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Summary: Engaging. More plot development than earlier Harry Potters
Review: Charming as the other Harry Potter books. The Prisoner's plot seems more advanced and the characters have become more sophisticated as we are reintroduced to them. Certainly fine for any age, preferably the slighty Anglophylic and those who can still romance about magic. Not to replace JRR Tolkin but good solid stuff non-the-less.
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Summary: rip off of older better books
Review: check out The Adeventures of Gom, it is just like this, almost identical, these books are total rips off of better books! down with Harry Potter, the twisted little monster!
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Summary: Totally Anti-Biblical and Anti-Christian!
Review: Christian parents beware! This is not a book you want your kids to read! It's amazing to me that Christians have been swept away by the media hype over Harry Potter and have completely overlooked the totally anti-Bible and anti-Christian perspective that the Prisoner of Azkaban was written from. I know that wizards, witches, the magical arts, astrology, necromancy, are all said to be the stuff of legends and children's fantasy. The ignorant and uninitiated say, "No harm done!" But I beg to differ! If you are a Christian parent and you are considering buying this book for your children, I strongly urge you to read what the Bible says about the magical arts, astrology, necromancy and the like before you let your children read this. It may seriously affect their spiritual health!
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Summary: I'm your Number 1 fan, J.K. Rowling! I love the book!
Review: Come to Elsberry.We need to have you for our author's visit. This is my favorite book I ever read. Get your fourth one out soon, I'm waiting. I didn't even like to read before I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone even though my mom's a librarian. I recommend this book to everyone. I would give this book 50 stars, if I could.
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Summary: Year Three-A Must Read
Review: Comments: Rowling now has a third wonderful book in the Harry Potter series. This book has new characters, new plots, and new twists. We learn more about Harry's family and especially of Harry's parent's former family friend: Sirius Black. In the beginning Harry's future seems uncertain as he gets into some magical trouble with the Dursleys. You breathe a sigh of relief when he again returns to his dormitory at Hogwarts. Two new teachers are introduced at Hogwarts, Professor Lupin and Professor Trelawney both rich in uniqueness and fun to read about. A new pet, Crookshanks is introduced and is central to the storyline. A terrifying new thing are the dementors that are the guards of Azkaban, removed to look for the escaped Sirius. Harry has quite a few harrowing encounters with these creatures. Hermione has a strange year as she tries to take too many courses for a normal student, alas, she was never a normal student. Through most of the story Harrry is hunted by an imprisoned wizard out to kill him. This makes for a hold your breath kind-of book. The ending is bittersweet and not what I had been hoping for. However, things seem like they will be improving at the Dursleys. There is plenty of space for sequels, as the coming of the Dark Lord is predicted. I can hardly wait to read about Harry's adventures in his fourth year at Hogwarts.
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Summary: A must read for all ages...
Review: Congradulations to J.K. Rowling for creating such wonderful stories about a boy named Harry Potter going to wizarding school. I couldn't wait to sit down with my son and read it to him to find out what would happen next. I appreciated the more detailed plot and suspense of finding out what was happening and why. My son really liked a part at the end but I can't tell you what that is, so you'll need to read it.
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Summary: Good, as always, but start planning new spells
Review: Considering its audience, it seems almost Voldemort-ish and mean-spirited to question this book's quality. It offers depth of character, an exploration of evil(or so-called evil?), and Rowling manages the plot along quite nicely without any overt gimmicks and tactics that characterize more ordinary novels. Prisoner of Azkaban is indeed exceptional, and quite special and engaging for its age bracket. But...It's becoming clear the Rowling has found a recipe that works and plans on re-using it. The Dursley scenes that characterize the beginning of every book thus far have become nothing more than a redundant usage of valuable real estate. Yet, the author keeps going back to stress how badly they treat Harry -- alright, we get it already! -- and at best, it's a tedious covering of old ground, and at worst, it's simply recycled material that could be transferred from book to book to now book without any meaningful changes. The rest of the novel suffers from similar condundrums -- the idea of Hogwarts & Quidditch interplay continuing in similar fashion for seven books is quite disturbing and something that is hard to look forward to. The echoes are starting to become too strong to not hear, both in structure of plot and in how Rowling describes the character's exploits. Equally, the seemingly mysterious professor with a good heart has been played already. Perhaps the author is just a victim of her astonishing success, and it's easier to keep going back to what works. Nevertheless, I'm hopping on the back of a children's book, that seems somehow wretched, doesn't it? The bar has been set, though, Rowling. Keep climbing over it.
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Summary: 42 not too old to be a Harry fan!
Review: Continues the successful formula, beginning with Harry's summer trials and tribulations with the Dursley's (but does finish on a rather more optimistic note!) As in Book 2, there is an accretion of magical skills known to the youngsters, and more spells, potions, and paraphenalia available to them. Consequently, the evil is stronger too. It becomes more malevolent as the kids age and themselves become more powerful. Harry at last starts to learn, under the tutelage of professor Lupin something useful about confronting the Dark Arts. The "baddies" in this book, the are really quite scary, the Dementors the scariest "creatures " yet. (Actually they are a bit reminiscent of a cross between something from Lord of The Rings and The Power Rangers) Harry is meant to be growing and maturing with the readership, I have read, but the only problem with this is that as the youngest readers embark on the adventure, they are going to continue on the journey. Not everyone in the future will have to wait a year between publication of each volume. There is a really well-developed and clearly written time play in this as part of the climax, and I think some of the very young readers (say 6-7 - yes, some kids as young as that are having the series read to them. I would recommend it for bright 8 year olds up) would find much of it beyond them. Still, a great read, and the Quidditch games are possibly the most exciting yet! The lovely thing about the books is that despite all the hype accompanying the publication of the 4th HP book, it was bubbling along by the best possible method: word of mouth amongst kids themselves. Here we enter the world of Enid Blyton with a very big difference - the English boarding school story suffused with magic, fun and danger. One of the delights is that instead of privation, this school is one of bounty - no need for secret midnight feasts when good food, feasting and celebration is part of the regular Hogwarts experience! Harry and his friends Hermione and Ron are terrific creations, and will remain children's classics - deservedly so. They're terrific books to read along with the kids. I believe young people still enjoy their parents or other adults reading aloud with them even at the age where they could read these independently (the target age group is about 9 to 12). Any parent or other grown up who does so will laugh along and be as enchanted as the kids are!
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Summary: This is the best Harry Potter book of the series so far
Review: Cool! That is one of the words that popped into my mind after reading this book. I've already read all four and 'Prisoner of Azkaban' reamains my favorite. Harry Potter is a wizard orphan who longs for a parental like figure. At the same time, a convict has escaped from the wizard prison, Azkaban. Will Harry be in danger? Or will a secret of the past reveal itself? The basic theme of the series is about an orphan boy who is a wizard and goes to a wizard school where he spends his time getting into troubele with his friends and juggling schoolwork at the same time.
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Summary: This is the best Harry Potter book of the series so far
Review: Cool! That is one of the words that popped into my mind after reading this book. I've already read all four and 'Prisoner of Azkaban' remains my favorite. The basic theme for all the series is a orphan boy who is a wizard and gets into crazy adventures with his friends. Harry Potter is a wizard orphan who longs for a parental-like figure. At the same time, a convict has escaped from the wizard prison, Azkaban. Will Harry be in danger? Or will a secret of the past reveal itself? Read it to find out!
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