10 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Plot Turns That Blew Our Minds

Then crack open a copy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and get reading! Every page comes up with some new way to enchant you, challenge you, and truly make you literally ask, "WTF? Please say this isn't the real plotline," at your book as if, like magic, it will laugh, say 'No!' and reconfigure the entire story. But magic's not real, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is indeed one of the strangest pieces of literature to ever grace our bookshelves. Of course, Cursed Child is actually a stage play in London right now, but let's be real - we're not getting close to tickets to that thing (or if you have some and would like a kidney or something in exchange, please DM me). Luckily, J.K. Rowling, playwright Jack Thorne, and director John Tiffany have okayed the release of the play in hard-copy form for us all to enjoy, or rather, to try really hard to enjoy while questioning everything. Here are 10 moments that charmed, confounded, and stupified us in every possible way. And warning: while the first five slides are mostly spoiler free, the last five include heavy spoilers. Proceed with caution!