harry potter and the cursed child book spoilers

Harry Potter was a gateway drug for millions into online fandom, with the series gaining momentum at the same time that the dial-up era was ending and the internet was becoming a daily necessity. My phone was buzzing with messages and calls from my boy and my BFF, but I ignored them all.īeyond its characters and themes, Harry Potter sparked a huge cultural shift in the way that our generation-particularly young women-used the internet, forming fan communities (“fandoms”) that had never existed on such a scale before. I went back to the flat and read all day. In the morning I caught a bus down to the nearest Waterstones and joined a queue, waiting patiently for 9am when I would be allowed to place my clammy hands on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final volume of the series I’d grown up with. It was a beautiful summer’s day in London, my birthday, but I saw none of it. I had the run of my cousin’s flat while she was away, but in those heady days it felt like I had the run of the whole city. I had a romance going with a floppy-haired English boy, and many more Euro adventures with my best friend to come. Many years ago, I spent a birthday in London, a pit-stop on my first big adventure into the wider world as a young adult. Warning: contains spoilers from past Harry Potter books.

We take a look at the anticipation surrounding the new Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, through the eyes of a lifelong fan.

Harry potter and the cursed child book spoilers