Harry Potter

[Hickory]

Haven't read it, probably won't for a while. Sounded terrible.

[Jetthebinturong]

If you don't already want to, I would not recommend bothering to pick it up. Quite frankly, I'm surprised Rowling gave it her seal of approval. (And that she thinks Snape actually loved Lily, I mean come on). She could have just been like "this is authorised fanfiction, you can have it but it's not canon" but no, it's canon. And it just doesn't deserve to be. It reads like two terrible fanfics fell in love and produced this abomination as a result. The only things that come close to saving it are Scorpius and Draco.

[Cornflower MM]

I read the summary a while back, it didn't appeal to me. I think I'll steer clear of it for a while, then.

[Hickory]

From what I've heard about it from the Reddit community, it poorly portrays the old characters and fumbles with the new ones. Doesn't help that it's a play, either.

[Maudie]

I still can't believe I'm the only Gryffindor on here.

[Rosie Willowwater]

I think Lt said he was a gryffindor

[Banya]

I haven't read The Cursed Child yet. Thanks for all your reviews and feedback on it, it's shaping my desire to read it. New, relevant poll going up.

Poll results:

'Witch' Hogwarts House are you in?

Gryffindor
    - 1 (5.6%)
Hufflepuff
    - 8 (44.4%)
Ravenclaw
    - 6 (33.3%)
Slytherin
    - 3 (16.7%)

Total Members Voted: 18

EDIT: Would you like to see other options on the new poll? Would you like the poll to include the play?

[alexandre]

Y'all ought to read the Cursed child.::)No, it wasn't very good, but you aren't a true Potter fan if'n you don't bother to read one of the books just because of what others say.

[Hickory]

That's like saying you aren't a true Star Wars fan if you don't watch the prequels. You don't need, want, or should watch the prequels. There are probably millions of Star Wars fans who enjoy the franchise without watching the prequels. The same should be applied to Harry Potter fans and The Cursed Child.

[Cornflower MM]

Y'all ought to read the Cursed child.::)No, it wasn't very good, but you aren't a true Potter fan if'n you don't bother to read one of the books just because of what others say.

I was never a true Potter fan anyway - Too formulated. Also, 11-yr-olds running easily able to do what adult wizards couldn't? Nope, not for me.

[Hickory]

It was Hermione doing all the work. Harry and Ron just tagged along for the ride, and because they were needed at key points in the book.

... see what I did there? Key points in the book?

[Cornflower MM]

*Claps*

[Wylder Treejumper]

Well, even though my family's had it for 3 weeks, I finally got around to reading The Cursed Child. My main reaction: meh.

It was a decent enough story, but the fault is on J. K. Rowling, because it was excellent as a play script but disappointing as a novel. It could easily have been turned into an excellent two or three books. As it is, the whole thing feels rushed and ill-defined. Furthermore, the main character is not really sympathetic, and most of the supporting characters are vague.

Scorpius, on the other hand, is brilliant. He is easily among my favorite characters, up there with Ron, Fred and George, and Lupin. A nerdy, nervous, nice Malfoy. Perfect!

My general feeling after reading it was, "Oh, that was nice, but she could have done a lot better." As it is, she lazily released the play script instead of novels, no doubt having already sold the movie rights. It disconcerts me that she treats her readers as mere commodities to milk profit from. An aesthetic, she is not.

[DanielofRedwall]

Has anyone taken the new patronus quiz on Pottermore? I took it and got a crow, which is legitimately what I've always said my patronus would be, so go figure.

(Also, I got Ravenclaw and Pukwudgie, and my wand is alder, dragon heartstring, 13" slightly springy.)

[Rosie Willowwater]

I got a bunny