I
got up early this Sunday morning all excited. It did not take me long to get
ready and charge in the shortest time possible. Harry Potter and the Cursed
Child was releasing today. And for the first time I’m in a place where I can
actually buy it on the day of its release, a dream I had and never realised until
today.
So I
paid Rs 900 and bought the book at 11.38 a.m. today. After causal chit chat and
lunch, I was home. At 2 p.m. I started reading the book and did not dare take
my eyes off from my hard bound until it was 5.30 p.m. when I was done.I
don’t know what you call it, when you are at the end of a book and did not want
it to end. As I turned every page, I hoped pages would increase. But of course
it did not. It moved on, pretty fast, almost nostalgic with grown up Harry and
all that.
Harry
is the Head of Magical Law Enforcement, as you know married to Ginny, and has
three kids – James, Albus Severus and Lily, with her. Hermione Granger is the
Minster for Magic and has two kids – Rose and Hugo, with Ron Weasely. Draco
Malfoy has a son, Scorpius who is lovable surprisingly and for me he was the
real hero who moved the story along.
As
the reports said the book is about Harry Potter and his second son Albus and
how they confront the dark past that wouldn’t let them go. But plot per say is
nothing new. You know how the story is going to flow and how it is going to
end. But then again it was written for a play and though the story was detailed
it was not very deep.
It is a very fast read, took barely four hours
to finish 300 odd pages. But it satisfies your curiosity about how your favourite
characters have grown into. It might be a 40-year-old Harry who is still
struggling with the dark past but trying his best he could to be a great dad. It
could be Ron, as funny and lame as he could possibly be or Hermione as bossy
and clever, as in the past. You even get to see Dumbledore in the photo frame.
It
gives you a glimpse of everyone’s life and what they made themselves of after
the Battle of Hogwarts. Something we all wanted to see for ourselves. I loved
what they have become.
But at
the end of it, when all ends well you just can help asking for more. What to
say, we potter fans are greedy.
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