I looked forward to reading this book and I was not disappointed. The story picks up 19 years after the last one. Harry and Ginny are married with a family. Their middle child is ready to go to his first year at Hogwarts where he develops a firm and loyal friendship with the son of Draco Malfoy. Albus and Scorpius feel they must 'right a wrong'. To accomplish this they are able to steal a prototype of a Time Turner and go back to when the wrong occurred. Unfortunately things are only made worse and it takes the combined powers of our old favourites and the new characters to restore harmony to the wizarding world. I'm reluctant to give more away - read it!
The book is actually the script for the play that opened in London's West End this summer. This format seems to be the main reason for the large amount of criticism it has received. As a script, it lacks the beautiful descriptive writing of the books. There are no paragraphs setting the scene. We are not taken into the thoughts of the characters. There are no gorgeous visuals that the movies offered (I'll truly never forget Harry's first glimpse of Hogwarts). There is only the spoken word. However, after seven other books, surely we can use our imaginations!
I thought the story was terrific and would definitely recommend it to any Harry Potter fan.
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