Aug 10, 2016 01:31 AM
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Which is exactly what's happened to a few eager Potterheads, who appear not to have quite taken on the direct warnings of J.K. Rowling; now raging are they that the released publication of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is merely the script of the stage play and not a full novel.
Indeed, to clarify further, Cursed Child isn't entirely a Rowling product; the cover quite clearly stating the work is a collaboration between the Harry Potter author and playwright Jack Thorne stating, "Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. A new play by Jack Thorne."
All this has been repeatedly pointed out, including by Rowling herself on social media; yet still an inevitable rage seemed to brew within the fan community, when a few dreams climbed too high and too lofty in hopes of an 8th novel in the Potter franchise. Here's a selection from the script's Amazon page:
"Was all excited for this book as I grew up with harry potter. Stood in line, got the book, and went home. When I got home I opened the book, that's where the excitement turned into disappointment. I knew the book was based on the play, what I didn't know is that it was pretty much a photocopy of the script. If I could return the book I would."
"Had I known JK didn't write every word of this herself, I never would have read it. It reads like a poorly planned fan fiction written by someone with little knowledge of the traits of major characters. It's confusing at times, and there are already some obvious plot holes. I'm just going to pretend this didn't happen and wait for Fantastic Beasts."
"WARNING THIS BOOK WAS NOT WRITTEN BY JK ROWLING - DON'T BUY THIS BOOK. Well to start I don't know how the hell Rowling let this thing get made into a play or why she had someone else right it when she should be writing every single chronicle in the Wizarding World Canon, and it's because of this that many people probably don't consider this canon. Then the painful truth is this book shouldn't be considered canon for the franchise."
