Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

, #3

Kindle

English language

Published Dec. 8, 2015 by Pottermore Publishing.

ASIN:
B0192CTMX2
4 stars (592 reviews)

'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'

When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves... But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss...

43 editions

Rowling's uncanny talent for the perfect plot shows first signs of fatigue

5 stars

This third Harry Potter book marks a much darker style that will permeate the fourth one much stronger and fully come out in the fifth.

The beginning takes place at the terrible Dursleys again, but the wizard world meddles with the Muggle world from the third page, at first in a humorous way, but then very soon in a completely unexpected way.

Rowling's uncanny talent for the perfect plot shows first signs of fatigue, as the major plot points are announced long in advance. Still, there are many details woven into the story almost flawlessly, and it is so much fun to read that the reader should be able to forgive almost anything.

Review of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

(alcoholism/transmisogyny)

I do not even know where to begin with this one. Holy shit. Okay. Well.

Demographics for any wandering eyes who see this review and don’t know me, because knowing such things for certain impressions on certain books can matter quite a lot (sometimes): I’m a gay trans man in my late twenties whose only prior exposure to this franchise has been through cultural osmosis and seeing the first and last films when they came out (long story). Knowing one’s enemy can be quite the boon, hence my taking the time to read these books.

Here is the thing about Harry’s third adventure at Hogwarts; there isn’t a single lukewarm thing about it. There are parts I find brilliant and parts I find repulsive, with the only middle ground being that Quidditch match descriptions make for an excellent substitute for melatonin. I have never read a book this scattershot …

Review of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' on 'Goodreads'

No rating

Det blir visst ei Potter-bok i året på meg. Jeg setter nok fremdeles mer pris på verden Rowling har skapt enn jeg gjør selve historiene. Denne boka legger opp til at våre helter skal avdekke skurken og hans plott gjennom bruk av magiske kart, gamle fotoalbum og smarte resonnement - men det er jo ikke det de gjør. Heltene snubler seg gjennom nok et skoleår, samtidig som det foregår litt av hvert rundt dem som de egentlig ikke gjør særlig for å finne ut av. Likevel har de etterhvert tilfeldigvis overhørt en del, slik at det er bare de siste puslespillbrikkene de må bli fortalt om til slutt. Jaja. Siden verden er så spennende, fungerer det likevel. Jeg liker også godt de nye tilskuddene til karaktergalleriet, og jeg sluker jo tidsreiseplott.

Nok en gang var lesinga fornøyelig akkompagnert av podkasten Pottergenerasjonen. Det hjelper godt for å få sammenheng både frem …

It mostly makes no sense.

1 star

Snape is the one continuing element of these books that I always severely question. Why would you, as an author, present people with such a dangerous person as a teacher without even asking any questions about it? Like, that could be a minor theme, and Rowling never really engages with it because she doesn't seem to know how she wants to view teachers as people.

It's one thing to hold grudges against people (Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, in this instance) for things they've done to you, but it's an entire other thing when your teenage grudge continues to plague your life and your profession (and, as a result, the relationship that you should be building with your students). This is something that I can, from experience, discuss. In the international school circuit, you often work with the children of your colleagues (and while it's preferable that you like them, …

Review of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I feel strongly about Azkaban being the best book in the series. It may be not as complex as Order of the Phoenix or as crushing as Half Blood Prince but on this re-read I feel it deserves a place at the top. I'm loving the re-read (third time I will have gone Book #3-7) and looking at hints of foreshadowing, slow reveal of prophecies and evolution of characters.

Review of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I have to admit this book was an improvement on the first two. You still have the same old crap, Harry lives with the mean foster parents, he goes on a train, he does lessons, Snape is mean, all adults are completely oblivious to what's going on around them, except for Dumbledore who is was too high to give a shit about it, Hagrid cries, Hagrid gets drunk, Hagrid likes an animal, the ginger one and the girl argue, Harry plays quidditch and is sooooo amazing at it, Draco gets the short straw again and gets bullied by Harry and OFSTED still hasn't turned up even though a kid breaks a leg and another nearly loses his arm to a flying horse.

Even though all that got repeated Rowling this time managed to find time to fit in a mini plot, that felt well written and I found it interesting, …

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