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Who else has read it? I'll discuss it with y'all in the comments.
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~Cayke
submitted by CaykeTheCook, SUNNY CALIFORNIAAAAAAAAAA
(September 19, 2016 - 12:29 pm)
(September 19, 2016 - 12:29 pm)
I've read it!!! I didn't like it too much; I thought the writing was kinda choppy. . . but maybe that was because it was a script. . . And Cayke, you're in California????
(September 19, 2016 - 9:41 pm)
Yup, I am! Why?
(September 20, 2016 - 12:48 pm)
I live in California!!!
(September 21, 2016 - 9:01 pm)
That's great! A lot of other CBers do too, including Abigail S., Air, Indigo, and some others I can't recall right now. GO CALIFORNIAAAAAA! =)
(September 22, 2016 - 10:51 am)
(September 19, 2016 - 11:29 pm)
I didn't really like some parts of it, but loved the characters.
I feel like that jack-whats-his-name took J.K Rowling's story. It just didn't feel like J.K Rowling had anything to do with it...
(September 21, 2016 - 4:26 pm)
I know, I kind of felt the same way. It just wasn't Rowling's style, you know?
(September 21, 2016 - 8:38 pm)
I agree. The plot was great, but the book didn't feel like Harry Potter.
(September 24, 2016 - 6:45 am)
It read a lot like a piece of fanfiction. It's not really "the 8th Harry Potter", if you get my meaning.
The characters behaved in exaggerated and rather dislikable ways-- and the villian was both pretty obvious and rather petty. Why did she have her mission written all over the walls of her room? For anyone to see who could speak Parseltongue? And did it just slip her mind that Harry Potter is famed for that particular ability?
Couldn't she have chosen another, less obvious time to go intercept Voldemort? And "going to talk to Voldemort" isn't a particularly engaging master plan.
It seemed to me that they didn't really come up with a new plot-- they just worked all the old characters to death and sort of wrecked them. Hermione was downright mean to Ron at times-- and am I the only one who thinks that Cedric Diggory's personality was downplayed? He gets embarassed during the tournament-- so, naturally, he decides to go become a mass murderer and join Voldemort. What? Where is the goodness and patience and perseverance praised by Dumbledore during Cedric's eulogy? Where are the realistic plot-twists?
Also, did anyone notice that Albus and Scorpius effectively killed an innocent person-- several, if you think about it- when they messed around with time? Like, Ron and Parvati's son? He had a life and friends and a future-- but then, of course, he is summarily un-made and never mentioned again. And Albus and Severus get banned from Hogsmeade-oh my!- but they don't have to go on trial for all the disasters they created. It was just lucky for them that Draco Malfoy still married Scorpius' mother-- or neither of the boys would have existed to switch time around again.
'Kay, I'd better stem the tide now. You all get the general idea ;D
(September 24, 2016 - 2:45 pm)
It makes sense that Delphi had her mission in parseltongue.
Harry lost his parseltongue when Voldemort died, because his Parseltongue was from Voldemort. But then it all changed.
(September 24, 2016 - 7:00 pm)
What I meant is that all one had to do to unveil her real room was to speak Parseltongue-- there were no other tricks or safety precautions. And the mission on the walls wasn't in Parseltongue-- anyone can read it.
Yes, Harry has temporarily lost his ability to speak Parseltongue, as SPOILER!!!!
the piece of Voldemort inside him has been destroyed. (If he no longer contains any of Voldemort's soul, how does the fact that time might be changed, prompting Voldemort's return in the past and future, automatically give him all his old powers? Voldemort still doesn't reside in him anymore!)
But, if Delphi spent her entire life studying to be Voldemort's side-kick, why would she stake her precious chances on Harry's abilities not reacting to Voldemort's prospective rebirth? Why didn't she do the slightest bit more to protect her life-long hopes and dreams?
Well-- because it's a stage-play and things had to be very visually obvious. And that, in it's turn, means that nothing is especially realistic.
(September 24, 2016 - 9:16 pm)
I agree too.
The way the story has Albus just became (SPOILER) so different from Harry suprised me a lot. It would have been a lot more fun to read if was more like Harry Potter, where they are kids with special abilities and there are huge challenges for them to face. But I also enjoyed the book. :)
(October 6, 2016 - 9:23 am)