I love Harry Potter. I mean, I have the tattoo/the obsession/the slightly loony behavior when someone offends it. You know, the whole package. I come from a whole line of Potter ladies. (We're 3 sisters out of 4 that are obsessed, the 4th is mildly interested... we'll take that. No denouncing for her.) 
 I was over Cloud No. 9 when I heard the play being first announced. OVER THE ROOF, I was. But when I heard the script would be published, I forced my expectations to be low. 
 The book was a nice read, don't get me wrong. It really heart my heart that I probably may never, ever watch the play because I REALLY want to 100x more now that I've read it. BUT... this plot feels 8/10 fanfiction and 2/10 JK to be honest. I was disappointed, I just wasn't super hyped when I finished it like I used to every single time - still do - I read the original HPs. 
 The all over plot is cute... it's nice. I really wanted to watch Noma Dumezweni as Hermione. Ron... didn't feel like Ron. I didn't like Harry much... but mostly, I didn't like how much you get the "Alborpius" vibe through out the book, when there's nothing of the sort. I mean, I'm all for mushy friendships (I'm a Tolkien freak, and he's the most awesome at writing mushy straight male friendships), but seriously it felt a bit too much. Also... the old characters we just love so much fell so flat. 
 Anyway, enough negativity and lemme just say I'd definitely read this if it became a full novel. I'm sure JK wouldn't leave our precious characters "flat" when she has an actual novel to write and not a simple script. Also, I'm dying to get the news that they decide to take the play on tour. Seriously. This needs to happen, and I need to watch it.