Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling- It is no secret that I am a Harry Potter fan. I love the series, I collect them whenever I see one at the thrift store or garage sale. I love rereading them and I love the audio books. Also my husband surprised me on our honeymoon and took me to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Seriously, I am a major Potter Fangirl.
So I knew Cursed Child was coming out and I knew I would end up getting it and reading it. I wasn't sure however since it was in play format that I would LIKE it. All big Harry Potter fans will know what I mean about this.
So did I? Well.....It's Complicated.
Pros: I loved going back into to the HP world. I loved seeing favorite characters again. I love the excitement from a new HP book. Also I truly LOVED Scorpius as a character. By far her stole the book and probably steals the entire play.
Cons: The format. Hated reading it as a script. I was so disappointed by how angry everyone seemed to be...there was so much hurt and miscommunication that I was really confused most of the time. Also the massive jumps in time didn't help at all...I mean YEARS go by with just a page turn. I wasn't into that. Without giving spoilers I will say this: Albus is my least favorite and honestly I don't for a MOMENT believe that his siblings would treat him differently. Maybe I am in the minority here but my brothers would never act like that. The big plot twist? Personally I will never accept it as canon. I remember distinctly groaning and saying "Yeah NO."
So it was a good story but it didn't have the magic of the others and I am glad that J.K. has announced that Harry is done. I would love for her to continue to write about the world of HP but I agree...Harry's story is over and there is so much more to the Wizarding World that I want to read about! I gave it 3 of 5...that ending just...eh.
Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin- I was finishing up my "mood" of thriller/horror/psychological madness with this book. I really liked seeing Young Tessie and all her damage and her relationship with her best friend Lydia. I also really enjoyed Older Tessa and the damage that had been done being one of the Black Eyed Susans...the only one that survived. I liked the build up of this book and I really enjoyed Tessa's search for the truth of what happened that night. I was shocked by the ending a bit but at the same time I expected "parts" of it. All in all I gave it a 4 out of 5.
The Wednesday Group by Sylvia True- I wasn't sure what this book was to start with. I just picked it up on a whim at the library and started reading during one of my bouts of insomnia. This book is about a group of women that meet weekly to discuss their significant others' sex addictions. I hadn't expected to be as drawn into this book as I was but I fell in love with the characters pretty early on and I simply had to KNOW what was going to happen next with some of the couples. I don't know much about sex addiction but I felt like the representation of the women affected by it was probably pretty accurate. It was a quick read and really intense at times. I ended up giving it 3 of 5 only because the ending was pretty abrupt.
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