dynamic: These two developed exactly as I wanted them to. While there is still an air of distaste around both of them, they've truly grown and come to terms with each other.
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Humor: I personally really enjoyed the humor in the play! The jokes coming from the cast felt really true to their characters and this book had me laughing out loud all throughout the books. I'll go over specific lines in my video review for the sake of length on here, but I don't think there was a single intentional joke that didn't have me howling of laughter.
Scorpius & Albus: Okay listen, I am one to respect anyone's sexuality, so if these two claim they're straight, they're straight. But seriously, there is so much queer baiting in this script that it pains me to know it was never going to amount to anything. I don't understand why it's so bad to have two gay wizards as the main characters. If you're going to throw lines at me like "He doesn't like his friend talking to a girl" and "They hug each other with fierceness. They hold for a beat." IMMA SHIP THEM TOGETHER. And that's not to undermine their love as friends; regardless of their sexuality, they have a beautiful relationship and their dynamic is a pleasure to read. It's clear they love each other so much, even if it is just as friends. I just think I would have loved this story on a whole 'nother level if their friendship became something more at the end of the story.
D I S L I K E S :
Lack of characters: This goes into my feeling that this plot was FAR TOO LARGE to be limited to the time constraints and physical space on the stage for a play. There is an absence of every character who is not Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Draco, Albus, Scorpius,and Delphi.
-Hugo: Does not appear ONCE. What REALLY confuses me and goes into the contradiction to the books, is that he was at Kings Cross in the Deathly Hallows epilogue, yet he's not in the first scene. He starts Hogwarts during Albus/Scorpius/Rose's third year, yet he. is. never. there. He's Ron and Hermione's child for gods sake! He should have been in this book!
- Rose, James, & Lily: While we do see these three in the beginning for a few scenes, all three are virtually absent from the entire play after about Act Two. How on earth do you expect me to believe these two groups of parents are off on another CRAZY adventure, but don't show any thought about their children, other than Albus? It's just unreasonable and does not make sense. I'm going to say this a million times throughout these reviews, but if you use the argument that "it's a play, they don't have enough time," then they should not have made this story a play. Lack of room for a plot is the biggest reason to NOT include it and putting out something incomplete is just sloppy and amateur.
- Neville: Neville is mentioned COUNTLESS times throughout this novel. He's a professor at Hogwarts and you bet your ass he would coddle The Golden Trio's children like they were his own, but again HE DOESN'T SHOW UP ONCE. I'm purely disappointed.
- Teddy Lupin: Teddy is obviously a very minor character but HE WAS ALSO AT KINGS CROSS (which still confuses me because he had left Hogwarts at this point, but whatevs) HE WAS STILL THERE. They made a big deal that Teddy was a "part of the Potter family" and came over for dinner frequently, but he isn't even mentioned in the books. Also, his CHARACTER ITSELF was made a big deal by Jo, who wanted the story to end on another child being left an orphan. But nope, there's no space for anyone who wasn't a main character (which is a large fault in the author's planning because side characters are still hugely important to a story) so we don't see him at all.
- Hagrid: OK WHERE THE HELL IS HAGRID. Someone suggested to me that he may have wrongfully passed, but if McGonagall is alive, I'm betting Hagrid's giant blood gives him a different lifespan than most wizards. HE WOULD LITERALLY DO ANYTHING TO SPEND TIME WITH HARRY&GINNY&RON&HERMIONE'S CHILDREN WHERE IS HE. We go through like three or four alternate timelines of Hogwarts and he is absent in all of them. Seriously, it's a straight up disservice to his character.
Harry & Albus's relationship:
The scene in the Ministry: okay I got a looooooot of issues here.
1.
2.
THE TIME TURNERS:Oh lordy, lordy. Prepare for the longest rant of this entire review.
1. To give you a run down, the system of time travel established in Prisoner of Azkaban is essentially a "fixed timeline" meaning that the time traveler's actions would not alter the timeline at all. (ex. it's Harry who creates the Patronus to save himself & Sirius because as Harry himself claims "It was easy, because I'd already done it.) In Harry Potter & The Cursed Child, it follows the timeline known as the "Grandfather Paradox" (aka used in Back to the Future) which is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM OF TIME that is more flexible and allows people to change history by their actions. YOU. CAN'T. HAVE. TWO. DIFFERENT. SYSTEMS. OF. TIME. It's made clear that creating a paradox is possible in POA (an example given is that one can kill their future/past self if they are recognized by themselves), but that doesn't change that fact that there is no evidence of the fixed timeline that has been established for 12 years in TCC. Paradoxes fucking everywhere and The Doctor is sobbing from his Tardis.
2.
3.
4. On Pottermore, (here's an image as a source - the original post I found it from is from 3 years ago) J.K. Rowling admits that she left a ton of plot holes in the system of time travel she created. She claims to have fixed that over the years, ending the solution with destroying all of them during the battle at the Department of Mysteries. And I think this is great, this is what authors should have the incentive to do when they make a mistake. BUT if she wanted to fix it, why would she approve a script that is built on the foundation of something she tried to erase in her books? It truly makes me question either how genuine her approval is, or the integrity of her character to turn her back on her previous decisions.
To sum up, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child BUTCHERED the system of time & time travel created by Jo and I have no words to describe how detrimental this is to the plot.
Big secret plot twist I don't want to spoil:
2.
3.
4.
This is ridiculous. This is far too convenient. There is too little information on when this actually happened. I refuse to accept this as part of the plot.
Random little things that bother me:
- First trip back in time:
-The Trolley Witch:
T H I N G S T H A T M A D E M E C R Y :
-Harry in Godric's Hollow:
-Hagrid meeting Harry for the first time:
-Draco opening up to Harry:
There are a million more things to say in my video review, so stay tuned for that on my YouTube channel. All in all, I'm happy we got this book. I'm happy I read it. I'm happy that some things stayed true and somethings impressed me. But I'm super disappointed that it's so dissociated from the rest of the books plot-wise and that it was very underdeveloped. I will stand by my opinion that this should have been a full novelization of the play, and that would have fixed a lot of the inconsistencies and plot holes. I will absolutely go to see this play when it hits New York, and I would recommend it to any Harry Potter fan.
I have a lot of mixed feelings on this book. Am I happy we got another Harry Potter story? Yes. Am I satisfied with some aspects? Absolutely. But am I disappointed as well? Unfortunately, YES.
L I K E S :
Characters:
I was so happy to feel like the characters were authentic. Throughout the entire novel, these felt like the children I grew up alongside and their development over the last two decades into adults felt REAL. Everyone was who I wanted them to become (ESPECIALLY DRACO) and even the kid's had their own distinctive voices I really enjoyed. The dynamic of the characters (Harry & Draco are a perfect example, as well as Harry & Ginny and Ron & Hermione) were consistent with the books, yet still developed over the years into what I felt they should be. Also Scorpius is my everything, he is one of the purest characters in all of literature and if you disagree, bye.
Things that were addressed that needed to be addressed:
Minimal moments that made me happy: Basically, I think there are so many people that loved everything about this book, but as I read this book very critically and found a lot of faults, the parts I loved seemed pretty minimal so I've grouped them here.
-Beginning: I loved that the story started at the epilogue of Deathly Hallows. I didn't even think this was a possibility, but I think it was the perfect way to mesh these two stories into one another.
- Draco & Harry's Dynamic: These two developed exactly as I wanted them to. While there is still an air of distaste around both of them, they've truly grown and come to terms with each other.
-
-
Humor: I personally really enjoyed the humor in the play! The jokes coming from the cast felt really true to their characters and this book had me laughing out loud all throughout the books. I'll go over specific lines in my video review for the sake of length on here, but I don't think there was a single intentional joke that didn't have me howling of laughter.
Scorpius & Albus: Okay listen, I am one to respect anyone's sexuality, so if these two claim they're straight, they're straight. But seriously, there is so much queer baiting in this script that it pains me to know it was never going to amount to anything. I don't understand why it's so bad to have two gay wizards as the main characters. If you're going to throw lines at me like "He doesn't like his friend talking to a girl" and "They hug each other with fierceness. They hold for a beat." IMMA SHIP THEM TOGETHER. And that's not to undermine their love as friends; regardless of their sexuality, they have a beautiful relationship and their dynamic is a pleasure to read. It's clear they love each other so much, even if it is just as friends. I just think I would have loved this story on a whole 'nother level if their friendship became something more at the end of the story.
D I S L I K E S :
Lack of characters: This goes into my feeling that this plot was FAR TOO LARGE to be limited to the time constraints and physical space on the stage for a play. There is an absence of every character who is not Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Draco, Albus, Scorpius,and Delphi.
-Hugo: Does not appear ONCE. What REALLY confuses me and goes into the contradiction to the books, is that he was at Kings Cross in the Deathly Hallows epilogue, yet he's not in the first scene. He starts Hogwarts during Albus/Scorpius/Rose's third year, yet he. is. never. there. He's Ron and Hermione's child for gods sake! He should have been in this book!
- Rose, James, & Lily: While we do see these three in the beginning for a few scenes, all three are virtually absent from the entire play after about Act Two. How on earth do you expect me to believe these two groups of parents are off on another CRAZY adventure, but don't show any thought about their children, other than Albus? It's just unreasonable and does not make sense. I'm going to say this a million times throughout these reviews, but if you use the argument that "it's a play, they don't have enough time," then they should not have made this story a play. Lack of room for a plot is the biggest reason to NOT include it and putting out something incomplete is just sloppy and amateur.
- Neville: Neville is mentioned COUNTLESS times throughout this novel. He's a professor at Hogwarts and you bet your ass he would coddle The Golden Trio's children like they were his own, but again HE DOESN'T SHOW UP ONCE. I'm purely disappointed.
- Teddy Lupin: Teddy is obviously a very minor character but HE WAS ALSO AT KINGS CROSS (which still confuses me because he had left Hogwarts at this point, but whatevs) HE WAS STILL THERE. They made a big deal that Teddy was a "part of the Potter family" and came over for dinner frequently, but he isn't even mentioned in the books. Also, his CHARACTER ITSELF was made a big deal by Jo, who wanted the story to end on another child being left an orphan. But nope, there's no space for anyone who wasn't a main character (which is a large fault in the author's planning because side characters are still hugely important to a story) so we don't see him at all.
- Hagrid: OK WHERE THE HELL IS HAGRID. Someone suggested to me that he may have wrongfully passed, but if McGonagall is alive, I'm betting Hagrid's giant blood gives him a different lifespan than most wizards. HE WOULD LITERALLY DO ANYTHING TO SPEND TIME WITH HARRY&GINNY&RON&HERMIONE'S CHILDREN WHERE IS HE. We go through like three or four alternate timelines of Hogwarts and he is absent in all of them. Seriously, it's a straight up disservice to his character.
Harry & Albus's relationship:
The scene in the Ministry: okay I got a looooooot of issues here.
1.
2.
THE TIME TURNERS:Oh lordy, lordy. Prepare for the longest rant of this entire review.
1. To give you a run down, the system of time travel established in Prisoner of Azkaban is essentially a "fixed timeline" meaning that the time traveler's actions would not alter the timeline at all. (ex. it's Harry who creates the Patronus to save himself & Sirius because as Harry himself claims "It was easy, because I'd already done it.) In Harry Potter & The Cursed Child, it follows the timeline known as the "Grandfather Paradox" (aka used in Back to the Future) which is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM OF TIME that is more flexible and allows people to change history by their actions. YOU. CAN'T. HAVE. TWO. DIFFERENT. SYSTEMS. OF. TIME. It's made clear that creating a paradox is possible in POA (an example given is that one can kill their future/past self if they are recognized by themselves), but that doesn't change that fact that there is no evidence of the fixed timeline that has been established for 12 years in TCC. Paradoxes fucking everywhere and The Doctor is sobbing from his Tardis.
2.
3.
4. On Pottermore, (here's an image as a source - the original post I found it from is from 3 years ago) J.K. Rowling admits that she left a ton of plot holes in the system of time travel she created. She claims to have fixed that over the years, ending the solution with destroying all of them during the battle at the Department of Mysteries. And I think this is great, this is what authors should have the incentive to do when they make a mistake. BUT if she wanted to fix it, why would she approve a script that is built on the foundation of something she tried to erase in her books? It truly makes me question either how genuine her approval is, or the integrity of her character to turn her back on her previous decisions.
To sum up, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child BUTCHERED the system of time & time travel created by Jo and I have no words to describe how detrimental this is to the plot.
Big secret plot twist I don't want to spoil:
2.
3.
4.
This is ridiculous. This is far too convenient. There is too little information on when this actually happened. I refuse to accept this as part of the plot.
Random little things that bother me:
- First trip back in time:
-The Trolley Witch:
T H I N G S T H A T M A D E M E C R Y :
-Harry in Godric's Hollow:
-Hagrid meeting Harry for the first time:
-Draco opening up to Harry:
There are a million more things to say in my video review, so stay tuned for that on my YouTube channel. All in all, I'm happy we got this book. I'm happy I read it. I'm happy that some things stayed true and somethings impressed me. But I'm super disappointed that it's so dissociated from the rest of the books plot-wise and that it was very underdeveloped. I will stand by my opinion that this should have been a full novelization of the play, and that would have fixed a lot of the inconsistencies and plot holes. I will absolutely go to see this play when it hits New York, and I would recommend it to any Harry Potter fan.
August 16, 2016
After Reading:
1,5 stars
Nope, that's definitely not what I hoped this book'd have been.
Recensione in Italiano:
La prima parte della storia non 猫 nemmeno male, poi per貌 tutto inizia ad essere confusonario e, diciamocelo, praticamente senza senso.
Nel complesso comunque sarebbe una storia nella media, una storia da 3 stelline, diciamo.
Poi uno si rende conto che 猫 di Harry Potter che stiamo parlando e allora mani nei capelli: ma cos鈥櫭� sta roba?!?
Questo libro non ha decisamente nulla a che fare con Harry Potter!
L鈥檜nica cosa che, pi霉 o meno, questa storia ha in comune con i libri 猫 l鈥檌nizio: infatti si inizia esattamente dove l鈥檈pilogo dell鈥檜ltimo libro ci aveva lasciati, ovvero quando Albus Severus Potter arriva al binario 9 e 戮 per prendere per la prima volta il treno per Hogwarts.
E l矛 finiscono le somiglianze con i libri precedenti.
E anche con quello che la Rowling ha sempre affermato sui social, ma questo non importa鈥�
Per quel che riguarda i personaggi鈥� si salvi chi pu貌!
L鈥檜nico che si salva 猫 Scorpius: lui 猫 di una specie rara e dev鈥檈ssere protetto.
Albus, il protagonista鈥� Mamma mia che nervoso! Seriamente, qualcuno avrebbe dovuto prenderlo a calci, un sacco di calci in culo un sacco di volte, magari si sarebbe fatto pi霉 furbo.
Per quel che riguarda Harry鈥� No, io mi rifiuto di anche solo pensare che questo sia Harry. Quest鈥檜omo non ha nulla a che fare con il ragazzo di cui tutti, diciamocelo, ci siamo innamorati ad un certo punto. E non si pu貌 nemmeno giustificare con 鈥溍� diventato un uomo adulto鈥� perch茅 qua si passa dal giorno alla notte, davvero.
Nel complesso, comunque, un libro molto deludente, un libro che avremmo proprio potuto evitare di leggere.
Spero davvero che la Rowling abbia solo messo il nome, senza nemmeno leggere il libro (anche se pure in quel caso ammetto mi dispiacerebbe sapere come ha venduto la sua creazione), perch茅 non voglio crederci che lei abbia letto e accettato questa 鈥渞oba鈥�.
Before Reading:
I've been waiting for this book for something like 10 years.
or even better: for my whole life.
1,5 stars
Nope, that's definitely not what I hoped this book'd have been.
Recensione in Italiano:
La prima parte della storia non 猫 nemmeno male, poi per貌 tutto inizia ad essere confusonario e, diciamocelo, praticamente senza senso.
Nel complesso comunque sarebbe una storia nella media, una storia da 3 stelline, diciamo.
Poi uno si rende conto che 猫 di Harry Potter che stiamo parlando e allora mani nei capelli: ma cos鈥櫭� sta roba?!?
Questo libro non ha decisamente nulla a che fare con Harry Potter!
L鈥檜nica cosa che, pi霉 o meno, questa storia ha in comune con i libri 猫 l鈥檌nizio: infatti si inizia esattamente dove l鈥檈pilogo dell鈥檜ltimo libro ci aveva lasciati, ovvero quando Albus Severus Potter arriva al binario 9 e 戮 per prendere per la prima volta il treno per Hogwarts.
E l矛 finiscono le somiglianze con i libri precedenti.
E anche con quello che la Rowling ha sempre affermato sui social, ma questo non importa鈥�
Per quel che riguarda i personaggi鈥� si salvi chi pu貌!
L鈥檜nico che si salva 猫 Scorpius: lui 猫 di una specie rara e dev鈥檈ssere protetto.
Albus, il protagonista鈥� Mamma mia che nervoso! Seriamente, qualcuno avrebbe dovuto prenderlo a calci, un sacco di calci in culo un sacco di volte, magari si sarebbe fatto pi霉 furbo.
Per quel che riguarda Harry鈥� No, io mi rifiuto di anche solo pensare che questo sia Harry. Quest鈥檜omo non ha nulla a che fare con il ragazzo di cui tutti, diciamocelo, ci siamo innamorati ad un certo punto. E non si pu貌 nemmeno giustificare con 鈥溍� diventato un uomo adulto鈥� perch茅 qua si passa dal giorno alla notte, davvero.
Nel complesso, comunque, un libro molto deludente, un libro che avremmo proprio potuto evitare di leggere.
Spero davvero che la Rowling abbia solo messo il nome, senza nemmeno leggere il libro (anche se pure in quel caso ammetto mi dispiacerebbe sapere come ha venduto la sua creazione), perch茅 non voglio crederci che lei abbia letto e accettato questa 鈥渞oba鈥�.
Before Reading:
I've been waiting for this book for something like 10 years.
or even better: for my whole life.
September 7, 2016
Spoiler free review!
This review can also be found .
I never thought I'd get to count down the days to another Harry Potter release.
I was understandably hesitant about a sequel, but I'm relieved after having read it. It was everything I could have hoped for and听not at all what I was expecting - seriously, not听at all - but it was perfect. 听It was the type of story I play within my head when I have too much time on my hands. I was super lucky to be able to go into the story completely spoiler free and it definitely enhanced the twists and just everything.
I'm not going to comment on the plot or characters. I want others who wish听to go in blind like I did to have that听chance, and I don't want to be the one听who spoils it for them.
Instead, I'm going to talk about feelings.
I remember the sinking sensation听I had right after finishing听Deathly Hallows for the first time - though that was enhanced by a combination of no sleep (midnight release party) and also being an eighteen-year-old-girl who just had her emotions ripped out and then torn apart by the lovely Ms Rowling. It lasted for days. It was a unique experience听to have grown up with Harry and be just a year older than听him during the Battle of Hogwarts. The end of听Deathly Hallows essentially marked the end of my childhood.
Now, I'm a twenty-seven-year-old and those feelings have been ripped to shreds yet again.
Post Potter Depression.
But it's worth it.
Harry Potter has always been the most important book series to me since I first read them in 1999听- I reread the books every year, sometimes more because of reasons - so听I'll gladly take the punches Rowling continues to throw at me.
Worth it.
( / / / )
This review can also be found .
I never thought I'd get to count down the days to another Harry Potter release.
I was understandably hesitant about a sequel, but I'm relieved after having read it. It was everything I could have hoped for and听not at all what I was expecting - seriously, not听at all - but it was perfect. 听It was the type of story I play within my head when I have too much time on my hands. I was super lucky to be able to go into the story completely spoiler free and it definitely enhanced the twists and just everything.
I'm not going to comment on the plot or characters. I want others who wish听to go in blind like I did to have that听chance, and I don't want to be the one听who spoils it for them.
Instead, I'm going to talk about feelings.
I remember the sinking sensation听I had right after finishing听Deathly Hallows for the first time - though that was enhanced by a combination of no sleep (midnight release party) and also being an eighteen-year-old-girl who just had her emotions ripped out and then torn apart by the lovely Ms Rowling. It lasted for days. It was a unique experience听to have grown up with Harry and be just a year older than听him during the Battle of Hogwarts. The end of听Deathly Hallows essentially marked the end of my childhood.
Now, I'm a twenty-seven-year-old and those feelings have been ripped to shreds yet again.
Post Potter Depression.
But it's worth it.
Harry Potter has always been the most important book series to me since I first read them in 1999听- I reread the books every year, sometimes more because of reasons - so听I'll gladly take the punches Rowling continues to throw at me.
Worth it.
( / / / )
February 9, 2017
things Harry James Potter would never do:
- tell his son he wished he wasn鈥檛 his child
- insult/threaten Minerva McGonagall and invalidate her abilities and understanding of children because she doesn鈥檛 have any of her own
- incessantly stalk his child and threaten him, not caring how his child feels about it
- be prejudiced against his child for being in Slytherin after telling him he felt the opposite when seeing him off at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters (and really, having been able to observe what Sirius went through as the only Gryffindor in his family)
- tell his son he wished he wasn鈥檛 his child !!!!
- victorkrvm, tumblr
Harry could't be ANY more out of character, which is the thing that, amongst others, bothers me most about this script
!!!!!
- tell his son he wished he wasn鈥檛 his child
- insult/threaten Minerva McGonagall and invalidate her abilities and understanding of children because she doesn鈥檛 have any of her own
- incessantly stalk his child and threaten him, not caring how his child feels about it
- be prejudiced against his child for being in Slytherin after telling him he felt the opposite when seeing him off at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters (and really, having been able to observe what Sirius went through as the only Gryffindor in his family)
- tell his son he wished he wasn鈥檛 his child !!!!
- victorkrvm, tumblr
Harry could't be ANY more out of character, which is the thing that, amongst others, bothers me most about this script
!!!!!
August 19, 2022
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賮賱賳胤乇丨 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 爻丐丕賱..賲丕 丕賱匕賷 賷噩毓賱 爻賷丿丞 賮賷 毓賲乇賷 鬲鬲毓賱賯 亘丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 丕賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱丨丿責
賴賱 丕賳鬲 爻丕丨乇丞責賴賱 丕賳鬲 賲乇丕賴賯丞責賴賱 丕賳鬲 賷鬲賷賲丞責
賱丕 貙賵 賱賰賳 丿丕卅賲丕 賰丕賳 氐賲賵丿 賴丕乇賷 丕賱胤賮賱 丕賱賷鬲賷賲 丕賱賮賯賷乇 賷禺噩賱賳賷..鬲丨賲賱賴 賱毓亘亍 賱丕 賷胤丕賯 賰丕賳 丿丕卅賲丕 賲賱賴賲丕"賱賷 ..丕賱賴賲賳賷 禺賵囟 亘毓囟 丕賱賲毓丕乇賰 亘丿賱丕"賲賳 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳賴丕
丿賮毓賳賷 賱賱丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇 賲賴賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱禺爻丕卅乇. .賱賯丿 賵丕噩賴 卮乇丕 賷爻乇賷 丨賵賱賴 賵 賮賷 丿賲丕卅賴 乇睾賲丕 毓賳賴..賵 丕賳鬲氐乇 亘賳亘賱
賵 賴匕丕 賰賱 賲丕 賳亘睾丕賴 賲賳 丕賱丕丿亘: 丕賱賴丕賲 賷賲賳丨賳丕 丕賱毓夭賲
丕噩賲賱 賵 丕爻賵兀 賲丕 賮賷 丕賱夭賲賳 貙丕賳賴 賷賲乇 亘爻乇毓丞鈴�
亘丕爻賱賵亘 賲禺鬲賱賮 賵 丨亘賰丞 兀孬丕乇鬲 睾賷馗 丕賱亘毓囟.. 賲毓 賳賮爻 丕賱丕噩賵丕亍 丕賱賲毓鬲丕丿丞 賱賴賵噩賵丕乇鬲爻 賵 鬲丨鬲 丕爻賯賮賴丕 賵噩賵賴 丨亘賷亘丞 ..賯丿賷賲丞 賵 噩丿賷丿丞 賵 賮賷 丕丨丿丕孬 鬲丿賵乇 亘賷賳 2016 丕賱賶 2020賳賵丕噩賴 賲毓 賴丕乇賷 丕賯爻賶 賲毓丕乇賰賴..賲毓 丕亘賳 賲鬲胤賱亘 氐毓亘 丕賱賲乇丕爻...爻丨乇 賲禺鬲賱賮 ..夭賲賳 賱丕 賷乇丨賲 賵..賲丕囟賷 賷兀亘賶 丕賱夭賵丕賱
丕"賰賲 賲乇丞 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 賷丕 賴丕乇賷 丕賳 丕賱賵賯鬲 賰丕賳 囟丿賰責馃晵
氐毓丿 丕賱賶 丕毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇丕鬲亘 賵 賰匕賱賰 賴賷乇賲賷賵賳 賵 賲毓賴賲 乇賵賳..賵 賱賰賳 賴丕 賴賵 丕亘賳賴 丕賱丕賵爻胤 丕賱亘丕爻 爻賷賮乇賵爻 亘賵鬲乇" 賵 賷丕 賱賴 賲賳 毓亘亍 孬賯賷賱 賷賱賯賷賴 毓賱賷賰 丕賱丕爻賲 賷丕 亘賳賷!!. .亘賷賳賲丕 丕賳鬲 鬲噩爻賷丿 丨賷 賱賲賯賵賱丞 "丕賱賵賱丿 賱禺丕賱賴"賳毓賲 :乇賵賳
鬲鬲匕賰乇賵賳 睾賷乇丞 乇賵賳 賵 孬賵乇鬲賴 毓賱賶 賴丕乇賷 賮賷 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱乇丕亘毓 賵丕賱爻丕亘毓..
丨爻賳丕
毓賳丿賲丕 賵噩丿 丕賱亘丕爻 賳賮爻賴 禺丕乇噩 噩乇賷賮賳丿賵乇....
賵 丕禺鬲丕乇 亘賯賱亘賴 氐丿賷賯丕 匕賰賷丕 賲賳亘賵匕丕 賲賳 丕賱噩賲賷毓" 爻賰賵乇亘賷賵爻 丿乇丕賰賵 賲丕賱賮賵賷 " 毓賳丿賲丕 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賴 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 毓亘卅丕 毓賱賶 賵丕賱丿賴..丕賵 賯丿 賷禺噩賱賴
..賴賳丕 禺胤乇鬲 毓賱賶 匕賴賳賴 賴匕賴 丕賱噩賲賱丞 丕賱賯丕鬲賱丞"丕匕丕 毓丕丿 亘賷 丕賱夭賲賳 丕賱賶 丕賱賵乇丕亍 賱賮毓賱鬲 賵 賮毓賱鬲"賵 鬲亘丿兀 丕賱丨賲丕賯丕鬲..賵 鬲鬲毓丿丿 丕賱丕賮鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 丕賱爻賵丿丕賵賷丞..賵 丕賱鬲賷 賲賳丨鬲 丕賱賲爻乇丨賷丞 鬲卮賵賷賯丕 禺丕氐丕
丕賱夭賲賳 賯賳丿賷賱 賮鬲賷賱賴 丕賱丕賳噩丕夭.. 賵 丕賱爻丨乇 賴賳丕 賱丕 賷賮毓賱 丕賱賲毓噩夭丕鬲鈫�
丕"賴丕乇賷 賰賳鬲 丿丕卅賲丕 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 爻毓賷丿 賱賱鬲囟丨賷丞 亘賳賮爻賰 賱丕噩賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 亘丕賰賲賱賴.. 賱賰賳 丕賱亘丕爻 賷乇賷丿 丨亘丕 賲禺氐賵氐丕"鬲賴賲爻 噩賷賳賷
丨爻賳丕 賷丕 丕賱亘丕爻 亘賵鬲乇..鬲賵鬲乇鬲 賲賳賰 賰孬賷乇丕.. 賮賯丿 卮丕亍鬲 馗乇賵賮賰 賲毓賷 丕賳 丕賰賵賳 賮賷 賲賵賯毓賰 賵 賲賵賯毓 賵丕賱丿賰 丕賷囟丕
賱賯丿 賳卮丕鬲 賮賷 馗賱 丕亘 毓亘賯乇賷 賮賷 賲噩丕賱賴 賲卮睾賵賱 丿丕卅賲丕 亘噩賱丕卅賱 丕賱丕毓賲丕賱..賱丕 賷賲賳丨賳賷 賵賯鬲丕 胤賵賷賱丕 丕賵 賮賴賲丕 賰孬賷乇丕 ..賵 賰匕賱賰 丕賲賷!!丕賴賱 馗賱賱鬲 丕賳鬲丨亘責 賴賱 鬲賲賱賰鬲賳賷 丕賱睾賷乇丞 丕賳賳賷 賱爻鬲 毓亘賯乇賷丞責 丕亘丿丕..賲孬賱賷 賲孬賱 噩賷賲爻 賵 賱賷賱賷 亘賵鬲乇
賯賳毓鬲 亘賲丕 賷賲賳丨賴 賱賷 賲賳 賲賷夭丕鬲..
賵 賲孬賱 賴丕乇賷 鬲賲丕賲丕賸..氐丕乇 賱丿賶 賲乇丕賴賯賷賳 賮丨丕賵賱鬲 賲賳丨賴賲 賰賱 賲丕 丨乇賲鬲 賲賳賴 ..賵 賱賰賳 賴賱 賴匕丕 賲丕 賷賳賯氐賴賲 丨賯丕責
賲丕匕丕 賷毓賳賷 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇責 丕賴賷 賳毓賲丞 丕賲 "賱毓賳丞"責爻丐丕賱 丨丕賵賱鬲 乇賵賱賷賳噩 賵 賲賳 賲毓賴丕 丕賱丕噩丕亘丞 毓賳賴 亘毓丿 爻賳賵丕鬲
..丕賳 鬲賯賵賲 丨乇亘 賰丕賲賱丞 亘爻亘亘賰..賯丿乇賰 噩毓賱賰 丕賱賳亘賵亍丞
賲賳匕 賲賯鬲賱 賵丕賱丿賰.. 賵 丕賳鬲 鬲禺爻乇 賰賱 賲賳 丨丕賵賱 丕賳 賷賰賵賳 賱賰 丕亘丕" 爻賷乇賷賵爻..丿賲亘賱丿賵乇 ...爻賳丕亘..賱賵亘賷賳..乇丨賱賵丕 賱鬲毓賷卮
丕"賴賱 賱丕丨馗鬲賲 丕賳 丕賱賰賱 賷賲賵鬲 賯鬲賱丕 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賲賱丨賲丞 ..賱丕 賷賵噩丿 賲賵鬲 胤亘賷毓賷 丕賵 賲乇囟 ..賮賯胤 賱毓賳丕鬲 賵 鬲毓丕賵賷匕 賯丕鬲賱丞 "丕
丕賱丨亘 賷毓賲賷賳丕..氐丿賯鬲 丿賲亘賱丿賵乇..丕毓賲賶 丨亘 賴丕乇賷 賱丕亘賳賴 亘氐賷乇鬲賴 丕丨賷丕賳丕..丕亘賳賴 賱賲 賷乇孬 賲賳賴 丕賱丕 丕賳丿賮丕毓賴..丕禺亘乇賴 賴丕乇賷: 丕
丕"賱賯丿 賮購乇囟鬲 毓賱賶 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲..賵 賱賲 丕爻毓賶 丕賱賷賴丕"賵 賱賰賳 馗賱 丕賱亘丕爻 乇丕賰囟丕 亘丕氐乇丕乇 賵乇丕亍 賲丕 賮乇囟鬲賴 毓賱賷賴 丕賱丕賯丿丕乇
"賲賳 禺賱丕賱 乇丨賱丕鬲 丕賱亘丕爻 賵 爻賰賵乇亘賷賵爻 賵 賰賳鬲 丕鬲賲賳賷 丨賯丕 賱賵 氐丨亘鬲賴賲 乇賵夭 丕亘賳丞 賴乇賲賷賵賳..丕噩丕亘鬲 乇賵賱賷賳噩 毓賱賶 毓丿丞 丕爻卅賱丞 賲毓賱賯丞
..丕毓丕丿鬲 賱賳丕 丿賲亘賱丿賵乇 賰賲丕 賱賲 賷馗賴乇 賲賳 賯亘賱..
爻賳丕亘 賴賱 爻賷禺鬲丕乇 丕賱禺賷乇 ..丿丕卅賲丕責.. 爻賷丿乇賷賰 丿賷噩賵乇賷 :賲丕匕丕 賱賵 毓丕卮責
丿乇丕賰賵 賲丕賱賮賵賶 !!!丕噩亘乇鬲賴 丕賱賵丨丿丞 毓賱賶 丕禺鬲賷丕乇 胤乇賷賯 丕賱卮乇 賵 賱賰賳賴 賴賳丕 賮丕噩兀賳賷 賰孬賷乇丕
賲賳匕 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 氐賳毓鬲 賱賳丕 乇賵賱賷賳噩 乇噩賱 丕丨賱丕賲賴丕 賵 賲賳丨鬲賴 賱賳丕 噩賲賷毓丕..
毓亘乇 爻賳賵丕鬲 氐亘丕賴 乇丕賷賳丕賴 賰賷賮 鬲丨賵賱 賱賱亘胤賱 丕賱丕賰孬乇 賰賲丕賱丕 賮賷 丕賱丕丿亘 丕賱丨丿賷孬 丨鬲賶 賱賵 兀賰丿鬲 乇賵賱賷賳噩 丕賳 "丕賱賲孬丕賱賷丞 亘毓賷丿丞 賰賱 丕賱亘毓丿 毓賳 丕賷丿賷 丕賱亘卮乇 賵 亘毓賷丿丞 毓賳 丕賱爻丨乇 丕賷囟丕"丕
丕賱亘毓囟 賷乇賶 丕賳 丕賱毓賵丿丞 丕賳賯氐鬲 賲賳 賯丿乇 賴丕乇賷 賵賲賳 賲毓賴馃憖
..賵 賱賰賳 賱丕
賰丕賳 賱丕亘丿 丕賳 賷氐賱 賴丕乇賷 賱賱丕乇亘毓賷賳 賱鬲賰鬲賲賱 卮禺氐賷鬲賴..賱賳乇賶 賲丕 禺賱賮 丕賱丕賳鬲氐丕乇丕鬲 賲賳 賴夭丕卅賲 禺賮賷丞 賵 賲乇丕乇丕鬲 丿丕卅賲丞..賵 囟賲丕卅乇 賲丐乇賯丞
丕"賱賲 賷賰賳 毓賱賷 丕賳 丕亘賯賶 賱賯丿 賰丕賳 賯丿乇賷 丕賳 丕賲賵鬲.. 賵 乇睾賲 賰賱 卮賷亍 毓卮鬲! 賵 賰賱 賴丐賱丕亍 乇丨賱賵丕"丕
賵 丕賳丕 賲毓賰..賮丨賷丕丞 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賯爻賵丞 賱丕 鬲爻鬲丨賯 亘胤賱 賲孬賱賰
賮丕賱兀亘賳丕亍 兀賯賵賷丕亍 丨賯丕..賵 氐賮毓丕鬲賴賲 賲丐賱賲丞..賮賴賲 賰賳夭 丕賱丌亘丕亍 賵 禺賷亘鬲賴賲
賵 賲毓 鬲兀乇噩丨 丕氐睾乇 丌賱丞 爻丨乇賷丞 賱賱夭賲賳..爻鬲鬲丕乇噩丨 兀爻卅賱丞..賲賳 賴賵 丕賱胤賮賱 丕賱賲賱毓賵賳..丨賯丕責責
亘毓丿 爻亘毓 賲賱丕丨賲 賲賳丨鬲 賱賱丕賲賵賲丞 賵 丕賱氐丿丕賯丞 賲噩丿丕 睾賷乇 賲爻亘賵賯... 賰丕賳 毓賱賶 乇賵賱賷賳噩 丕賳 鬲賯丿賲 賲賱丨賲丞 丕禺賷乇丞 毓賳 丕賱丕亘賵丞
賮賱賳胤乇丨 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 爻丐丕賱..賲丕 丕賱匕賷 賷噩毓賱 爻賷丿丞 賮賷 毓賲乇賷 鬲鬲毓賱賯 亘丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 丕賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱丨丿責
賴賱 丕賳鬲 爻丕丨乇丞責賴賱 丕賳鬲 賲乇丕賴賯丞責賴賱 丕賳鬲 賷鬲賷賲丞責
賱丕 貙賵 賱賰賳 丿丕卅賲丕 賰丕賳 氐賲賵丿 賴丕乇賷 丕賱胤賮賱 丕賱賷鬲賷賲 丕賱賮賯賷乇 賷禺噩賱賳賷..鬲丨賲賱賴 賱毓亘亍 賱丕 賷胤丕賯 賰丕賳 丿丕卅賲丕 賲賱賴賲丕"賱賷 ..丕賱賴賲賳賷 禺賵囟 亘毓囟 丕賱賲毓丕乇賰 亘丿賱丕"賲賳 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳賴丕
丿賮毓賳賷 賱賱丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇 賲賴賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱禺爻丕卅乇. .賱賯丿 賵丕噩賴 卮乇丕 賷爻乇賷 丨賵賱賴 賵 賮賷 丿賲丕卅賴 乇睾賲丕 毓賳賴..賵 丕賳鬲氐乇 亘賳亘賱
賵 賴匕丕 賰賱 賲丕 賳亘睾丕賴 賲賳 丕賱丕丿亘: 丕賱賴丕賲 賷賲賳丨賳丕 丕賱毓夭賲
丕噩賲賱 賵 丕爻賵兀 賲丕 賮賷 丕賱夭賲賳 貙丕賳賴 賷賲乇 亘爻乇毓丞鈴�
亘丕爻賱賵亘 賲禺鬲賱賮 賵 丨亘賰丞 兀孬丕乇鬲 睾賷馗 丕賱亘毓囟.. 賲毓 賳賮爻 丕賱丕噩賵丕亍 丕賱賲毓鬲丕丿丞 賱賴賵噩賵丕乇鬲爻 賵 鬲丨鬲 丕爻賯賮賴丕 賵噩賵賴 丨亘賷亘丞 ..賯丿賷賲丞 賵 噩丿賷丿丞 賵 賮賷 丕丨丿丕孬 鬲丿賵乇 亘賷賳 2016 丕賱賶 2020賳賵丕噩賴 賲毓 賴丕乇賷 丕賯爻賶 賲毓丕乇賰賴..賲毓 丕亘賳 賲鬲胤賱亘 氐毓亘 丕賱賲乇丕爻...爻丨乇 賲禺鬲賱賮 ..夭賲賳 賱丕 賷乇丨賲 賵..賲丕囟賷 賷兀亘賶 丕賱夭賵丕賱
丕"賰賲 賲乇丞 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 賷丕 賴丕乇賷 丕賳 丕賱賵賯鬲 賰丕賳 囟丿賰責馃晵
氐毓丿 丕賱賶 丕毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇丕鬲亘 賵 賰匕賱賰 賴賷乇賲賷賵賳 賵 賲毓賴賲 乇賵賳..賵 賱賰賳 賴丕 賴賵 丕亘賳賴 丕賱丕賵爻胤 丕賱亘丕爻 爻賷賮乇賵爻 亘賵鬲乇" 賵 賷丕 賱賴 賲賳 毓亘亍 孬賯賷賱 賷賱賯賷賴 毓賱賷賰 丕賱丕爻賲 賷丕 亘賳賷!!. .亘賷賳賲丕 丕賳鬲 鬲噩爻賷丿 丨賷 賱賲賯賵賱丞 "丕賱賵賱丿 賱禺丕賱賴"賳毓賲 :乇賵賳
鬲鬲匕賰乇賵賳 睾賷乇丞 乇賵賳 賵 孬賵乇鬲賴 毓賱賶 賴丕乇賷 賮賷 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱乇丕亘毓 賵丕賱爻丕亘毓..
丨爻賳丕
毓賳丿賲丕 賵噩丿 丕賱亘丕爻 賳賮爻賴 禺丕乇噩 噩乇賷賮賳丿賵乇....
賵 丕禺鬲丕乇 亘賯賱亘賴 氐丿賷賯丕 匕賰賷丕 賲賳亘賵匕丕 賲賳 丕賱噩賲賷毓" 爻賰賵乇亘賷賵爻 丿乇丕賰賵 賲丕賱賮賵賷 " 毓賳丿賲丕 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賴 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 毓亘卅丕 毓賱賶 賵丕賱丿賴..丕賵 賯丿 賷禺噩賱賴
..賴賳丕 禺胤乇鬲 毓賱賶 匕賴賳賴 賴匕賴 丕賱噩賲賱丞 丕賱賯丕鬲賱丞"丕匕丕 毓丕丿 亘賷 丕賱夭賲賳 丕賱賶 丕賱賵乇丕亍 賱賮毓賱鬲 賵 賮毓賱鬲"賵 鬲亘丿兀 丕賱丨賲丕賯丕鬲..賵 鬲鬲毓丿丿 丕賱丕賮鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 丕賱爻賵丿丕賵賷丞..賵 丕賱鬲賷 賲賳丨鬲 丕賱賲爻乇丨賷丞 鬲卮賵賷賯丕 禺丕氐丕
丕賱夭賲賳 賯賳丿賷賱 賮鬲賷賱賴 丕賱丕賳噩丕夭.. 賵 丕賱爻丨乇 賴賳丕 賱丕 賷賮毓賱 丕賱賲毓噩夭丕鬲鈫�
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丨爻賳丕 賷丕 丕賱亘丕爻 亘賵鬲乇..鬲賵鬲乇鬲 賲賳賰 賰孬賷乇丕.. 賮賯丿 卮丕亍鬲 馗乇賵賮賰 賲毓賷 丕賳 丕賰賵賳 賮賷 賲賵賯毓賰 賵 賲賵賯毓 賵丕賱丿賰 丕賷囟丕
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賯賳毓鬲 亘賲丕 賷賲賳丨賴 賱賷 賲賳 賲賷夭丕鬲..
賵 賲孬賱 賴丕乇賷 鬲賲丕賲丕賸..氐丕乇 賱丿賶 賲乇丕賴賯賷賳 賮丨丕賵賱鬲 賲賳丨賴賲 賰賱 賲丕 丨乇賲鬲 賲賳賴 ..賵 賱賰賳 賴賱 賴匕丕 賲丕 賷賳賯氐賴賲 丨賯丕責
賲丕匕丕 賷毓賳賷 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇責 丕賴賷 賳毓賲丞 丕賲 "賱毓賳丞"責爻丐丕賱 丨丕賵賱鬲 乇賵賱賷賳噩 賵 賲賳 賲毓賴丕 丕賱丕噩丕亘丞 毓賳賴 亘毓丿 爻賳賵丕鬲
..丕賳 鬲賯賵賲 丨乇亘 賰丕賲賱丞 亘爻亘亘賰..賯丿乇賰 噩毓賱賰 丕賱賳亘賵亍丞
賲賳匕 賲賯鬲賱 賵丕賱丿賰.. 賵 丕賳鬲 鬲禺爻乇 賰賱 賲賳 丨丕賵賱 丕賳 賷賰賵賳 賱賰 丕亘丕" 爻賷乇賷賵爻..丿賲亘賱丿賵乇 ...爻賳丕亘..賱賵亘賷賳..乇丨賱賵丕 賱鬲毓賷卮
丕"賴賱 賱丕丨馗鬲賲 丕賳 丕賱賰賱 賷賲賵鬲 賯鬲賱丕 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賲賱丨賲丞 ..賱丕 賷賵噩丿 賲賵鬲 胤亘賷毓賷 丕賵 賲乇囟 ..賮賯胤 賱毓賳丕鬲 賵 鬲毓丕賵賷匕 賯丕鬲賱丞 "丕
丕賱丨亘 賷毓賲賷賳丕..氐丿賯鬲 丿賲亘賱丿賵乇..丕毓賲賶 丨亘 賴丕乇賷 賱丕亘賳賴 亘氐賷乇鬲賴 丕丨賷丕賳丕..丕亘賳賴 賱賲 賷乇孬 賲賳賴 丕賱丕 丕賳丿賮丕毓賴..丕禺亘乇賴 賴丕乇賷: 丕
丕"賱賯丿 賮購乇囟鬲 毓賱賶 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲..賵 賱賲 丕爻毓賶 丕賱賷賴丕"賵 賱賰賳 馗賱 丕賱亘丕爻 乇丕賰囟丕 亘丕氐乇丕乇 賵乇丕亍 賲丕 賮乇囟鬲賴 毓賱賷賴 丕賱丕賯丿丕乇
"賲賳 禺賱丕賱 乇丨賱丕鬲 丕賱亘丕爻 賵 爻賰賵乇亘賷賵爻 賵 賰賳鬲 丕鬲賲賳賷 丨賯丕 賱賵 氐丨亘鬲賴賲 乇賵夭 丕亘賳丞 賴乇賲賷賵賳..丕噩丕亘鬲 乇賵賱賷賳噩 毓賱賶 毓丿丞 丕爻卅賱丞 賲毓賱賯丞
..丕毓丕丿鬲 賱賳丕 丿賲亘賱丿賵乇 賰賲丕 賱賲 賷馗賴乇 賲賳 賯亘賱..
爻賳丕亘 賴賱 爻賷禺鬲丕乇 丕賱禺賷乇 ..丿丕卅賲丕責.. 爻賷丿乇賷賰 丿賷噩賵乇賷 :賲丕匕丕 賱賵 毓丕卮責
丿乇丕賰賵 賲丕賱賮賵賶 !!!丕噩亘乇鬲賴 丕賱賵丨丿丞 毓賱賶 丕禺鬲賷丕乇 胤乇賷賯 丕賱卮乇 賵 賱賰賳賴 賴賳丕 賮丕噩兀賳賷 賰孬賷乇丕
賲賳匕 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 氐賳毓鬲 賱賳丕 乇賵賱賷賳噩 乇噩賱 丕丨賱丕賲賴丕 賵 賲賳丨鬲賴 賱賳丕 噩賲賷毓丕..
毓亘乇 爻賳賵丕鬲 氐亘丕賴 乇丕賷賳丕賴 賰賷賮 鬲丨賵賱 賱賱亘胤賱 丕賱丕賰孬乇 賰賲丕賱丕 賮賷 丕賱丕丿亘 丕賱丨丿賷孬 丨鬲賶 賱賵 兀賰丿鬲 乇賵賱賷賳噩 丕賳 "丕賱賲孬丕賱賷丞 亘毓賷丿丞 賰賱 丕賱亘毓丿 毓賳 丕賷丿賷 丕賱亘卮乇 賵 亘毓賷丿丞 毓賳 丕賱爻丨乇 丕賷囟丕"丕
丕賱亘毓囟 賷乇賶 丕賳 丕賱毓賵丿丞 丕賳賯氐鬲 賲賳 賯丿乇 賴丕乇賷 賵賲賳 賲毓賴馃憖
..賵 賱賰賳 賱丕
賰丕賳 賱丕亘丿 丕賳 賷氐賱 賴丕乇賷 賱賱丕乇亘毓賷賳 賱鬲賰鬲賲賱 卮禺氐賷鬲賴..賱賳乇賶 賲丕 禺賱賮 丕賱丕賳鬲氐丕乇丕鬲 賲賳 賴夭丕卅賲 禺賮賷丞 賵 賲乇丕乇丕鬲 丿丕卅賲丞..賵 囟賲丕卅乇 賲丐乇賯丞
丕"賱賲 賷賰賳 毓賱賷 丕賳 丕亘賯賶 賱賯丿 賰丕賳 賯丿乇賷 丕賳 丕賲賵鬲.. 賵 乇睾賲 賰賱 卮賷亍 毓卮鬲! 賵 賰賱 賴丐賱丕亍 乇丨賱賵丕"丕
賵 丕賳丕 賲毓賰..賮丨賷丕丞 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賯爻賵丞 賱丕 鬲爻鬲丨賯 亘胤賱 賲孬賱賰
September 5, 2016
Wow!
What an experience this was. I loved going back and visiting Hogwarts again.
Very enjoyable read. Thank you JK!
What an experience this was. I loved going back and visiting Hogwarts again.
Very enjoyable read. Thank you JK!
October 16, 2019
what the actual fuck
November 11, 2017
As you can see on my pre-review, I'm beyond excited for this script book and relive the magic at Hogwarts. It's automatically one of my most anticipated books of 2016 but due to the mixed reviews circulated, I decided to hold it off to clear my mind from expectations and wait for the hype to go down. Until now I'm still hesitant to read but screw it. I'm gonna dive in and let's see if I'm going to enjoy it.
Here's what I thought when I finished this book:
My fear just got real. This book is truly disappointing. The plot is ridiculous and the characters feels so...strange. They're not acting like themselves. I'm questioning Harry Potter's behavior. He turned into an insensitive and arrogant guy. Regardless he's a father, this is not the Harry Potter I knew from books 1-7. He matured a lot from those books and learned from many people in his life including Albus Dumbledore, Hagrid, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin etc... I don't like Albus Severus. He's a reckless, ungrateful, stupid idiot. Most of the time I want to crucio his butt for acting impulsively without THINKING TWICE .
The craziest part I've ever read was about Voldemort WHAT. KIND. OF. SORCERY. IS THIS?!
Despite of my rants, it still feels nostalgic and I surprisingly love the Malfoys. Scorpius Malfoy is freaking adorable and props to Draco talking more sense than Harry does. The change of heart feels weird but it's truly nice to see him. As for Scorpius and Rose -- they're like the Dramione (Draco-Hermione) we never had. Therefore; I'm giving it two stars instead of one star.
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Pre-review: 2016
The Eighth Story.
Nineteen Years Later.
Merlin's Beard. To publish on July 31st 2016.
It's going to be real. AT LAST. MORE MAGIC.
ACCIO THIS SCRIPT BOOK!
I am a happy Potterhead!
Here's what I thought when I finished this book:
My fear just got real. This book is truly disappointing. The plot is ridiculous and the characters feels so...strange. They're not acting like themselves. I'm questioning Harry Potter's behavior. He turned into an insensitive and arrogant guy. Regardless he's a father, this is not the Harry Potter I knew from books 1-7. He matured a lot from those books and learned from many people in his life including Albus Dumbledore, Hagrid, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin etc... I don't like Albus Severus. He's a reckless, ungrateful, stupid idiot. Most of the time I want to crucio his butt for acting impulsively without THINKING TWICE .
The craziest part I've ever read was about Voldemort WHAT. KIND. OF. SORCERY. IS THIS?!
Despite of my rants, it still feels nostalgic and I surprisingly love the Malfoys. Scorpius Malfoy is freaking adorable and props to Draco talking more sense than Harry does. The change of heart feels weird but it's truly nice to see him. As for Scorpius and Rose -- they're like the Dramione (Draco-Hermione) we never had. Therefore; I'm giving it two stars instead of one star.
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Pre-review: 2016
The Eighth Story.
Nineteen Years Later.
Merlin's Beard. To publish on July 31st 2016.
It's going to be real. AT LAST. MORE MAGIC.
ACCIO THIS SCRIPT BOOK!
I am a happy Potterhead!
January 11, 2021
"How many people have died for the Boy Who Lived?鈥�
Cynical Natalie: Beware ye who enter. Here there be spoilers the size of Aragog.
Nice Natalie: What are you, narrating a movie? Don't scare them. All major spoilers are hidden, but really, we recommend going into The Cursed Child blind. Drop by after you finish!
Cynical Natalie: Alright, let's get down to it. What the flip did we just read?
Nice Natalie: A lovely story about family and threads we didn't know needed to be tied up, but made perfect sense when we read it. I always thought Harry was a little too caviler after the Battle of Hogwarts finished. We finally get to see the guilt-ridden PTSD part.
Cynical Natalie: Stop dancing around the question like One Direction asked about Zayn's departure. You know what I'm talking about. The brainchild of fanfiction writers.
Nice Natalie: I admit it was a weak plot element, but I liked the parallel. The Cursed Child is ultimately about family and Harry connecting with his son.
Cynical Natalie: Hooray for literature class. But that element is so full of plot holes, logic runs clean through.
Nice Natalie: Can't you focus on the good for once? What about the trick Albus and Scorpius used to send for help? That's old-school Rowling at her best, disguising useful plot objects as the mundane in the beginning and then whipping them out like a boss further down the line.
Cynical Natalie: Because there's too much bad to focus on the good! Like why is Albus such a fucking idiot? (Those who want to go in the Cursed Child completely blind might want to avert your eyes) Why would he attempt to go back in time and save Cedric? Screwing with time is a bad idea, especially during a period so entwined with Voldemort's existence.
Nice Natalie: I've had a lot of time to think about that. Remember that interview with Rowling? She said she deliberately smashed all the Time-Turners in Order of the Phoenix, so characters couldn't go back and mess with her plotlines. At the same time, she had Hermione drill into Harry and Ron鈥攁nd by extension, us鈥攖hat fiddling with the past was a bad idea.
Albus missed that lesson. He doesn't know the dangers of playing with time. When he made that decision, he was extremely angry with his dad and got a bit reckless. Like father, like son. Harry used to do reckless stuff when he was mad too, like diving into Snape's thoughts or going off to find Marvolo's ring.
I think if it were in book format, we would've gotten a deeper insight into Albus's thought process and rationalized his behavior, like we always did with Harry's.
Cynical Natalie: You're so far up Harry's ass, you can't even see straight.
The Cursed Child kinda makes me hate Harry. He abused his authority and position. Teenager Harry would've hated him.
Nice Natalie: He never claimed to be perfect. And that moment you're talking about was after Albus and Scorpius went dickering around in the past. It had to have caused ripples in his personality.
Cynical Natalie: While we're talking about the first altered timeline, I can't believe my intelligent, level-headed Hermione turned into a bitter spinster just because she and Ron didn't get married.
Nice Natalie: I didn't read it like that. I read it as a Ron/Hermione moment. She needs Ron's humor to balance out her stuffy side and Ron needs someone who will understand him on Hermione's level.
Cynical Natalie: Oh, I didn't realize Ron mattered anymore. Because he's clearly been downgraded to the comic relief character.
One of the main themes of the original series was to show Ron was more than a sidekick. He was his own person, brave and loyal, and deserves to stand in the light instead of the shadows of his friends.
Nice Natalie: Again, I read it as far more positive. Ron isn't the insecure teenager he was anymore. He has nothing to prove, not to himself, not to anyone else. He's comfortable on the sidelines. After all, according to Rowling, this is the guy who resigned from his job as an Auror to run a joke shop.
His role during the climax was beautiful.
Cynical Natalie: There are still a lot of inconsistencies. Why is McGonagall the headmaster? Rowling said she "getting on a bit" in an interview and Hogwarts got a new headmaster after the Battle.
Nice Natalie: She probably didn't want so many new characters. That's partially why Luna, Teddy Lupin, and most of the Weasleys didn't show up. Let it go, will you? It's a tiny thing.
Cynical Natalie: Fine. What about鈥攖o quote the fine folks over on Twitter鈥攖he gay panic with Albus and Scorpius?
We're not the kind of people read homoerotic subtext in everything. We didn't see it with Naruto/Sasuke and we don't see it with Dean and Castiel from Supernatural. It's not until others pointed it out that we saw potential signs. But the sexual tension between Albus and Scorpius was off the charts. I was shipping them from day one. And the shit Rowling has them say... My God.
Snape's famous declaration and "They belong together"鈥擱ight, absolutely platonic.
Nice Natalie: Rowling probably wanted to go for a Lily/James parallel with Rose and Scorpius. You can't please all the shippers.
Beside, like you can hate anything that has to do with Harry Potter.
Cynical Natalie: ...
Nice Natalie: Right?
Cynical Natalie: ...I hate you.
Nice Natalie: But you don't hate Harry.
Cynical Natalie: This is a sentimental rating, not a logical one.
Nice Natalie: We read on emotion, darling.
Cynical Natalie: Fuck off.
Other Nice Natalie/Cynical Natalie
The Fault in Our Stars
A Girl Like You
If I Stay
Dreams of Gods & Monsters
The Martian
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Catching Fire
All The Rage
An Ember In The Ashes
The Hammer of Thor
The Ship of the Dead
Caraval
Warcross
The Last Namsara
August 31, 2016
For all my in depth thoughts, check out my video review on my channel:
1.5 Stars
1 star for Scorpius
1.5 Stars
1 star for Scorpius
August 4, 2016
J.K. Rowling could punch me in the face, and I'd still like it. The truth is, this isn't one of her stories, and it shows. For one, it's not even a book.
Regardless, the magic is here, and I like it just the same. The plot might be convoluted and crazy, but the world is magical enough for it to somehow work. It makes for all the thrills and mystery you come to expect from the Harry Potter universe.
Coming back to this series felt like returning to school after a long summer break. Although it takes place 19 years later, it seems to pick up right where the originals left off. Dumbledore returns as a moving painting, there's time-turners and polyjuice potion and sneaking around in invisibility cloaks and raids on the Ministry of Magic. It's silly yet serious, and filled with thrills and intrigue, and most of all fun.
But more than any of that, the Harry Potter universe is known for its characters, and in this installment, a couple more can now be mentioned with the best. Harry's son, Albus, is an outcast--everything Harry isn't, in a bad way, and the two struggle to relate until Albus becomes so isolated he starts falling down the same path that Voldemort did. And then there's Draco's son, always around, leading Albus down the wrong path, bringing up bad-blood from the past, and helping Albus make monstrous mistakes--all while having a personality that's sure to win you over.
Regardless, the magic is here, and I like it just the same. The plot might be convoluted and crazy, but the world is magical enough for it to somehow work. It makes for all the thrills and mystery you come to expect from the Harry Potter universe.
Coming back to this series felt like returning to school after a long summer break. Although it takes place 19 years later, it seems to pick up right where the originals left off. Dumbledore returns as a moving painting, there's time-turners and polyjuice potion and sneaking around in invisibility cloaks and raids on the Ministry of Magic. It's silly yet serious, and filled with thrills and intrigue, and most of all fun.
But more than any of that, the Harry Potter universe is known for its characters, and in this installment, a couple more can now be mentioned with the best. Harry's son, Albus, is an outcast--everything Harry isn't, in a bad way, and the two struggle to relate until Albus becomes so isolated he starts falling down the same path that Voldemort did. And then there's Draco's son, always around, leading Albus down the wrong path, bringing up bad-blood from the past, and helping Albus make monstrous mistakes--all while having a personality that's sure to win you over.
Read
August 2, 2016Lol.
September 16, 2019
I have read many plays. Gone as far as to even act in a few. I am by no means on the level of an actual playwright, or professional theatrical critic.
So with my mild experience, I was not expecting anything on the level of "A Raisin In The Sun" or "Sunday In The Park With George". J.K. Rowling was not going to write the next "Death of a Salesmen", it's just not who she is as an author. I assumed Cursed Child would be mildly charming, whimsical, and possibly fun.
Instead I feel like I read the literary equivalent of a concussion.
Video Review coming later this week.
So with my mild experience, I was not expecting anything on the level of "A Raisin In The Sun" or "Sunday In The Park With George". J.K. Rowling was not going to write the next "Death of a Salesmen", it's just not who she is as an author. I assumed Cursed Child would be mildly charming, whimsical, and possibly fun.
Instead I feel like I read the literary equivalent of a concussion.
Video Review coming later this week.
July 3, 2019
1.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
2.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
3.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
4.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
5) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
6.) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
8.) 鈽呪槄
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I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS.
Here's my vlog of the launch party and my initial thoughts after reading!
2.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
3.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
4.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
5) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
6.) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
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I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS.
Here's my vlog of the launch party and my initial thoughts after reading!
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