Sorry for the harsh star rating, buuuuut it just didn't click with me. Sure, it wasn't written by J.K. and it just didn't have that World of Potter feel to it. In fact, all the way through this book I felt it read like fanfiction. No joke. So I make this comment to my husband who says something like, "Only if someone makes out with their mother, THEN it's fanfiction" to which I pointed out to him the polyjuice potion scene. And the friendship between Albus and Scorpius just FELT like an OC fanfic. Seriously. So, yeah, if you like your OC HP fanficiton with tons of angst and a very present Father and Son theme in the form of a screenplay, I would recommend this book to you. If you're reading this expecting to be transported back to the magical days of growing up with Harry, then you will be slightly disappointed.