Before I continue with my review, let me make one thing clear; this book is NOT focused on Harry Potter. And this also wasn't by J.K. Rowling, although she did help with it.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the story of the Albus Potter, Harry's son, and of course his best friend (Scorpius, son of Draco) and the trouble he gets into when he tries to right one of his father's mistakes. After overhearing one of his father's conversations about the death of Cedric Diggory and the mention of an existing time turner, he decides to go back in time to save Cedric, dragging along Scorpius and another friend he's met on the way. No more can be told about the events in this story unless you want to be spoiled, so let's move on to the review:
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was definitely not exactly like the original series I fell in love with, and as you all know it was not in the same format. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a script from the play (Which I want to see even now more than ever since reading this) that came out around the same day as the release date for the novel. It was really interesting to see the perspectives from not only the new characters in this world but the older versions of the ones we know so well; Ron, Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Draco...
What surprised me most was that there was obvious growth from the original characters in terms of maturity and behavior which, although expected with such a difference, is hard to do successfully when your looking at such a well known and complex set of characters. Even though we read this from Albus's perspective, and with the father being Harry Potter, the relationship between father and son was spot-on, as was the description of everything that happened between all of the characters in their relationships and the important events that took place in this. Coming into this, I didn't even think to realize how important these roles would be, but I definitely appreciate them.
The magic was kept alive and I can still feel the essence of Hogwarts as my fingers and eyes graze the pages.
Shortly, I absolutely loved the way the characters were written and I loved the way everything came together; the story was beautiful and even though it is nowhere close to the original Harry Potter series, I still give it a perfect 5 stars, as well as a place on my -favorites- shelf. <3 <3 <3
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