2 Stars 
 So when I initially reviewed this book I gave it 3 stars but I think it may have been due to my excitement for having new Harry Potter content blinded me to the problems that were around this book. Now that it's been out for quite a few months and the more that I've been sitting with it and recalling elements of the story have me irked to the point where I had to knock my rating down a whole star. 
 I will say that diving back into this world that I've grown up with overwhelmed me with so many feelings of happiness and nostalgia and I just couldn't get over the fact that it was finally here and that I was reading new Harry Potter content. The Malfoys were a huge redeeming quality for me, I don't think this play would have received even 2 stars had the characterization of Draco and Scorpius been included. Scorpius was an incredible character and he was the best part of this play for me. (view spoiler)[Also, the redemption of Draco was EXACTLY what I had been craving. I absolutely adored that we got to finally see some character development of Draco, that was something that I had been wanting for so long after finishing the Deathly Hallows. (hide spoiler)] 
 But the fact of the matter is, and it may have been my biggest gripe with the play in its entirety, is that it just didn't 
 feel 
 like Harry Potter to me. I know that Jo herself didn't write it, and that was incredibly prevalent to me while I was reading it. The characters I was reading did not feel like like the characters that I have loved for so many years. Abusive characters were romanticized and the amount of inconsistencies in this play were covered up by too many convenient solutions. (view spoiler)[I felt that a severe amount of queerbaiting took place right from the beginning of the story between Scorpius and Albus, I was so excited to finally see a queer romance take place within the universe and the fact that it was taken away right at the end was absolutely infuriating (hide spoiler)] 
 I will link the video to my review once I have it filmed and uploaded because I could definitely go on for ages about this. All in all, there were some things I liked about this play but in its entirey, I did not enjoy it.