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 1.5 stars 
 I can understand why some people enjoyed reading this play, but as you can see from my rating, it was definitely not for me. And this makes me so upset because I was really looking forward to it. :'( 
 Honestly, I didn't mind the play format, and I was aware going into it that it would feel different from the rest of the Harry Potter books. My main issue rested in the plot: it was unoriginal (a trope I've seen used several times), convenient when it needed to be, and it eventually turned into something beyond ridiculous. I'm still shocked that J.K. Rowling had anything to do with this play because the whole concept of the storyline opens up major plot holes and inconsistencies within the original series. (view spoiler)[It's basically Harry Potter meets Back to the Future, but with infinite time turners instead of time machines. (hide spoiler)] Not to mention, the huge "plot-twist" at the end completely contradicts a major part of the original storyline. It does not even come close to matching up with it at all. (view spoiler)[Voldemort has a daughter?! Seriously?! And with Bellatrix Lestrange?! And we're supposed to believe this happened before the Battle of Hogwarts?? I just...can't. (hide spoiler)] 
 In addition, I didn't like that this read more like fan fiction than an actual play. The sudden leaps in the plot is a major part of it, but most of the dialogue felt very stilted and corny too. (The only exception was Scorpius Malfoy; he is the reason why I gave this an additional half star). When characters from the original series appeared, their dialogue and actions often failed to line up with their true personalities. Granted, the story takes place nineteen years later, but I still felt like I was reading about a completely different set of characters. On more than one occasion, Harry is quite mean and narrow-minded, which is so uncharacteristic of who he was in the books. Ron only showed up to provide comic relief, and Hermione wasn't her usual witty and clever self. 
 Between the character changes and the nature of the plot, I had a hard time taking this story seriously. There were so many moments where I didn't know whether I was supposed to be laughing or crying. The more I think about it, the more disappointed I get. I'm personally just going to pretend that the story ended at the epilogue and leave it at that.