The Cursed Child by J.K Rowling

So, it's finally here. The eighth Harry Potter book and reader, I'm sorry to say but I hope you have not bought it. To be honest, I enjoyed the book. We got to see Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Draco all grown up and with children and having jobs and leading different lives but it wasn't what I WANTED. I wanted J.K Rowling to write a story but as you know it's a play and she had help with it from Jack Thorne and John Tiffany.

      As you know, the story is a play. One thing first, plays are much easier to write than stories. It's just dialogue and working out what people's actions are. Stories, on the other hand are much, much harder. I feel like J.K Rowling wrote a premise and handed it to Thorne and Tiffany and said, "write me the eighth Harry Potter book as a play. We'll see where you are next week." And they left and wrote the story. I feel like this entire thing was just to make more money unlike all the other books which were for fun and the readers too. Because, when you look at it why is it a play instead of a book? Because Rowling wouldn't have to write it and she knows so very well that all her readers can tell what her writing's like. And then everyone will buy the book and poof! Rowling had thousands and thousands or more pounds in her pocket. Now, I'm not saying ANY of this is true. It's just my opinion!

     Another thing I didn't like was that the story did not match the summary. The story was better than the summary because it had time travel and mild excitement but it wasn't the J.K Rowling story I wanted. The tale does not properly start until Albus's fourth year and the scenes until then are practically on the train, a scene at Hogwarts and then the year is over. It is repeated until the fourth year.

     Also, unlike all the other Harry Potter books which had morals that taught us stuff like "be brave" and "as long as you set your mind to something you can do anything" or "you need to always stick with your friends to...". In Harry Potter we get to either grow up with the characters or watch them grow up (or both). To me, Albus and Scorpious are flat characters. They did not grow because the only moral we learned was "don't steal illegal stuff because they're illegal for a good reason" and "don't screw around with your parents' past because you'll make things even worse".  However, if you are so determined to read it and have not yet I suggest you borrow the novel from a friend or get it at a local library because it isn't worth wasting your money on.

All right, I'm sorry I had to discourage reading you from something but I PROMISE to come back with more positive reviews!

Remember to keep reading and be nice to others,
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