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Nov 25, 2017DBRL_KrisA rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Be aware that this is a script for a play, and not a novel, and that it's written, not by J.K. Rowling, but by playwright Jack Thorne (with help by Rowling and director John Tiffany). And as Thorne says to Tiffany in a Conversation about Reading Scripts at the beginning of the book, reading a play's script is a weak substitute for seeing the play itself. I say all this to say, Don't have unrealistic expectations about this book. Does it have all your favorite characters from the novels? Yes - unless your favorite character is someone like Stan from the Night Bus. Or Luna Lovegood. Okay, yes, this book is not as good as the novels because Luna Lovegood is not in it. There. Are you happy? Knowing a tiny little bit about how plays are produced (I was in a community theatre production of Lil' Abner), I have some questions about how some of the things in this script could be staged - mainly some of the magical bits, but also some of the dream sequence bits. And it is a bit difficult to follow at times. But it also reads a lot more quickly than a novel. And it was a nice way to take a peek into what's happened with Harry and the gang since the books ended.