HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD - PARTS ONE AND TWO: THE OFFICIAL PLAYSCRIPT OF THE ORIGINAL WEST

The quality of the book is nice, sturdy and comes with a very nice jacket. Not as good as the previous books but you'll still love it if your a harry potter fan.

I got the best packaging ever it was like so much decidu later and the book has come in very good quality and like it is so nice both like it has all the things what would be good like it texture everything is good.

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. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 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 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 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’m scared. Ginny: I’m 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.

It is super cool and you will feel to read it again and agin

The hardcover quality and the print were awesome.Pages are very nice.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child picks up from where we left off in the original series, King's Cross where the Potters and the Weasleys have come to see off their children for a new session at Hogwarts. This is where the similarity with the original 7 book series ends. The script (not a novel as clearly warned by J K Rowling) is "based on an original new story by J.K Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne" and is not written by J K Rowling. It is in fact a "new play by Jack Thorne". The book was never marketed as anything else and the ones who bought it with any other expectations have only themselves to blame. The "script" is organised into 2 parts and 4 acts. The story deals with the tumultuous relationship of Albus Severus Potter with his father Harry Potter with a sprinkling of the earlier loved characters like Hermione, Ron, Ginny etc. Albus a first year student at Hogwarts finds himself bogged down by the expectations that come with being the son of the Boy Who Lived- Harry Potter. Finding himself unable to follow in his father's footsteps he embarks on a dangerous journey to right past wrongs with his new best friend Scorpius Malfoy believing he had a chance to "...change history- to change time itself. But more than that (he had) the chance to give an old man his son back". The prose is alright which to be fair could be the limitation of the script format itself. The plot is extremely crisp and Jack Thorne minces few words to jump directly into the story. The story itself is very simple and lacks the complexity that Rowling delivered with seemingly effortless ease in the original series. The script picks up the winners from the original series and compiles them together. There is the time-turner from Prisoner of Azkaban around which is story is woven, Triwizard Tournament from the Goblet of Fire where majority of the action in this book takes place with some sprinkling of other loved creations- platform 9 3/4, the floo powder mode of travel, centaurs and Goodrich's hollow. The book thus comes across more as a "Best of Harry Potter" than a stand-alone story with something new that we have come to expect from any Harry Potter book. Due to the extreme crispiness of the plot the character development suffers greatly. Though the baton has been passed to the next generation, the little we see of the past loved characters leave a lot to be desired. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Professor McGonagall are mere shells of their former selves. Ron seems have completely taken leave of his senses and finds himself unable to get a single sensible sentence out throughout the book. Ginny plays the doting and worrying mother and the strong girl from Hogwarts is now living in the shadows of Harry Potter. Hermione is the single biggest disappointment in this script. One would expect her to stamp her authority as the Minister of Magic but she seems happy to follow more in Harry's footsteps rather than provide her honest (and often contrary) opinion. And the ease with which Harry is able to bully Professor McGonagall to do his bidding is extremely appalling. The new wizards on the block do come across as somewhat entitled particularly Albus Potter. The character development of new characters is somewhat better than the older ones and this makes one wonder if the author knows the old characters well enough (not even as well as Potterheads let alone J K Rowling) and if he's simply paying them lip-service. Certain new characters like Delphi had a lot more potential and come across as a lost opportunity. This book clearly finishes second to the play that it has reproduced on paper. The biggest disappointment is that although the play continues to get rave reviews, millions of Potter fans will never get a chance to witness it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child "Special Rehearsal Edition Script" is nothing but a tease to the millions of fans who will never get to experience the more authentic stage version. My rating 2.5/5

Good Quality and contains nice content.. Just worth buying

This book is for all true Potter fans who would like to have a realistic insight into the lives of Harry Hermione and Ron after the Battle of Hogwarts. Whatever Disney style fan fictions you have read so far of Hinny and Ronmione having perfect marriages and perfect parenting skills will not stand in this book. This is the story of their love for each other as friends, their love towards their partners and more importantly the love they have for their children being tested by trials and them emerging victorious over their flaws. This is a story that explores relationships as honestly as possible. there is no sugar coating. everyone has their flaws, nobody is perfect, even the best can make mistakes and all of this is beautifully handled in the story. So go for this only if you can handle honest storytelling. if you want your fairytale inspired fan fiction concepts to remain true then this book isn't for you. Also, the book is written in a play format. so its going to be a different reading experience. A lot is left to the reader's imagination and dont heap the blame on the authors because they did let the fans know well in advance that this is a script. in-depth descriptions of the set and characters, the internal monologues of the characters and the mood descriptions, none of these aspects will be present, the reader is free to have their own interpretations which I found liberating.

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Qu'il est plaisant de revenir à Poudlard (ou enfin presque). Bien que le format pièce de théâtre soit un peu plus compliqué à lire que les romans, on replonge avec plaisir dans l'univers créé par J.K.Rowling, 20 après nos première péripéties. Sans dévoiler quoi que ce soit, nous repartons exactement là où la lecture des précédents volets nous avait arrêté, puisque le début reprend presque au mot près l'épilogue du tome 7 des aventures du sorcier à lunette. Nous suivons ici les pérégrinations d'un de ses fils, en compagnie d'un autre élève de Poudlard. La lecture est agréable, l'anglais n'a rien de compliqué et même sans être parfaitement bilingue on peut se permettre de lire cette version originale. L'histoire est simple, mais nous remet immédiatement dans le bain, et nous montre à quel point on était en manque de cet univers simple et fantastique. Ce qui suit peut contenir d'éventuel spoilers, mais rien de méchant. Ce qui m'a peut-être un peu gêné, bien qu'on soit sur l'aventure du fils d'Harry Potter, et qu'on puisse légitimement se dire qu'on n'a pas besoin de la présence des anciens personnages, c'est l'absence marquée de Ron. Autant les autres sont bien dosés, autant j'ai trouvé son personnage assez éloigné de ce que j'avais en souvenir. Après, il faut bien percevoir qu'il s'agit d'une pièce, tout ce qu'on lit a pour vocation d'être joué, d'être interprété, c'est donc un choix volontaire que de faire de Ron une sorte d'amuseur public, mais c'est un peu dommage. Le fil conducteur autour du voyage temporel, bien que simpliste là aussi nous permet d'en apprendre cependant plus sur l'univers de la saga originale. Je ne m'avancerai par contre pas sur le twist final, car je ne veux rien dévoiler d'une part, et d'autre part j'ai trouvé ça un peu gros. Au final, bien que cette pièce verse plus du côté "œuvre enfantine" que ne l'était réellement la saga originale, ça reste un vrai plaisir de lecture. A conseiller à tout ceux qui aiment cet univers, même si l'approche sous format pièce de théâtre pourra en rebuter certains.

My son (aged 11) is a huge Harry Potter fan; he demolished the series within weeks. Until he mentioned it, we didn't realise this book existed, but as soon as we discovered it, we knew it would be a great birthday gift for him. He absolutely loved this book; it was a great way for him to understand what happened to the characters he loves after the ending of the previous books. Highly recommend this book for any fan of Harry Potter.

*some spoilers to follow* If I’m being honest, I never originally intended on reading this story. I adore Harry Potter, I just felt that the story was better left as is after the epilogue of the Deathly Hallows. But then my book bestie morphed into the pushiest book pusher that ever pushed and suddenly I found myself having already finished and wondering how I ever thought I could not read this. Setting aside all the vast amounts of criticism this has received (i.e. this isn’t written by Rowling, it reads like fan-fic, it’s not even a book but a screenplay) it ended up being more than I could have ever hoped for. “Hogwarts will be the making of you, Albus. I promise you, there is nothing to be frightened of there.” Taking us right back to the epilogue of the Deathly Hallows, we get to see Albus getting on his first train to Hogwarts. And his discussion with Harry regarding the possibility of him being placed in Slytherin. We’re not given the detailed account of his time spent at Hogwarts, but rather the generalized impression that Hogwarts isn’t quite the sanctuary for him that it was for his father. The comprehensive details of the world are also missing from the screenplay but for those of us who have already read the first seven books, that world is emblazoned upon our minds and no rehashing of details are necessary for us to fully comprehend each and every scene. Cursed Child manages to smoothly connect many major plot points from the original novels: the infiltration of the Ministry of Magic by Harry, Ron, and Hermione (Deathly Hallows, book 7), the Tri-Wizard tournament and Cedric’s death (Goblet of Fire, book 4), time turners (Prisoner of Azkaban, book 3), the perpetual battle between good and evil, and the important father-son relationships that have been a focal point of this series from the beginning. It also makes a less than obvious point of showing how seemingly inconsequential deaths end up having a much larger impact in the grand scheme of things. With the help of a time turner, we’re shown snippets of how the world could have been with the simplest of changes. The variation of possibilities was both shocking and horrifying. What I most enjoyed was how this wasn’t simply a new set of adventures with a new set of characters but rather recognition of the fact that the actions of the past was not a given end to that story, but that they inevitably had an effect on the future of their own children. Harry: “How do I protect my son, Dumbledore?” Dumbledore: “You ask me, of all people, how to protect a boy in terrible danger? We cannot protect the young from harm. Pain must and will come.” While we do see the original characters and what they have become 19 years later, the focal point is on their children, primarily Albus and Scorpius who become immediate friends on the Hogwarts Express. Albus has a severely strained relationship with his father, Harry, and has difficulty living up to not just the enormous importance of his father, of the great men he was named after, and because of the fact that he was in fact placed in Slytherin rather than his father’s house, Gryffindor. It’s easy to see from the original stories how understandable it would be for Harry to not be the perfect father, considering his own lack of a permanent father figure. He does what he feels is best even when it is quite clearly not best, and the scenes between the two are often painful and heartbreaking. Scorpius, son of Draco Malfoy, also suffers from a poor relationship with his father due the actions of his past as well as Draco’s own relationship with his father, Lucius. In October of this year I decided to do an impromptu re-read of the Harry Potter series on audio. I have re-read books 1-3 numerous times but I tend to run out of steam and have never been able to re-read books 4-7. Well, I finally overcame my hangups and completed my first re-read of Goblet of Fire. Due to the majority of this story centering around the storyline from The Goblet of Fire I chose to do my second re-read of the year (ha) of Cursed Child since the storyline was still so fresh in my mind. It works extremely well if you treat it as a #4.5 book as well, granted, it’s vital to know the outcome of the series as a whole in order to fully appreciate how it ties everything together and illustrates the growth of these characters. “Perfection is beyond the reach of humankind, beyond the reach of magic. In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Be honest to those you love, show your pain. To suffer is as human as to breathe.” Yes, perfection is an impossibility, and while there were many things I would have personally changed, this still managed to hit all my Harry Potter feels as perfectly as possible. Cursed Child reinforced my love of both the original stories and characters by growing them in legitimate ways, it gave me new characters to love (primarily Scorpius <3), and it removed the stereotype associated with Slytherin house by showing that not all associated are necessarily evil. #slytherinpride

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