![]() In these books, the main character always grows up ordinary, dreaming that he is more-and then, one day, he is proved correct: he is_ _special, and the world is even more exciting than he imagined, and, within this world, he has a very special role to play. It also plays upon the earnest megalomania that is fed by every good fantasy series. Photograph by Manuel Harlanįor the fantasy writer, this categorizing mechanism-the young book reader’s equivalent of a BuzzFeed personality quiz-is a neat trick: it defines the world of the series and the characters who populate it simultaneously. ![]() ![]() ![]() The script for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” a two-part play currently being staged in London, is dotted with predictable and consequently satisfying twists.
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