The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later.
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.
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[A busy and crowded station, full of people trying to go somewhere]***
(Little, Brown, 31 July 2016, bought from Amazon)
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I read this for 2017 Popsugar Reading Challenge. The category is 'a bestseller from 2016'.***
I'm an uber Harry Potter fan. I've read the books eight or nine times and seen the movies almost as many times.
I bought this as soon as it came out and I'm sorry I waited so long to read it.
I loved this play and would love to see it on the stage as well (or on DVD, pretty please!)
Harry Potter and The Cursed Child opens where Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows finished - with Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hemione's children off to their first term at Hogwarts.
From this point things get a little crazy, in a Harry Potter way, good, evil, different versions of beloved characters, prophecies coming true, changing, time going wonky, revenge and all manner of other dark events.
Liberties are taken with the power of Time Turners in the play, but it was so enjoyable I can forgive the writers.
It was great to catch up with my favourite characters and meet some great new ones. If only J.K Rowling could write about a thousand more Harry Potter books I'd be happy.
