Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPr? Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)
Book Review: Superlative!
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first started reading this book, my impression was that it could never live up to the first two Ms. Rowling wrote. I thought that it was good, but it was unable to hold my attention, and my mind kept drifting. I believed the book to be a marvelous story, but nothing out of the ordinary for today's more brilliant authors. I even hazarded that Ms. Rowling had lost her touch! I now wish that I could take those words and destroy them! By the time I had read the first two chapters, I was hooked. By the time I had started the fifth chapter, I knew that I would finish the book that day if I had to stay up until four in the morning to do it. (I finished the book, but by 8:00 pm)!I think that in this book I learned more about the main characters, and more new ones than ever before. (Hermione is still my favorite) I think that Professor Lupin will always be my favorite Hogwarts teacher-I hope he appears in the next book! However, Professor Trelawney was very different-If I were Harry, I would drop Divination!
I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Harry's parents, too. The ending to this book was exceptional, but different from the endings to Ms. Rowling's other stories. In the others, Harry defeats Voldemort, he's a hero, and everyone goes home happy. This ending is very different, but I loved them both.
Many people have asked me why Harry Potter books are appreciated by both adults and children. I think I have an answer. The Harry Potter books are well-written, imaginative, and happy. But there is much more to them. There are some parts that make you want to laugh, cry, scream, and pace all at once. I know-I have. The most important element in Ms. Rowling's work is that in her books you can escape. You can start reading, and you forget about work, school, television, Kosovian bombing, and everything else in the real world. Harry Potter books help give us a way to escape to a world that is magical in more ways than one.
Before I read this book, I knew that I either wanted to be a Senator or an editor of children's books. Now, when faced with the decision of working with imaginative and creative writers like Ms. Rowling, or spending hours in committees going through legal paperwork, there is no contest.
I know that Ms. Rowling majored in French when she was in college, so I will end this review in that way: J'adore tes livres d'Harry Potter, et tu es magnifique. Brava, Joanna, Brava!
Book Review: Brillant very good
Summary: 5 Stars
I have enjoyed reading the new book by J K Rowling I would recomend this book to everyone. If you are a Harry Potter fan like me you will absolutely love Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! I can't put this book down it is so spine chillingly fantastic. I can't wait till the movie and the next book comes out.Book Review: Magically magnificent!
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband and I (we're 33 and 28, respectively) are evangelical Harry Potter readers - we've got all the books and get them for eveyone - young and old - as birthday presents - a new one every year so far! And we loved this book as much, if not more, than the two before - our copy arrived last night, and we both read it straight through before bed - I had it from 6pm until 10 (with a brief cooking-dinner break) and he had it from 11 until 2am. Such is the magic and charm of Harry Potter, his friends, and his emenies. The plot twists, the clever name choices, and the wonderful characterizations were all so terrific - we reread the end on the way to work this morning, as we hashed out all the brilliant parts of the book. I can't believe we have to wait another year for another one!Book Review: My Favorite Book in the World!
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow! J. K. Rowling does it again! After I finished this book, I felt the same way I did when I finished the other two, disappointed that it ended so soon! I thought Sir Cadogan was really funny. In this book, something very cool happens to Hagrid, but you'll have to read this amazing book to find out! I absolutely cannot wait for the next four books in this superb series!!!!!Book Review: The best one yet!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the best one yet. The other two were also great, but I feel that this one has an outstanding ending. It has a marvelous twist to it. I read it in one day. I suggest reading them in order but this one is by far the best.