To HATE the eighth Harry Potter 'book'

[Feelingdisappointed]

I know it came out ages ago, but I have only just got round to reading it and it's awful! Sounds like bad fan fiction and doesn't flow at all. JK Rowling obviously didn't write very much of it...... I wish I hadn't wasted my money now.

Do you mean The Cursed Child?
It's not a novel it's a script so obviously won't flow as well. I haven't seen the play so no idea if this is even the finalised version.
Rowling didn't write it, she collaborated on the idea for the story.
I thought the main idea (rescuing Cedric)was interesting, as was the idea of one of Harry's children being quite resentful of him, but other parts I didn't like so much. However seeing the play is probably a completely different experience.

I hate to state the obvious but given that it's not a book and wasn't written by JK Rowling, I'm a bit mystified as to what you were expecting?

I agree with the posters above re it's a script, but I still hate it. I wish she'd just leave it as it is

I thought exactly the same - seemed like fanfic. I still haven't finished it...

I enjoyed it.

I've seen the play and it is outstanding. One of the best things I've ever seen.

My 14yo niece read it and wishes she hadn't. On her advice I'm steering clear.

Jack Thorne wrote it, not JK.

But it's a play script written primarily by someone else, rather than anyone pretending it's another instalment of the HP series by JKR - playscripts are not designed to be read the way a novel is.

I thought the same when I read the script but after seeing the play its totally changed my mind! There was so much that can across on stage that I hadn't imagined in the book. It was really amazing! I wish they hadn't released the script. It doesn't do the play justice!

I didn't like it either and I'm glad I couldn't have afforded to go and see it at the theatre. The language was all wrong.

It's not my kind of thing at all, but there are some entirely excellent actors in the cast, and so I have no difficulty imagining that the play is a wonderful experience, whereas the playscript is only intended as a set of directions to actors/producers.