I don't know how many of you have ever wondered what became of the anarchist revolutionaries, the cool kids, you went to school with - and then been to an anniversary of you final exam year. You did realise, of course, that those guys had not yet achieved the world revolution - but to find that they are accountants and bureaucrats now still shocked you.

When I read this new Harry Potter story, it was what I felt like. They've grown up to be a more boring version of themselves, partly basking in, partly haunted by their glamorous past. The best parent qualities are shown by Draco Malfoy - while Harry Potter can't come to terms with the sociological problem of the middle child. Maybe the poor boy would not have had such a hard time with a less annoying name - maybe not conveying such black and white views of the world to him might have helped. And maybe using your great Auror skills could have made you realise just who you invited to your home...

I would be interested to see this on stage and find out whether the weakness in the dialogues does not show so much then.
Also, I do realise that many people enjoyed this "school reunion" with their childhood heros.

But to me it lacked the old Harry Potter magic, maybe because it lacked J. K. Rowling.