Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Discussion & Spoilers

Let us discuss the book after we finish reading it 😃

What are your thoughts on the book and the story?

i dint like the book :/

This book isn't great, it's definitely not as exciting or thrilling as the Harry Potter series, but it's not bad either. It's good for a one-time read, with light entertainment and some comic scenes, that's all.

Originally posted by: ..RamKiJanaki..

This book isn't great, it's definitely not as exciting or thrilling as the Harry Potter series, but it's not bad either. It's good for a one-time read, with light entertainment and some comic scenes, that's all.

The best character in this book was Scorpius. He has such an air of innocence and sweetness around him, he kind of reminds me of young, lost Harry when he first boarded the Hogwarts Express. He has a sense of humor which is refreshing, and he's extremely loyal. I'm surprised he wasn't sorted into Hufflepuff. That house would have been perfect for him, more than Slytherin.

Albus Potter in this book was a huge disappointment. He's a spoiled brat, in plain and simple terms. He belittles his father's difficulties in life and takes everything for granted. He has little respect for his father and moans about being the son of "famous Harry Potter", not realizing how lucky his life is.

In reality, Albus has absolutely nothing to complain about. He has loving parents and a great life, but he acts like he's such a tragic hero, and at one point he even betrays Scorpius. I didn't like that at all.

Albus was my least favorite character in this book.

So for me, this book is NOT part of canon, no matter what others may say. It's simply a published fanfiction that's entertaining and has its positive points.

Originally posted by: anu rulz

True!! Scorpius was hardly slytherin material.. he wud have been a better hufflepuff or ravenclaw considering he was SMART..

Albus was an entitled brat really.. considering that even Ron had entered Hogwarts with baggage of famous brothers and Harry with famous parents, they handled it lot better than albus did..i did not get how and why James was never there to guide him being an elder brother and all..

The book is good for a one-time read but it doesn't possess the same flavour as the other seven books have...Scorpius is really one character which I adore in the book...sad thing there are no proper trio moments in the whole book... also as its written in play form, the background of the story is somehow missing as one experience while reading a novel...one thing I really adore in the book after Scorpius is the Ron-Hermione moments in the play, they are really cute...Being a R/Hr shipper I love those portions of them in all the timelines..Albus also disappoints me ...And the messing up with time turner actually messed up the storyline...So its OK for reading once

Originally posted by: ..RamKiJanaki..

This book isn't great, it's definitely not as exciting or thrilling as the Harry Potter series, but it's not bad either. It's good for a one-time read, with light entertainment and some comic scenes, that's all.

The best character in this book was Scorpius. He has such an air of innocence and sweetness around him, he kind of reminds me of young, lost Harry when he first boarded the Hogwarts Express. He has a sense of humor which is refreshing, and he's extremely loyal. I'm surprised he wasn't sorted into Hufflepuff. That house would have been perfect for him, more than Slytherin.

Albus Potter in this book was a huge disappointment. He's a spoiled brat, in plain and simple terms. He belittles his father's difficulties in life and takes everything for granted. He has little respect for his father and moans about being the son of "famous Harry Potter", not realizing how lucky his life is.

In reality, Albus has absolutely nothing to complain about. He has loving parents and a great life, but he acts like he's such a tragic hero, and at one point he even betrays Scorpius. I didn't like that at all.

Albus was my least favorite character in this book.

So for me, this book is NOT part of canon, no matter what others may say. It's simply a published fanfiction that's entertaining and has its positive points.

Completely agree with u...Such a loving parents like Harry and Ginny, Albus have, still he complains being the son of famous Harry Potter...instead of feeling proud of his father's deeds and bravery, he prefers to belittle him...and never respect his father's sentiments which part is really annoying...Yeah Scorpius is really a loving and sweet person and have an awesome sense of humour like Ron...I just adore him

Originally posted by: anu rulz

True!! Scorpius was hardly slytherin material.. he wud have been a better hufflepuff or ravenclaw considering he was SMART..

Albus was an entitled brat really.. considering that even Ron had entered Hogwarts with baggage of famous brothers and Harry with famous parents, they handled it lot better than albus did..i did not get how and why James was never there to guide him being an elder brother and all..

Yes Ron is the perfect example...he never taken anything for granted instead of having so many famous brothers...Still he didn't try to isolate himself in Hogwarts and started making friends of his own which Albus fails to do...The biggest problem in this book is that they don't feel to explore any characters starting from James to Rose except a few scenes...