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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)
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*sigh* The more I think about this the sadder I get...
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.
+1 star for (view spoiler)
-1 star for (view spoiler)
-1 star for (view spoiler)
-1 star for (view spoiler)
and -1 star for (view spoiler)
*sigh* The more I think about this the sadder I get...
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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Reading Progress
February 10, 2016
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February 10, 2016
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July 31, 2016
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July 31, 2016
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July 31, 2016
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"I honestly have no idea how to feel about this so far. It's so....different than reading a Harry Potter novel. Bizarre."
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Also, the trolley witch part freaked me out! There's a scene in the movie 'Ghost' where he's on a train and another ghost lunges forwards towards the camera, shouting at him, and that part scared me when I first saw it and still creeps me out and it made me think of that so it gave me the creeps.
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What about Hermione?
Doesn't Hermione get some pity?
For being forced into a role she does not fit,
for being a mad old hag without RON,
Doesn't Hermione get some pity?
For being forced into a role she does not fit,
for being a mad old hag without RON,
I read Harry Potter at least twice a month, and the play infuriated me so much I almost destroyed the book -but didn't, it was a library book ;)- I feel like it is there to destroy the good name of Harry Potter.
I know, I loved the trolley witch!
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