I read
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Special Rehearsal Edition Script) by Jack Thorne earlier this summer, but I'm obviously really far behind on writing about the books I've been reading. This book (script) is based on the book by JK Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. It's been a long time since I've read a script (probably since college), and it was fun! I definitely still prefer reading regular books, but I have to admit I wondered for a few minutes if we could put on the play if all of my cousins got together... : ) I might have to start teaching again to have enough kids for this play though.
I
love the Harry Potter series. My favorite thing about it, though, is how thoughtfully JK Rowling planned out all of her characters, places, and things in the book. I would get a kick out of the interesting titles of Harry's textbooks at school and the names of the candy he would eat on the train. Everything was so clever and funny, and I appreciated the time that she took to plan out all of those things. Since this was a script and not the novel, it was all dialogue and was missing a lot of the details that I loved about the books.
It was interesting to read about the children of the Harry Potter characters though! The main characters in the play are the son of Harry and Ginny and the son of Draco. I wished that Harry, Hermione, and Ron played a larger role in the story, but it's possible that they do in the actual book.
Overall, it was good- but I'll look forward to reading the actual book at some point too.
2016 Book Count: 18
