Hello
happy readers. This weekend has been
crazy, I start to get back on track and then the upstairs apartment’s water
heater has issues last Monday and I end up with a leak in the ceiling but my
landlord decided that despite advertising 24 hr on-site maintenance no one
could respond when it was just a leak.
After a few hours the majority of my room and living room floor is swamp
like. Dealing with the post mess has been
a headache but I’m pushing through it.
Anywho a positive thing from last week is I read the new Harry Potter
book, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II, and I want to share my thoughts and feels with you!
Rating: 5
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Okay
so I may be a bit biased because I was so so happy to be back in the Harry
Potter world and seeing some of my favorite characters again. I’ve heard some mixed things about the book
since finishing it. It was in script format which was a bit different for me, I
guess knowing it was a play and thinking of Harry Potter I assumed when adapted
to book form that it would take the book format as well. No big thing just took some getting used to
as I don’t remember reading a script or play outside of school. Still to be back in the world and to fly
through it so quickly was amazing.
I
went in blind. I didn’t really know what
the book was about, just that it was about Harry and Ginny’s kid Albus Severus
Potter and him going to Hogwarts. That’s
it. I think that was actually the best
way to do it. Any fan of the world can
just dive in and be finished in a couple of hours. You fly through because it is bam bam bam one
after the other things happening but also we don’t have to build up and learn
this world because we already know it.
Even after all this time we still know it. The first page is literally the epilogue from
book seven as our group sends off their kids to Hogwarts nineteen years after
the war ended.
The
combination of bringing in the characters we adore and know so well and want to
know more about how their lives turned out and introducing a whole new era of
wizards was perfect. I have to admit I think
Scorpius, Draco’s son, was my favorite character in this book. He is not what I would have imagined ever
coming from Draco through most of the series but we saw little pieces here and
there just as we get a new side of him in this book. Draco is a much better man than he was
teenage boy, he’s come into who HE is rather than his parent’s son. Seeing Scorpius and Draco interact was touching
as well. Still seeing Hermione as the
Ministry of Magic was pretty kick ass as well because we all knew she was going
to be important.
Without
going into too much detail I enjoyed the time travel aspect of the story. It’s a mess and full of danger and adventure
for sure. It also shows the consequences
to ones actions. We didn’t play with time travel as much and how something
small could seriously impact the present.
Seeing how things could have been is insane and sends chills down your
spine when you read. It’s also great to
see how certain things we thought in the original books were momentous events
and how someone who only heard the stories and didn’t live it might not grasp
the importance, like the dance. Just
saying.
There
were a few holes here and there and things that just happened that we were just
supposed to take on faith that they happened and worked out a certain way
whereas normally getting to that junction would have a been a huge quest of its
own. However, with the pace the book
sets some things were not as well explained.
I’m not that upset about it though because it is a script. I know had it been a movie we would have had
much more depth to explain all the specific details. There were times when I was unsure of how
certain characters turned out, Harry and how he treated some things, but then
as it plays out his relationship with Albus was core. Albus and Scorpius being such great friends
when their fathers were enemies already sets things up.
There
were so many emotions going through me as I read this book. In only a few short hours I hit on
everything. Seeing Snape again! Seeing different versions of our beloved
heroes. Seeing more to Slytherin than
the evil house we always believed it to be.
You never have a chance to be bored and as I read I kept imaging it as a
movie and how it would look with the characters I know and love but also I found
myself realizing this was meant for the stage and figuring out with all the
magic how it would be done and come out.
I really enjoyed diving back into the world and I wish I could afford to
go to London and see the play but as I’m broke and I’m pretty sure my old
passport has expired anyways this book will have to hold me over. Maybe they’ll tape it?
I
could go on and on about this but I’d rather discuss it with others. So…tell me what you think? What did you like most? Least?
Who was your favorite of the new generation? Did the original trio’s lives post Hogwarts
live up to be what you expected? Did you
cry? Share in the comments below so we
can discuss.
Until
next time…
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