I was going to make this post right after I got out of Part 2, but I ended up being exhausted/super busy/sick this weekend (which I'll detail in another post) so I didn't get the chance to at the time.

You can read my pre-viewing speculation here, and the long and short of it is I absolutely loved it and kind of want to spend the money to see it again in a few months. Yeah, that's how much I liked it.

( SPOILERS FOR HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD )

Okay, so I never properly sat down and read the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child... "book". At the time, it was because I knew it was the early rehearsal edition and not the final version of the script, which is what I would prefer to read. But in all honesty, I'm not a huge fan of consuming media connected to stage productions I haven't seen. As a child I found Shakespeare more engaging when performed on stage than I ever did in text form, because ultimately a script is written with the intention that half of it's meaning would be brought by the actors' performances. And that version of the story was the version of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child I wanted to consume. The problem? In Summer 2016, the play was only being performed in London - where I do not live - and the tickets were extremely expensive and hard to get.

Then the play opened in New York, and I made an impulsive decision.

( Every boy at Hogwarts is hoping Scorpius—known as the Scorpion King—will ask them to the Blood Ball. )