Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was pretty much what I expected. It’s a play, it isn’t written by J.K. Rowling and the characters are adults. The plotline centres on Harry’s son as he begins at Hogwart’s making friends with Draco Malfoy’s son. Being Harry’s son is difficult as is being Draco’s. It features time travel, the difficulty of avoiding making unintended changes in history and a few alternate versions of the characters’ lives. I wouldn’t have thought this would be the easiest of scripts to stage with magical effects and constant changes of scene. I’ve no doubt it is spectacular though. Parent/child relationships are examined in the book – is it a curse to be the child of someone famous/notorious? And parenting when you have no model for it can be a difficult venture. Overall an OK read especially if you don’t have unrealistic expectations.