Hey guys,
hope you all are well. I don't usually do reviews on books that are all over the press or majorly talked about. Mainly because I feel like sometimes they are done to death and people will get sick of reading about them however, I'm going to break out of habit and just go for it.
I'm a massive Potterhead. Don't think you'd be able to tell that from my blog, but I am. I don't keep it quiet on purpose but again, everyone talks about Harry Potter and I didn't want my blog to get lost in abyss. I grew up with the books and I'm very, very grateful to my dad, Nigel Stewart for buying and pre-ordering all the books since I was P5/6. Little did he know then that he was to give me one of my most favourite things in the world. Thanks paps xx.
*Spoilers ahead*
The Cursed Child, is a different take on the magical world. I recently re-read the whole series before I read the play and from an adult perspective I was very interested in how Harry would be as a parent and how he would face life after seeing so much death and carnage.
From that view I was very impressed with the book, that's what I wanted to see. I liked that Harry struggled, he humanised him. Or normalised him. How many 11 year olds do we know
that can take on a fully grown evil wizard plus challenging magical tasks? I liked that he struggles with the deaths, that he feels guilt and that he has to work at his relationships with Ginny and with Albus. I like how he has it out with Dumbledore, a very flawed man in my opinion and I like the truce he and Draco come to. I feel like they are two sides of the same coin in certain respects.
However, the downside of the story in my opinion is 'Delphi'. I was a bit weirded out by the whole 'Delphi' story-line, mainly due to the fact that I can't imagine old Voldy having sex. I feel like he was far too in love with himself to be interested in women. He always thought of himself as 'special' and 'extraordinary' and to think he would get down and dirty with Bellatrix Lestrange is baffling on all accounts.
Perhaps it was the utter adoration she had for him that did it for him, I've no idea. But it creeps me out in a way, that I can't even explain.
I've read a lot of complaints about the lack of magic in the story, but if time travel isn't magic I don't even know what is. I found it very interesting the different ways the story could have played out, evil Cedric and horrible Hermione. And what was the trolley lady all about?! That was just plain bizarre and a little bit mentally scarring.
On the whole, I liked it very much and I've also starting reading fan fiction. Never done that before, mainly because I'd heard it was all porn haha. Some of it does have sex scenes but it's a different take on different parts of the story. I've read two so far one about James and Lily at school and one on Ron and Hermione in Australia after the Battle of Hogwarts. Both well worth a read if you're into that sort of thing.
Enjoy!!
Annie xx
hope you all are well. I don't usually do reviews on books that are all over the press or majorly talked about. Mainly because I feel like sometimes they are done to death and people will get sick of reading about them however, I'm going to break out of habit and just go for it.
I'm a massive Potterhead. Don't think you'd be able to tell that from my blog, but I am. I don't keep it quiet on purpose but again, everyone talks about Harry Potter and I didn't want my blog to get lost in abyss. I grew up with the books and I'm very, very grateful to my dad, Nigel Stewart for buying and pre-ordering all the books since I was P5/6. Little did he know then that he was to give me one of my most favourite things in the world. Thanks paps xx.
*Spoilers ahead*
The Cursed Child, is a different take on the magical world. I recently re-read the whole series before I read the play and from an adult perspective I was very interested in how Harry would be as a parent and how he would face life after seeing so much death and carnage.
From that view I was very impressed with the book, that's what I wanted to see. I liked that Harry struggled, he humanised him. Or normalised him. How many 11 year olds do we know
However, the downside of the story in my opinion is 'Delphi'. I was a bit weirded out by the whole 'Delphi' story-line, mainly due to the fact that I can't imagine old Voldy having sex. I feel like he was far too in love with himself to be interested in women. He always thought of himself as 'special' and 'extraordinary' and to think he would get down and dirty with Bellatrix Lestrange is baffling on all accounts.
Perhaps it was the utter adoration she had for him that did it for him, I've no idea. But it creeps me out in a way, that I can't even explain.
I've read a lot of complaints about the lack of magic in the story, but if time travel isn't magic I don't even know what is. I found it very interesting the different ways the story could have played out, evil Cedric and horrible Hermione. And what was the trolley lady all about?! That was just plain bizarre and a little bit mentally scarring.
On the whole, I liked it very much and I've also starting reading fan fiction. Never done that before, mainly because I'd heard it was all porn haha. Some of it does have sex scenes but it's a different take on different parts of the story. I've read two so far one about James and Lily at school and one on Ron and Hermione in Australia after the Battle of Hogwarts. Both well worth a read if you're into that sort of thing.
Enjoy!!
Annie xx
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