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Summary: Magically Memerizing
Review: We are now in book 3 of "The Harry Potter Book's". This is the most intruging of the books, also the most unbelievable ( which in my case is the most exciting. ) In this book we follow Harry Potter to his third year at Hoggwarts School for wizards and witches( exuse me if I'm not spelling it right) which may be his last. Lord voldermont is back to taunt Harry Potter. Little does Harry Potter know about the Prisoner of Azkaban, the nasty spells he used to kill people, and that harry Potter is risking is life to be alive.
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Summary: a wonderfuly family read
Review: We discovered the 1st book this past summer and the timing was perfect, allowing us to read all three back to back...it will be a long wait for #4. We read out loud together as a family every night, and have all had to "pinky promise" not to read ahead when the others aren't there! We can't put it down, and are always both satisfied and sad when we reach the end.
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Summary: The audio versions add something special to Harry Potter !
Review: We have just received our Harry Potter tapes and CDs for the third book, Prisoner of Azkaban. Though it would hardly seem possible, each one gets better and better. I was delighted tonight to read that the first Harry Potter audiobook has been nominated for a Grammy award--it is always gratifying to see a nomination for something that actually deserves an award. The voices and the expression of Jim Dale, the reader, are priceless, and add new dimensions to the book, even if you have already read it more than once. We listen as a family, and all of the neighbors clamor to drive everywhere with us! This activity brings back the joys of reading together that we used to have when I was a little girl. There is nothing as wonderful on the market today as the Harry Potter books, and the audio versions are spectacular. I look forward to each and every one of them as eagerly as my daughter--aand we depend upon Amazon to bring them to us first!
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Summary: Harry Potter and friends return in the Prisoner of Azkaban
Review: We have met the characters and we have seen what they can do. Now it is time to test their limits, their emotions, their bravery. Who will they trust and why? And when they face the henchmen of their enemy, will their bond of friendship and trust hold, or will Lord Voldermort destroy it. Harry Potter and his friends (and enemies) are back in J.K. Rowlings masterpiece, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Meet the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Lupin. Step into this magical world and read as Harry, Ron , and Hermione unlock secrets that will change their lives forever. Are people who they expect them to be? Or are their true identities hidden? See if you can figure it out!
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Summary: Old-fashioned pleasure
Review: We heard about these books from a friend who raved so that we had to give them a try. The kids could not put them down despite pleas from their friends to come outside and play. I got my book club to read The Sorcerer's Stone for its selection, so I could have a good excuse to read it! Well, I went through all three as fast as I could, and I can hardly wait for more. I found the books to be old-fashioned children's books, like the Oz series and Narnia and even Treasure Island. Fantasy, adventure, bravery, friendship, bad guys, good guys, scary parts, sad parts, happy parts, magic, dragons, unicorns, hippogriffs, and, of course, school and all that school entails for kids. Bravo!
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Summary: Harry Potter books are fantastic!
Review: We love Harry Potter, not just this last book, but all of the books. We can't wait for the next installment. We have bought these books as hardcover, softcover (when available) and on audio. Sam (10 years old) has read them from cover to cover and listens to the tapes nightly. Jill (mom of Sam) has read all the books and loves them too. These books are great because they keep your attention - in fact it was hard for either of us to put them down and do things that we were supposed to do. We think that almost everyone will love Harry, his friends and their adventures! J.K. Rowling - Keep them books coming - we love them!
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Summary: We loved this book so much we read them all five times!!!!!!
Review: We loved this book! We just can't wait for the rest to come out. The author is so creative! Since it is written in Englend the vocabulary is different so it's really cool. Explaining it in five words: It's an amazingly awsome book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Extraordinarly Fantastic
Review: We read Harry Potter a chapter a night as a family. He has been a great inspriation to my son who is dyslexic and hates books with a passion. With Harry Potter I find him picking up the book and reading ahead. Thank you J.Rowling for such a grand adventure. Im thirty five and I await the next book with great expectations.
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Summary: Some new, some familiar, but all entertaining
Review: We return to Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for Harry Potter's 3rd year. This year will be eventful, if only because adventure seems to follow Harry around! This time, a murderer has escaped from the wizard prison Azkaban - a man who helped He Who Must Not Be Named murder Harry's parents. It is assumed that he will come after Harry, and Azkaban guards (Dementors) are dispatched to guard Hogwarts. Harry has more mundane problems with Prof. Snape and his potions class, with his Muggle guardians who refused to sign a consent form for day trips to the nearby magic town, and with daily Quidditch practices led by his obsessive team captain who, as a 7th-year, is down to his last chance to win the Quidditch Cup.J.K. Rowling gives us more-or-less what we expect from a Harry Potter book - adventure, suspense, kids saving the day, etc. She also gives us a good dose of new delights. Especially memorable are the Dementors, who suck all happy thoughts from a person, driving him/her insane. There are many more memorable additions to the Hogwarts universe that I won't go into as they would reveal too much of the plot. Suffice to say, this is a page turner because you never know what's coming next (except we're pretty confident Harry will survive since there are 2 more H.P. books out there!). Adults are likely to notice that the tone and pacing are essentially identical to the previous book - I'm sure the target age-group would not notice, but as an adult I was hoping for a little more variety. Likewise, there are times (especially with Snape and Malfoy) where they act like carricatures of comic book supervillians, and so are difficult to take seriously. Again, the target 10-13 year old age group will likely not be concerned with this. All in all, it is a rousing adventure that "kids" of all ages will enjoy, be they 10 or 50 years old.
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Summary: the best out of all four
Review: Well I have to say, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was a great adventurous story. It is about a soon to be wizard named Harry who is not the coolest, or smartest, but the bravest. In this storry Harry has a lot of scarry suspense moments battleling off dementors, and trying to save his God father from being exicuted for being convicted of something he didn't do. Of course there is some moments where harry is playing quidditch( it's a wizard sport) always trying to be better than malfoy, his rival. Anyways I reccomend this book to people of all ages who are interested in amazing adventures.
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