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Summary: Superbly Inventive Books for the Entire Family
Review: As a parent, I usually read the books my kids are going to read so I know what they are reading and interested in. This series is charming, inventive, fun and continues to improve. The books are very engaging. My older son is trying to read them faster than I can read to my younger son at night. It's neck and neck. We are very eager for the next installment. We really enjoy the continuing characters -- My older son would love to have a Professor Lupin at his school!!
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Summary: Don't let the "children's book" cover fool you
Review: As an adult who love fantasy novels I've probably read the Hary Potter books as many times as my daughter has. The have a depth and complexity in their plots as good as any with some great British humor thrown in for good measure. Imagine the humor of the "Myth" series of books in a boarding school and you will have the right idea. The latest installment keeps you guessing and laughing all the way to the end.
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Summary: An Adult point of view
Review: As an adult, I was staying away from the Harry Potter books because of the crazy hype. My daughter had to read the first one for school and as I have a rule that she can't read a book unless I do, I had to read book one. I loved it! I had to read them all!
As to this book, this is by far her best book. I LOVE IT! She gave us fun characters and a great plot. She fit so much in this book and fired so much information at us that I thought I'd get lost, but she tied it all together at the end at it was wonderful! I love the way that she ties this book to even the first one. All of them fit together to give us a wonderful world to play in. I loved meeting the new characters in this book. Remus J. Lupin is the best! And you learn so much about Harry's past. If you've not read Harry Potter I recomend you read it.
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Summary: Harry Potter Renews Adults' Love for Adolescent Lit!
Review: As an eighth grade English teacher, I am constantly looking for books which will help my students to become life-long readers. My students are hooked on Harry and so am I. All of the books are great but The Prisoner of Azkaban is by far the most complex of the three. It holds your attention and leaves you thirsting for more. Not since The Hobbit and the introduction of the Star Wars trilogy has there been such a gripping portrayal of the pull between good and evil and all of the magical adventures which go along with it! J.K. Rowling has used this book to introduce us to even more characters to be held in our minds and hearts and has provided us with such crystal clear images as to both haunt and enchant the reader. Definitely a "must read" among all the kids and adults whom I have encouraged to read the book. Once you pick it up, there is a sudden urgency to devour it. Brilliant!
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Summary: My fifth graders are spellbound when I read about Harry!
Review: As an elementary teacher, I'm always looking for a good "read aloud" book to read to my class of eleven year olds. Harry Potter and his many adventures has proven to be one of the best books I've shared with my class. The students can identify with Harry and love all the twists and turns the stories take. Rowling paints great mind pictures - the kids love her humor. Hogwarts comes alive and so do the students' imaginations.
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Summary: Consistant growth, not just mindless series pap!
Review: As Harry gets older, the maturity-level of the books seems to age as well! But only by a year at a time. Harry's challenges and decissions have become more complex as he has. Every book is satisfying. One problem I'd suggest the author address: Harry always gets such wonderfull Christmas and birthday presents, and yet he never seems to give any in return! What's up? He IS very wealthy isn't he? He cares about his friends, right? Well, after three great years of Weasly jumpers, chocolate frogs, and one very thoughtfull broom-care kit from Hermione...I don't understand why such a boy isn't giving back.
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Summary: Review by Harry Potter's Absolute #1 Fan
Review: As Harry Potter absolute #1 fan in the whole universe, I would have to say THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE SIX MOST WONDERFUL BOOKS IN THE UNIVERSE!!!! (The other five are: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry potter and the Goblet of Fire, Quidditch Through The Ages, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.)
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Summary: A "read-until- you-finish it" book!
Review: As Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts with his friends Ron and Hermione for their third year, the young wizard-in-training is under constant watch from the school's staff. Although the Muggle world, including Harry's aunt and uncle from whom he finally fled near summer's end, believes that one Sirius Black is nothing more than an ordinary (although dangerous) escaped convict, the wizards know that Black escaped from their own prison: Azkaban. He'd been there for twelve years, as punishment for his role in the murders of Harry's parents.Despite Dementors (the most horrific prison guards an author ever conceived) surrounding the school, Harry soon has reason to believe that Sirius Black is nearby. The Dementors' effect on the boy wizard makes them almost as dangerous to him as Black may be, though. And what's the secret that the school's new professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is hiding? Is it, too, connected in some mysterious way to Harry's past? This third in J.K. Rowling's series is the best so far. It retains the earlier books' humor, deepens the characterizations of its principals, and unfolds more of an over-arching, multi-volume plot while giving its own story satisfactory resolution. It is a darker tale than the first two. The "good vs. evil" theme continues to shine through its pages, but we - along with Harry - come to realize that knowing which is which may not always be simple. A "read-until-you-finish-it" book!
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Summary: My favorite of the 5 Harry Potter tales published so far.
Review: As Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry begins the nation is shaken by the news that a murderer has escaped from the infamously horrible wizard prison of Azkaban. The escapee turns out to be Sirius Black. Many in the wizard world believe that Sirius Black's next target is Harry. There is yet another new professor teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. The shabby man, Professor Lupin, is the first good teacher of the class that Harry and his friends have had. However, there are some strange things about Professor Lupin; why does he keep getting sick, and what is it about crystal balls that scare him so much? The reader meets more amazing and fantastic creatures including hippogriffs, bogarts and the horrible Dementors that guard Azkaban. The conclusion of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban leads to some fascinating discoveries about the Whomping Willow and the truth about the night Harry's parents were murdered, as well as the secret Professor Lupin has been hiding. Even Scabbers, Ron's rat, has an important role to play. Rowling's style is as enthralling as ever. No fan of Harry Potter should miss this book.
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Summary: What a book!
Review: As I had become impatient waiting for this book to come out in the US, I read the book by ordering it overseas. It's a great book, and I can't wait for the fourth! (Anybody know what the fourth book will be called yet??) You learn a lot about Harry's family, and what had happened that night 12 years ago. Other than that, since it is just September 8, I won't spoil the book and tell the ending. A must read!
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