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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3 Audio CD)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3 Audio CD)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: more depth
Review: In this volume, we start to get into more disturbing and dramatic territory. It affected me emotionally on a deeper level than books one and two - contains an intense scene that communicates the power Harry has inherited from his parents in a moving way.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Just keeps getting better and better!
Review: In this, the third Harry Potter book, Harry begins his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However, when a mass murderer escapes from Azkaban, the prison for the most dangerous wizards, everyone knows who his target is-Harry Potter. In this book, Harry learns some of the details surrounding his parents' deaths, and great deal about deception and betrayal.

I would not have thought it possible, but these books just keep getting better and better! This book is funnier than the last one (particularly Hogwarts), and even more suspenseful. I remember hearing that this book was "darker" than the first two; while this is true, it doesn't contain anything that I would find objectionable for younger readers.

This is a wonderful book, well deserving of the acclaim that it has received, and I highly recommend it to young and old!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
Review: Initially I gave this one star, but my magnanimity got the better of me. Two out of five? As a story, I think it is the best of the three so far - but the price we pay is getting higher. I know one father who decided midway to stop reading this as his childrens' bedtime story. So, get your party-poopers ready, what is the problem?

Well, I still like the plot, athough it is three in a row for the paint-by-numbers formula. It works. Practice makes perfect, and the writing is getting better, the descriptions are more vivid. The pace is breathless in places. And I admit to another laugh-out-loud moment (two in three books!), when Malfoy got mud in his eye.

But now I am wondering which genre these books really belong to. Narnia (CS Lewis), Middlearth (JRR Tolkien), and Earthsea (UK LeGuin) fantasy? Not quite. Rowling does not bother to create a separate, consistent world to play in - or she cannot do it. But the horror element seems to grow as one book leads to another. Far from the magic being fun, it all gets colder and deadlier as time goes by. The dark is rising, and there are only cardboard cutout heroes to dispel it. Rowling does not love her 'good' characters, and they remain wishy-washy compared to the exciting evildoers. The heroes need all the dumb luck that they can get to escape the clutches of the Evil One. She does not even create her own monsters. The grey Dementors (demonic soul destroyers) use fear as their weapon, and are taken from the Black Riders in the Lord of the Rings. Just a change of shade, like a photocopier nearly out of toner. The other monsters are taken from Dungeons and Dragons books. The dialogue has been seen before in soap operas - the ones where the actors get their lines and think, 'Script weak - shout. Script very weak - shout louder'. As the scale of values slides towards the Dark Side Harry and co. pull the 'Simpliciter absurdo pifflewiffle' spells out of the bag to survive. The adults dispense advice which veers between the obscure and the obtuse. The woman teaching the third form Divination is a tea-leaf reading quack - until she is possessed by an evil spirit, and gives a real dark prophecy for Harry's personal unbenefit. In fact, now I broach the subject, possession is a common theme through all three books. First book a teacher, next book a pupil, now an army of soul-suckers and a medium. So do you feel that it is all as harmless as it might seem?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The third getaway with Harry Potter
Review: Is this book good? Do I want to read it? Of course you do! This is the best book of all. For the third time J.K Rowling has the power to suck you into another adventure with the famous Harry Potter. At his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, brave Harry experiences another problem. The abhorrent Sirius Black, who worked for Voldemort, manages to escape The Prison of Azkaban to hunt poor Harry down. Will Harry escape him or fall right into his hands? Who is Sirius Black, REALLY? Harry Potter will learn many new surprising information this time at Hogwarts, which he will never forget. I strongly recommend this book for children 9 years old through adults. I found myself imagining being there next to Harry during his courageous adventure. The desire to find out what happens next will keep you up all night turning and turning the pages. You will be done with the book before you notice, and be longing to grip your hands on the forth upcoming adventure from J.K Rowling. I hope you enjoy this spectacular adventure as much as I did. May Harry Potter take you on a great and thrilling adventure.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What makes Harry Potter so successful?
Review: It appeals to the masses. But why? Simple: it has something for everyone to enjoy. Young kids like to hear about the mystery and the cleverness of each of the characters. Older kids like it because they can identify with the problems that Harry, Ron, and Hermione have. Parents and grandparents enjoy it because it gives them something to do with their kids, and it's nice to sit back and read an enjoyable book. It simply is a recipe for success. I can't wait to read the next book! It's coming out soon!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: READ THIS BOOK!
Review: It deserves 5 stars. Harry and his classmates do all sorts of neat stuff. I'm 9 years old and i would recomend it to anyone. The writer should make this book a movie too. So i say read this book.(The others too).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best Potter of the First Four Books
Review: It doesn't get any better than this. P.Of A. is by far the best Potter so far. If you haven't read the books, however, don't start here. You won't know what's going on. J.K. Rowling's books are a series. You've got to start at the beginning. This is the third book in the series and is undoubtedly the best. How good is it? Steven Spielburg says it is his favorite and if he were to direct a Potter movie, that would be the one. That's saying something.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: wonderful, fabulous, just great!!!!!
Review: it has been along time since a book has made me cry, i to felt like i was solving a big mystery, and to my surprize i guessed wrong, i just can't wait for her next books would hurry up and come out and maybe she can write more than just 7 just to keep up with Harry when he get out of school how many strange but fun things he can get into. please hurry up and write the next book i just am anxious how his summer will go and if his godfather will show up in the other books!!!thanks

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Niiiiiiiiiicccccccccceeeeeeeeeee. Very Nicccccccceeeeee!
Review: It is a really cool book. It gets pretty intense at the end, but nothing too- anything! It has an even balance of moods, and everything clicks in the end. what i mean by that is that it has a lot of diffrent things to keep track of, but in the end they all make sense and come together! :o}

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It was captivating.It held my attention until the very end.
Review: It is a wonderful book and I highly recommened you to readit.but read the first two first.And I cant wait for the rest of them to come out.


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