Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production: The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production by J. K. Rowling (Epub)

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The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later. Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne, a play by Jack Thorne.

It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children.While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son, Albus, must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: Sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.The playscript for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was originally released as a “special rehearsal edition” alongside the opening of Jack Thorne’s play in London’s West End in summer 2016. Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne, the play opened to rapturous reviews from theatergoers and critics alike, while the official playscript became an immediate global bestseller.

User’s Reviews

Review Praise for the playscript of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two”A compelling, stay-up-all-night read… The suspense here is electric and nonstop.” — The New York Times”Fans can breathe easy knowing this play has been respectfully and lovingly wrought. Tensions thrum, spells fly but at center stage, as always in the Potterverse, is the overriding importance of love and friendship, especially in the face of danger.” — Booklist, starred review”Whether encountered on stage or on the page, this trip back into the magical world of Hogwarts is thrilling.” — Telegraph

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ Ian Malcolm: I’ll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you’re using here: it didn’t require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn’t earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don’t take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you even knew what you had you patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you’re selling it, you want to sell it.Let’s be clear…this was not written by JK…this is based on her series. And that becomes terribly clear very early on. Additionally, the number of names that are dropped is astronomical! Anyone worth knowing in the Potterverse is up front and counted. As in main character. The story, the plotline…it meanders all over the place that the reader wonders if the writers had a clue to start with or if it was just to “stand on the shoulders of geniuses.” There was no way this was going to fail…none. The generation that grew up reading Harry’s stories are now buying their own books and financing their own plays. Their imagination was set free with JK’s works and personally I think that was one of her greatest gifts…engaging our imagination. This reads like fan fiction, poorly written fan fiction and not even with any good ships!Your writers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.Don’t do it. Keep Harry, Ron, Hermione, McGonagall, Ginny alive in your memories instead.

⭐ I love Harry Potter – like have a Harry Potter tattoo and obsess over it kind of love. I’m also an English major who took multiple courses on reading plays of all kinds. So I am used to the set up and with amazing special effects could see this being entertaining to sit through just for nostalgia sake. However, it was bad. The plot was terrible. The characters were out of character by a lot… Doing things I didn’t understand. It was insulting to read that something as silly as being embarrassed could turn Cedric into a death eater- his character was one of dignity, loyalty, and strength. To insinuate he could just have one embarrassing moment and end up being a death eater is unreal. Not to mention the giant plot hole of the time turner suddenly working in a way that it never has before (and in fact, was expressly written that it never could work in the way it does in Cursed Child). It read like a mediocre fan fiction written by someone who has only seen the movies. I was incredibly disappointed. If I was being more honest I would give this 1 star… But giving something in the Harry Potter universe such a low score is honestly hurting my heart.

⭐ Most of this book is just reverberating the plot of former books through dreams etc. it’s awful. At one point it says 1994, then says 25 years ago and the back says 19 years ago.At this point they are just trying to make money and don’t care about the fans or character authenticity or accuracy. They were all weak characters, and not the young, charming, inexperienced weak, that you’d expect from past writings. They all came across as middle aged disgruntled Muggles, lol. Too real for me – no charm.I don’t think Rowling even read it. If she did, she should be ashamed.

⭐ I love the Harry Potter series. I read the books multiple times a year, watch the movies frequently and have read a lot of additional articles from pottermore. I had to wait a few days to get this book because of cash flow issues but Now that I have read it I fully regret ever reading this.while I was looking forward to this and I knew it would be a script from a play not an in depth novel that I am used to; even with expectations being lowered a little to accommodate this being a play, nothing could prepare me for this travesty of a story.Firstly: time travel is a weak plot line at best. After waiting years for a new story from Jo we get “what would have happened if Cedric hadn’t died” this was such a let down.Secondly: Cedric being embarrassed during the triwizard tournament would have been enough to cause someone who we remembered as brave, and selfless, to become a death eater? What type of garbage is that? How dare they drag his name through the mud and tarnish his memory like this.Thirdly: Voldemort has a child? This is such a plot line cop out and even while reading it this doesn’t make sense. Voldemort was conceived under a love potion, he doesn’t know or understand love. Even with Bellatrix falling head over heels for him, in what universe do these two get together and make a baby? And wouldn’t Hermione have noticed that Bellatrix was pregnant when she used polyjuice potion to become her so they could enter her vault in Deathly Hallows?And then Scorpious and Albus constantly referring to eachother as their best friend got to be annoying. And I am still wondering what qualities either of these boys possess that had them sorted into slytherin.There were parts I did enjoy but they were few and far between. This is without a doubt garbage and I hope that Jo did not write this and that a corrected version of this will appear on pottermore or in print at a later date. My only hope is that I can return to reading the original 7 books and seeing the original 7 movies without this mashup of terrible plot lines tarnishing my love for Harry Potter.

⭐ I rarely review, that being said, i am so unbelievably dissapointed in this “story”. I do understand that J.K didnt write this, but i feel that someone carrying on her legacy should have somewhat of her writing style. This has none of that. Ive been reading these books since the 2nd one came out, I wanted to love this, and i hope the play itself is as good as its being hyped to be. Its not that its in script format, It is just imo that the writing is horrid. Its like the worst ‘fanfic’ ive ever read.

⭐ I almost didn’t read thing because the reviews were so harsh, but the plot on wiki sounded like something I wanted to happen since book one. This epic story comes in the form of a play manuscript and leaves much up to the imagination! If you are strong with your own HP imagery, then this will be a pleasure to read. It will take a couple of chapters to get used to the format, no doubt, but press on! Just when you think you have it figured out, there is a plot twist I had not seen coming.As a writer, I become skeptical when authors don’t push plots to their full interest. This story reveals layer by layer a question I have been asking for eons: “What would happen if Potter got sorted into Slytherin?” But then it goes a step further than you can imagine. This is all I can say without revealing spoilers about this spellbinding book. The whole cast and crew is present to assist with an epic tale. Prepare yourself for the ride of a lifetime and (PLEASE) don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.

⭐ I, just like countless millions around the globe, love all things Harry Potter, from the first day the first book was in my local bookstore through my nth re-read of the entire series, as well as watching all eight movies more times than I can admit.But then I read the new Harry Potter play/bookand I hated it.I will ill try to say why without spoilers.The characters. We have spent over a decade watching Harry, Ron, Hermione and even Draco Malfoy mature from children int young but strong adults.Those are not the characters we will see in this play. In THIS play, Hermione is a shrew. And is employed in other than expected after reading Deathly Hallows, and after Rowlings’ post-Potter interviews. This Hermione is NOT a nice lady. Treats her friends as underlings and her husband as she would an unwanted stray. With mange. Her brilliance has dimmed to a few riddles weak enough for the reader to get long before the protagonists.Harry is a workaholic who seems to have avoided his life since Book 7. His desk reflects his personal life, a mess. And his great, hard-won abilities in Defense Against Dark Arts? Not evident in this story. In fact, he seems weaker now than he was in his Triwizard Tournament days. And he, too, is barely tolerable. Not at all the sympathetic waif-turned-savior who we cared for, feared for, and many of us secretly wanted to be…And Ron. Poor Ron. Always the third in the trio. Harry had his Scar and his Destiny. Hermione had the brains. But Ron… Ron was their heart. Ron was no idiot – “the best played game of chess” from the first year days showed us that. But really, without him and his devotion to both Harry AND Hermione, Voldemort would have won. Ron was Harry’s first, last, and best friend. And he was all that and more to Hermione. It was Ron, really, who taught Harry what love is. But here – here he is only the Comedy Relief. More pathetic than a three legged dog following the master who kicks him, he becomes less important, less interesting, and less credible as the same Ron Weasley we followed for seven years of his life.Luckily enough, they are really only background. The protagonists are Albus, Harry’s middle child, and Scorpius, Draco’s only child. Albus seems the main protagonist, but the story would go nowhere without Scorpius.Unfortunately, Albus is… Thoroughly unlikable. He lives in the permanent pity-party of a middle child raised in the showdown of a famous father. He divorces himself from his brother and cousin moments after the play begins. He creates his own misery, despite plenty of options.And Scorpius never fleshes out into more than a weak copy of both Ron and Hermione to Albus-as-Harry. Friend, but with definite suggestions that under the right circumstances, there could be more than friendship between the boys.And and almost all of Albus’ troubles are his own immaturity (even taking his age into account) and his own self-pity, perhaps even self-hatered.Even his his attempts to undergo trials to better himself, to prove himself worthy to be a son to the Boy Who Lived… Well, unlike Harry, Albus seeks his own trouble, deliberately, with warning after warning, and nearly causes irreparable harm everyone he should have loved.So, yes. The characters were a let-down.The setting? Replace “Hogwarts” with “the Tardis” or “the USS Enterprise” and you do not change the story one iota. Just substitute “sonic screwdriver” or “phasers” for “magic wand,” as appropriate.And as for the plot: I basically told you that it is the story of a middle child of a famous and distant father who tries to find value in himself, but not in any good way. I won’t mention plot devices, but let’s just say this one has been so overused in the science fiction, fantasy, and even comic book literature of the past decade that there was no doubt that only the use of the Harry Potter name got this play produced in the first place.In short, there is nothing new. Nothing special. Nothing interesting. Just used plot devices and the destruction of characters the world has loved for nearly two decades to tell the story of an unlikeable, slightly spoiled, self-pitying boy with middle-child syndrome who, when offered a new life, a new chance, time and again held on to his daddy issues so hard that I, for one, only finished reading this play because I wanted to see how low it would sink. As a middle child myself, I had no pity for Albus.Rowling sold out on this one. Audiences will love to go back “home” to Hogwarts and our heroes (with a villain or two, or there is no conflict to resolve). But when they leave, and re-read the original books, re-watch the movies… How many will see the magic in this play was all in their own desire to get more time in a beloved world that ended with the Deathly Hallows?

⭐ I am an aggressive fan of Harry Potter.What a disappointment to read this book.Very slow and irritating first two third of this book is really letting down of us Harry’s fans.Last one third is ok type.But anyway it shows beautifully about the conflicts of father son relationship.Scorpio character is marvelous.

⭐ D for Dreadful.I read the reviews but didn’t think much of all the one-stars. I figured hardcore Harry Potter fans were just being too harsh in reviewing after years of inventing their own futures for all the beloved characters.I was so wrong.I want to stress that I really really wanted to like this addition to the Harry Potter canon. I even wanted to read it quickly so I could get to Amazon to leave a great review, defending the plot and characters. Unfortunately, it truly did fall short in my eyes. The characters don’t seem like themselves, the plot seems rushed and full of holes, and there are so many unnecessary and incompatible story inclusions that seem incorporated just to be able to revisit old characters. I was, regrettably, disappointed.SPOILERS —->First, I agree with many of the comments left here in that having Albus Potter be sorted into Slytherin was great. However, there was no explanation of why and no vindication for Slytherin House either. I would have hoped that Slytherin was finally shown in good light, but this did not really happen either. There were hardly any signs of ambition or leadership in Albus or Scorpius. How did they end up in Slytherin, anyway? Also, why was there no mention of Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff?The idea that Albus and Scorpius wouldn’t understand (or care about) the consequences of using a time turner to change a significant historical event at the age of 14 is preposterous. Even if Scorpius was mildly tempted just to follow his friend, he would be smart enough to try to dissuade Albus from actually making any changes in history. He is portrayed as smart like Hermione, but this certainly didn’t fit. And to try to set things right by doing it a second time? And on top of that, doing something entirely different that second time hoping it would put things back in order?! Please.The biggest plot issue I had was that Voldemort has a child, and with Bellatrix Lestrange before the Battle of Hogwarts, no less. We saw Bellatrix in book 7 in detail the year before she died. As someone pointed out, the idea that she was pregnant while fighting Harry, Ron, and Hermione in Malfoy Manor and no one notice is absurd. Maybe I’m missing something in the timeline on this one. Also, Voldemort would have planned much better than to leave his descendant with no proper care or plan for the future. Voldemort took every precaution and went further than any wizard known in history to assure his immortality. He would have had similar care and preparation for his plan B.Finally, there is a big issue with the characters in this story. I thought that the reviews of changing characters might be attributed to them growing into adulthood. Now, though, I really don’t think so. There was a mix of odd sappy behavior and furious rages from Harry who had always been respectful of others and learned to control his emotions towards the end of the series. Hermione was preoccupied and sloppy. Ron was no longer witty or clever but included as some kind of foolish comic relief. Draco was the peaceful voice of reason. It really didn’t make sense to me. As for the flashbacks, they seemed so forced and unnecessary – only existing to give the audience a chance to revisit characters. Even they were disappointing revivals, though. Dumbledore seemed emotional and unhelpful, Cedric was full of spite, and Snape was sentimental and kindhearted (even if Snape was good in the end, he was never one to get emotional – he himself states that it is a key to his Occlumency skills!). Very disappointing.<----I could go on but why. All in all, I was let down. I expected much more than this. Perhaps it was my high expectations after so many years or re-reading the magnificent original 7 immediately before I picked this up, but I did not enjoy Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. By all means, read it since it is supposedly canon now, but don't expect to be impressed. ⭐ I'm going to start by saying, I grew up with Harry Potter. I am still currently for probably the thousandth time rereading the books I grew up loving. Harry Potter and the cursed child is abismal. Harry, Ron, hermione, Draco, everyone is completely lost in this, they are just names used at this point. The story was sloppy and very rushed, moving years in only a few pages. I understand that as we grow older we change but this had very little left of anyone. At best I can describe it as a very poorly written fan fiction. Everything about what I at least loved about Harry Potter was completely removed. I understand this was a script for the play but I don't think it remotely was written by jk. If it was I would expect details from previous books to be correct and not severely muddled like the movies were. I am very dissapointed, and am not considering this a Harry Potter book, it was abismal. If there is anything I wish I could tell jk, it's this: we loved Harry yes but his story ended, we want more yes, but we fell in love with the world, and that is what we want more of. Tell us a story that has nothing to do with him or his family.

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