You've already read my review, but I'll jump in :)
1. If you read The Cursed Child, did you like it? Yes. I wouldn't say I loved it, but I enjoyed it.
2. If you saw The Cursed Child, did you like it? Do you think it works better if you see it on stage? I haven't seen it. I imagine it works much better on the stage because we'd get the atmosphere, visually spectacular stage effects, and emotions from the characters, filler. From the people I've spoken to apparently it's much better on the stage.
3. Do you consider the play canon? No. I think if it had been released much closer to the end of the last book I would have, but it's been so long - I've read so much fanfiction about the aftermath since then, had so many conversations with other people, seen it explored so many other ways, that this is just...one more way, perhaps set more highly in my estimation because of its source, but still not another book. Also because it isn't another book; it's a different medium with multiple authors.
4. Harry: Understandably frustrated and concerned, or a horrible father? Just generally over the top? What about Albus? I think just because you're an adult and have kids doesn't miraculously mean you know what you're doing, especially when you had the kind of upbringing and childhood that Harry did. And that teenagers are teenagers, and surely always have conflicts with their parents, but that again, Albus is in a very particular situation considering his parents and the prejudice against the House he ends up in. So it sat okay with me, but again I think the stage play woud give a more nuanced interpretation than just the dialogue.
5. Delphi: Mary Sue? A fine character with a poorly constructed and very cliche twist? A good character with a good twist? Uh-oh, there's that word: Mary Sue. I don't like that, because really, what is a Mary Sue? Do we mean a self-insert in fanfic? Or do we mean a super female character who's just too pratically perfect in everyway? Because Harry Potter himself had the tragic backstory, the impressive magic, the adventures...and if he'd been a girl how many people would have labelled him a Mary Sue? For example.
I think Delphi is a good enough character, almost Tonks-like in some ways. It's the 'Voldemort's daughter' part that comes across as problematic. Perhaps cliche, but perhaps that's only for people active in online fandoms or who've read fanfiction? As in my review, I think having her be the daughter of, say, a Death Eater who died in the Battle of Hogwarts, or something other than having her and Voldemort as a direct contrast to Albus and Harry would have worked better.
6. Which of the original characters did you like seeing portrayed? Who, if anyone, did you wish had been portrayed differently? It was nice revisiting them all. Again, I think their characteristion probably works better as the play where we'd get to see their facial expressions, body language, emotions; details we don't get in the script. I think they all had some good lines though :)
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Date: 2016-08-14 10:00 pm (UTC)1. If you read The Cursed Child, did you like it?
Yes. I wouldn't say I loved it, but I enjoyed it.
2. If you saw The Cursed Child, did you like it? Do you think it works better if you see it on stage?
I haven't seen it. I imagine it works much better on the stage because we'd get the atmosphere, visually spectacular stage effects, and emotions from the characters, filler. From the people I've spoken to apparently it's much better on the stage.
3. Do you consider the play canon?
No. I think if it had been released much closer to the end of the last book I would have, but it's been so long - I've read so much fanfiction about the aftermath since then, had so many conversations with other people, seen it explored so many other ways, that this is just...one more way, perhaps set more highly in my estimation because of its source, but still not another book. Also because it isn't another book; it's a different medium with multiple authors.
4. Harry: Understandably frustrated and concerned, or a horrible father? Just generally over the top? What about Albus?
I think just because you're an adult and have kids doesn't miraculously mean you know what you're doing, especially when you had the kind of upbringing and childhood that Harry did. And that teenagers are teenagers, and surely always have conflicts with their parents, but that again, Albus is in a very particular situation considering his parents and the prejudice against the House he ends up in. So it sat okay with me, but again I think the stage play woud give a more nuanced interpretation than just the dialogue.
5. Delphi: Mary Sue? A fine character with a poorly constructed and very cliche twist? A good character with a good twist? Uh-oh, there's that word: Mary Sue. I don't like that, because really, what is a Mary Sue? Do we mean a self-insert in fanfic? Or do we mean a super female character who's just too pratically perfect in everyway? Because Harry Potter himself had the tragic backstory, the impressive magic, the adventures...and if he'd been a girl how many people would have labelled him a Mary Sue? For example.
I think Delphi is a good enough character, almost Tonks-like in some ways. It's the 'Voldemort's daughter' part that comes across as problematic. Perhaps cliche, but perhaps that's only for people active in online fandoms or who've read fanfiction? As in my review, I think having her be the daughter of, say, a Death Eater who died in the Battle of Hogwarts, or something other than having her and Voldemort as a direct contrast to Albus and Harry would have worked better.
6. Which of the original characters did you like seeing portrayed? Who, if anyone, did you wish had been portrayed differently?
It was nice revisiting them all. Again, I think their characteristion probably works better as the play where we'd get to see their facial expressions, body language, emotions; details we don't get in the script. I think they all had some good lines though :)