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A review by princessjasminefliesaway
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by John Tiffany, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne
3.0
It has taken me a long time to read this play. Part of me was put off heavily by the negative reviews it got but eventually, I wanted to read it for myself and it's alright. It's just alright. It's not really good, it's not really bad, I definitely think it would be better on stage but I'm not hugely aching to go see it. It's just meh.
What I Loved:
- Scorpius Malfoy
- Ginny and Professor McGonagall (their writing was spot on throughout)
- Delphi (an interesting character; leading to further world building)
- Hermione and Ron will always love each other (they aren't my OTP but I enjoyed their moments)
- Certain parts would be incredible to see live and I know I would thoroughly enjoy them.
- Realistic bullying storyline - I believed in the characters, their motivations and their bullying of Albus and Scorpius.
- Realistic government storyline - while I believed Hermione would be more direct as Minister of Magic, it was realistic.
- The Emotional/Dramatic Moments
- The Ending; there was a sense of a character arc.
- Time Travel
What I Didn't Love:
- Time Travel; mainly the Butterfly Effect (some of the time)
- Albus Severus Potter (I don't believe that his parents would raise such a brat)
- Harry doesn't feel like Harry, Ron doesn't feel like Ron and Draco doesn't feel like Draco. The writing for them, in my opinion, is out of character.
- The constant stereotype of Slytherins are evil and Gryffindors are good (why not focus on Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff for once?)
- The Removal of Neville Longbottom (I will never forgive this injustice).
- Rose Granger-Weasley (I also don't believe that her parents would raise such a brat) and Scorpius falling for her (he has more chemistry with Albus, fight me).
- Rewriting scenes from the book (taking away characters, changing characters motivations and changing the main focus of the scene) and unnecessary scenes that could have been cut.
- The French jokes were never funny.
What I Loved:
- Scorpius Malfoy
- Ginny and Professor McGonagall (their writing was spot on throughout)
- Delphi (an interesting character; leading to further world building)
- Hermione and Ron will always love each other (they aren't my OTP but I enjoyed their moments)
- Certain parts would be incredible to see live and I know I would thoroughly enjoy them.
- Realistic bullying storyline - I believed in the characters, their motivations and their bullying of Albus and Scorpius.
- Realistic government storyline - while I believed Hermione would be more direct as Minister of Magic, it was realistic.
- The Emotional/Dramatic Moments
- The Ending; there was a sense of a character arc.
- Time Travel
What I Didn't Love:
- Time Travel; mainly the Butterfly Effect (some of the time)
- Albus Severus Potter (I don't believe that his parents would raise such a brat)
- Harry doesn't feel like Harry, Ron doesn't feel like Ron and Draco doesn't feel like Draco. The writing for them, in my opinion, is out of character.
- The constant stereotype of Slytherins are evil and Gryffindors are good (why not focus on Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff for once?)
- The Removal of Neville Longbottom (I will never forgive this injustice).
- Rose Granger-Weasley (I also don't believe that her parents would raise such a brat) and Scorpius falling for her (he has more chemistry with Albus, fight me).
- Rewriting scenes from the book (taking away characters, changing characters motivations and changing the main focus of the scene) and unnecessary scenes that could have been cut.
- The French jokes were never funny.