Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8) in Around the World in 80 Books

Aug 01, 2016 Mary Paul rated it did not like it

That's right. You saw that number of stars.

Look, what makes Rowling the best isn't her happy little tales of courage and the magic of friendship, it's her vivid descriptions, her colorful subtext, and her world-building. Reading this as a script was incredibly dull, drained, and painful.
Ok, so that being over and done with. At least you get good Jo dialogue, right? I mean that's usually excellent.... No. Because this wasn't written by J Rowling. Yes, I saw her name on the top on the cover, but ...more

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Aug 14, 2016 Juliane rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-books-i-read

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Aug 17, 2016 Joseph rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, best-series-fiction, best, best-of-2016, read-in-2016-08-august

She did it again. It may not be a novel, but it's still an amazing read. ...more

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Jul 31, 2016 Erica rated it liked it

This reminded me slightly of A Very Potter Musical (minus the musical part & I liked AVPM better) because this story comes off as a parody. I'm not considering this canon this is like a badly written fanfiction that I paid for. My favorite part was Moaning Myrtle and considering she wasn't in the story very long that says a lot. I'm disappointed but at the same time glad I got to read this since I'll never get to see the play. I gave it three stars mainly because it's set in the Wizarding World. ...more

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Dec 11, 2016 Antonio Gallo rated it really liked it

Shelves: bibliomania, narrativa, scrittura, in-inglese, business

Notate le etichette (tag) che ho apposto a questo libro e capirete il senso del mio giudizio. Leggere Harry Potter, e tutti i libri precedenti che credo siano ben 18, significa davvero essere un bibliomane, un maniaco della magia, del cinema e di tante altre cose connesse alla figura di questo personaggio che ha fatto dell'autrice una delle persone più ricche al mondo. Cappello! un vero genio, anzi una "genia" se esiste il termine.

"Fiction" è il secondo "tag" assegnato, la ragione mi pare ovvia. ...more

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