No matter how much warning and clarification you give to people, there's always going to be some who ignore it to their own detriment. 

Once it was announced that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (promoted as 'the eight story, nineteen years later') was coming to the West End and that they play would be published for all to read, Potterheads got wildly excited about the prospect of a new Harry Potter adventure. 

However despite it clearly being marked as a stage play rather than a novel, and author J.K. Rowling repeatedly emphasising this point on social media, there were some fans who still expected they were getting a new novel and purchased the book as such. 

Needless to say, there's been some disappointment, with the book being innundated with disappointed reviews on Amazon. We've collated seven of the funniest ones for you reading pleasure. 

Copy and Paste job

"Was all excited for this book as I grew up with harry potter. Stood in line, got the book, and went home. When I got home I opened the book, that's where the excitement turned into disappointment. I knew the book was based on the play, what I didn't know is that it was pretty much a photocopy of the script. If I could return the book I would."

"or so I thought"

"I purchased this because it's a Harry Potter book...or so I thought.... The idea that this is a proper book is misleading at best, and an outright lie at worst. It's a play-by-play of a play meant to be performed on stage. Awkward transitions, shoddy plot, it's a bit pathetic. I'd not recommend buying this book, as it's a disappointment. Instead, borrow it from a friend or from the local library. Spending more than a few bucks for this is a waste."

The Painful Truth

"WARNING THIS BOOK WAS NOT WRITTEN BY JK ROWLING - DON'T BUY THIS BOOK. Well to start I don't know how the hell Rowling let this thing get made into a play or why she had someone else right it when she should be writing every single chronicle in the Wizarding World Canon, and it's because of this that many people probably don't consider this canon. Then the painful truth is this book shouldn't be considered canon for the franchise."

"can't read more than 10 minutes without a headache"

"This was the most wait of money I've ever spent! I couldn't read past 10 minutes. I was missed guided about the book I thought it was just saying they were making play NOT that you would be reading a script. You have to always look to see who it is that's talking you have to follow along with what the stage looks like I'm not just unhappy because I love the series the movies but because I was expecting to be reading a book I paid 15$ for and I can't read more than 10 minutes without a headache. UNLESS YOU WANT TO READ A SCRIPT OF A PLAY INSTEAD OF A BOOK DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY."

"Harry Potter and the great scam"

"Who wrote this book? I mean script. Come on. Talk about rediculous [sic]. Rowling, you owe your fans a BOOK! I like to rename this Harry Potter and the great scam."

"beyond tedious to read"

"I clicked pre-order before realising this is just a script for a play which is beyond tedious to read. I made it a few acts in before my brain froze in complete boredom. This is a Potter fans cash grab and I'm extremely annoyed that I fell for it. The premise that people might learn to like reading stilted sentences and stage directions because they were made to read Shakespeare plays in in Schools is ludicrous . Extremely disappointed that JK Rowlings was on board with THIS one."

"Hope I can find a non script version"

"Can't read this script version. Very disappointed - didn't know this script version was what I was going to get. Hope I can find a non script version."