Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is originally a two-part West End (a common term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of "Theatreland" in and near the West End of London) stage play written by Jack Thorne (best known for Skins, a British teen comedy drama) and based on an original new story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John Tiffany. The play takes place mainly in the year 2021, but begins in 2017.
As the brand-new Wizarding World story in nearly a decade, the rehearsal script, which was not a novelization of the play, was released on July 31, a day after the stage play officially premiered at London's Palace Theatre and the birth date that Harry and J.K. share, as a first edition, entitled "Special Rehearsal Edition", in print and digital formats as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II.
The story has a different vibe and it ain't just because of the new text format. You've come to the right place though if you're looking for some great characterization, nostalgia, humor, and just something very unique. It's more mature, character-driven, and less magical story contributing to the disconnect between the new story and the past books that some fans feel but let's all pause for a moment and try to remember the London Premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 last July 2011 where J.K. and the golden trio basically gave or dedicated speeches to each other.
According to CNN, this was the most preordered book of 2016. The book has been nominated for the Holden-Crowther Book Award 2016. In the US and Canada, the book sold over 2 million copies in its first two days of release. Since revisions to the script continued after the book was printed, an edited version will be released in 2017 as the "Definitive Collector's Edition" so be sure to look out for that at the HS fREADom Hub!
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