After J.K Rowlings's marvelous literacy finale to the seven book saga of Harry Potter, readers were privileged with the future of wizarding world (and Harry, of course) that remained a limitless void to fill with our own imagination, just enough tantalizing info given and enough withheld.
Perfect for us to close the book with satisfaction.
Personally, I think that a lot of the problem comes from the fact, the story is written as a script. Readers, especially ones who have traveled through all the books, are used to Rowling's free flowing, emotive writing that describes the scene so well, it becomes easy to visual and become part of the story. The pace of The Cursed Child, in contrast, is exhausting and some could say that the plot twists implausible. Perhaps, this should have been expected by a story that was written for the stage and not a reading experience in itself.
Jake Thorne has tried to reawaken the magic of the first seven but the 308 pages feel like they are driven by a theater setting and a need to sell tickets which leaves us awaiting readers with awkward pacing, far fetched scenarios and out of the blue plot twists.
Despite this, it's certainly a decent read that will keep you entertained for a few hours and perhaps, remind you of the other books that made this series a hit.
Hanshi xx
26/10/16 Update: On the other hand, this book has certainly given me some amazing memories with people :))
Perfect for us to close the book with satisfaction.
So when the news of an eighth book set 19 years later spread, there was certainly some mixed views. At first, many readers were excited to get hands on another Harry Potter book as well as eagerly waiting for the first book to star on the London's West End stage.
On the other hand, there was much confusion as to whether the eighth book, was really a book and even more if the script, written by the playwright Jack Thorne (and based on a original story by J.K Rowling, Mr. Thorne and the director John Tiffany), was really any part of Rowling's masterful writings. However, when the book turned up in all of our bookstores, some decided that the eighth book was simply not fit to be part of the Harry Potter series.
Personally, I think that a lot of the problem comes from the fact, the story is written as a script. Readers, especially ones who have traveled through all the books, are used to Rowling's free flowing, emotive writing that describes the scene so well, it becomes easy to visual and become part of the story. The pace of The Cursed Child, in contrast, is exhausting and some could say that the plot twists implausible. Perhaps, this should have been expected by a story that was written for the stage and not a reading experience in itself.
Jake Thorne has tried to reawaken the magic of the first seven but the 308 pages feel like they are driven by a theater setting and a need to sell tickets which leaves us awaiting readers with awkward pacing, far fetched scenarios and out of the blue plot twists.
Despite this, it's certainly a decent read that will keep you entertained for a few hours and perhaps, remind you of the other books that made this series a hit.
Hanshi xx
26/10/16 Update: On the other hand, this book has certainly given me some amazing memories with people :))
