It’s not perfect and I had to change my mindset but once I’d done so I thought it was well worth the read. As it happens, I actually had a good time reading it. I feel that this is a book that people will either want to pick up or not whether or not I gush about it or not. In summary, I had a good time with this once I got into the flow of the play format and once I left my over zealous scrutiny at the door. I loved getting to revisit Hogwarts and I enjoyed the rewind to certain elements from the previous books plus all the characters. There’s just an element of chicken and egg and what came first.īasically, at the end of the day, I just decided to say to myself ‘sod it’ and read the book and decide to just go with the flow and quit all my over thinking and in that respect I actually enjoyed this. I just feel that it’s something to be enjoyed on a stage, acted out with backdrops. But, for the record, I’m not a person who really reads plays because for me a play is a different experience. I think I was being told it was a play but I was in denial somehow! Would I have still picked up a copy if I’d really understood that it was a play – I think I probably would have because I’m a completist in some ways and so it felt necessary to read this. Why, what was I expecting! A play that isn’t a play! Really! Anyway, obviously I’m a raging maniac but that’s irrelevant. So, and I realise that this will just sound crazy, but when I preordered this (and, yes, I did rush to buy a copy) even though it clearly says ‘a new play’ on the cover I don’t think I fully realised that it was actually going to be in a play format. Two things that are totally personal to me and therefore might not affect others – one, I’m not overly fond of reading plays and, two, I’m a bit of a stickler about time travel. In terms of the new characters though Scorpius was really good – I confess that I enjoyed his part more than that of Albus. I felt like Ginny came across a bit wishy washy and Ron also felt to have lost some of his ‘character’. I don’t think i could fully get my head around it. ![]() It felt really odd seeing Harry and Ginny and Ron and Hermione as parents. I think maybe in some respects that could be my own brain not allowing them to grow up if you follow me. But, on the other hand – this is twenty odd years later so it felt to a certain extent that they should have changed in some ways. Which, in one way I liked, because I actually wanted to revisit the characters that I know and love. ![]() Now on the counter to the above – I felt like the characters hadn’t grown. ![]() Plus I loved some of the different threads and ideas that this plot allowed us to explore – but I won’t elaborate on that point. Okay, this isn’t written by Rowling and so it isn’t the same – but it was just still nice to revisit them. It was like a trip down memory lane and it just gave me that happy glow that you sometimes achieve by reading about old beloved characters. I just loved getting to read about some of the characters again. ![]() It isn’t easy living in the shadow of such a famous wizard – big boots to fill and Albus and Harry find themselves with an ever increasing wedge between them. Harry and Ginny have three children and their middle child Albus is about to attend Hogwarts. I don’t want to give away too much about the plot in this review. This is a difficult book to review I admit – mainly because of mixed feelings, which to be clear from the outset does not mean that I disliked the book at all, just that I had certain issues.
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