{"id":1027,"date":"2016-08-20T17:30:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T21:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2016-08-20T17:30:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T21:30:11","slug":"harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/20\/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"1028\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/20\/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child\/20160820_171904\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160820_171904.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4608,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G850W&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1471713544&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20160820_171904\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160820_171904-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160820_171904-800x450.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1028\" src=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160820_171904-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"20160820_171904\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160820_171904-800x450.jpg 800w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160820_171904-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160820_171904-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160820_171904-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160820_171904-1216x684.jpg 1216w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160820_171904-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/>Finally made enough time to finish this book! It was quite enjoyable, albeit makes you wish it was an actual novel and not a performance script.<\/p>\n<p>From the first 30 pages I felt for Albus Potter, and could relate to his character. I thought they did a good job with the storyline, and it does have some twists to keep you guessing.<\/p>\n<p>Really, the only critique is that it&#8217;s a performance script, so most of the writing is cheesy. I feel that this is more suitable to see on stage, so that it provides the reader with the intended effect.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe, just maybe, J.K. Rowling will make it into a full-fledged novel?<\/p>\n<p>Follow my love of reading over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/14881056-victoria\">GoodReads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1027\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/20\/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1027\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/20\/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/20\/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally made enough time to finish this book! It was quite enjoyable, albeit makes you wish it was an actual novel and not a performance script. From the first 30 pages I felt for Albus Potter, and could relate to his character. I thought they did a good job with the storyline, and it does&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/20\/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child\/\" class=\"button\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1027\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/20\/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1027\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/20\/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/20\/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Finally finished Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[2,4,73,9],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p69hvu-gz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1002,"url":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/31\/susie-steiner-missing-presumed\/","url_meta":{"origin":1027,"position":0},"title":"Susie Steiner \"Missing, Presumed\"","date":"July 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Demolished this book in last two days at the cottage. 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