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EXPeriencing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Spoiler-Filled Review Pt. 2)
Cover image via. This review/stream-of-consciousness digestion of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is going to be full of spoilers. You have been warned. You can read my non-spoiler review here. There is a lot to unpack in J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne’s play. So much, in fact, that this is less a review and…
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EXPeriencing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Review Pt. 1)
Cover image via. I’m a privileged member of the Harry Potter generation. I grew up with Harry and have been reading J.K. Rowling’s books for more than 15 years. When I discovered Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was being released last weekend, I had two thoughts: 1.) How did I not know this was coming…
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EXPeriencing Harry Potter Escapism as an Adult
“You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him.” —Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban As I wrote in…
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Re-EXPeriencing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Cover photo via. I’m part of the lucky generation that got to grow up with Harry Potter—literally. Although Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was published in 1998, I somehow avoided reading it until two years later… when I was 11 years old. I must have had friends tell me I needed to read it, likely…
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