Lauren's Reviews > Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

There are a lot of opinions circulating around this script. On one hand, it's a return to the characters so many of us have loved. On the other, this isn't a novel, it isn't written by J. K. Rowling, and the enchantment of the original series just isn't there. It took me a long time to get to this book since its release because I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it and be disappointed; I still enjoyed my read, though, in a more mature way.

The basic plot is thus: Harry, Ron, and Hermione are grown up with children of their own attending Hogwarts. Harry is struggling to connect with his son as work pressures mount up, and his son feels more and more like he is a disappointment to the most famous wizard in the world. Albus feels just as out of place as Harry himself did at Hogwarts, and that leads to a lot of problems for everyone involved.

The characters themselves all seem to be lacking substance, but that's probably to be expected in a script. I'll agree with some other reviewers in saying the plot had some of its plateaus, as well, where I was more apt to put the book down than continue reading it, a problem I never had during my read of the original series. That being said, it did spark something in me; I went online to search for photos of how they brought the script to life on stage, and it genuinely had me feeling nostalgic for the original series.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child isn't great, but if you're a fan of the Harry Potter universe, you really can't help but read this text, can you? For those of us who have grown up with Hogwarts in our hearts, there will always be a pull to read anything more than we can get, and this script is no exception.