Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
“OMG — Not another book review on Harry Potter.” *or* “OMG — I LOVE HARRY POTTER”
I bet you just said something along those lines… Me too. But I have to do this for two reasons: (1) It’s Harry Potter and (2) I committed to writing a real review for every book I’ve read and I’m only on 202 of 454. Slap me please. But when I’m done, not quite yet.
However, to save us both… I won’t do a review on this whole book. You can read every other review for that! I’ll just say the top 5 reasons why I loved this particular book:
1. Harry Potter went dark! Not the book… the character… this was the first time for me where I really stood back and said “He’s growing up. He’s realizing not everything around him should be believed without a hint of doubt.” When he protected Sirius in the Shrieking Shack, it all changed for me.
2. Dementors are awesome. I love the concept of stealing someone’s soul through sucking their physical body off its bones.
3. Transfiguration is a focus point, and I love seeing people turn into animals. It’s like our core is bursting to show itself.
4. Remus was my favorite Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. He was someone I’d want to hang out with… you know, and be a werewolf and all.
5. History is revealed in many family connections and secrets. And since that’s my favorite thing… this book was the most eye-opening for me.
See, that wasn’t so bad to re-read a little bit of Harry Potter. I promise the next one won’t be so hard. Only 4 left to write a review for.
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Great review- and yes Dementors are awesome!! (though I’d hate to meet one 😉 )
totally!
Remus is one of my favourites! This is one of my favourite movies too. I loved the feel of the whole thing – if that makes any sense
yes, it does
Just finished this last week! My review is going up sometime in May
excellent
Awesome review!! Remus is right up there with Sirius as my favorite characters. The fourth book is personally my favorite!!
Yeah! Thanks for following and commenting. I’m heading over to your site now. Book 4 review will come out in the near future… trying to keep them a little separated. Nice to e-meet you.
All of the books you have read? Hmm. That is a lot. When I started my blog, which mainly covers Advance Review Copies, as I live in Mexico but still want to read (free) books in English, I decided to just review my current reads. It has kept me plenty busy, but I am not as prolific a reader or writer as you. As to your current review, it’s Harry Potter, for goodness sake. You have to review it!
Yes… it’s a lot. But I am committed. I am exploring ARCs over the last few months. Trying to balance it all with a few new reads each week, reviews on old items and the whole blog site.
Your posts always have quality and intricate thought… so there is a lot!
Thanks!