Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)

by J.K. Rowling

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185,164 ratings, 4.34 average rating, 5,024 reviews (more data...)

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May 1st 2004 (first published 1999) by Scholastic

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Mass Market Paperback, 435 pages

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Harry Potter, Sirius Black, Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, ...more

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The United Kingdom

literary awards

Costa Book Awards (1999), Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers (1999)

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043965548X (isbn13: 9780439655484)

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For most children, summer vacation is something to look forward to. But not for our 13-year-old hero, who's forced to spend his summers with an aunt...more

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01/31/08

Chris rated it:

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bookshelves: fantasy, harry-potter

Read in July, 2007

Since pretty much everyone I know has read these books, I figure reviewing them is pretty pointless. But with the new book coming out in a couple of weeks, I have to go through them beginning to end. To make the reviews more entertaining, I will be doing them in a variety of unexpected formats. For this review, I will be writing as Crookshanks fan fiction.

Crookshanks swished his tail back and forth as he crept up the stairs to the boys' bedrooms. He knew the rat wasn't what it was pr...more Since pretty much everyone I know has read these books, I figure reviewing them is pretty pointless. But with the new book coming out in a couple of weeks, I have to go through them beginning to end. To make the reviews more entertaining, I will be doing them in a variety of unexpected formats. For this review, I will be writing as Crookshanks fan fiction.

Crookshanks swished his tail back and forth as he crept up the stairs to the boys' bedrooms. He knew the rat wasn't what it was pretending to be, but all of his attempts to alert the humans to this fact had failed. "I don't know why I even bother," he muttered to himself. "I could get along fine without any of them. Let the rat do whatever it is it's trying to do. So long as Girl keeps feeding me and scratching my belly, I'll - hello, what's this?"

He could smell the rat. Its scent was like nothing Crookshanks had ever smelled, and for all his time living in a magical pet shop, he'd smelled a lot. The rat did smell like a rat, yes, but there was also something else. Something... human. It was just like that big black dog he'd met on the grounds the other day. Every instinct in him had screamed to run away, but there was that smell. And even Crookshanks knew what they said about cats and curiosity. The dog had turned out to be more than just a dog, and it had convinced Crookshanks to help it. First order of business: retrieve a certain rat from the bedroom of the Red-Haired Boy.

The Boy wasn't in, but the rat was. Crookshanks circled the bed a few times. This time, maybe, he would be able to get the damn thing. He tensed for a moment and then leapt onto the bed.

By luck or skill, he was nearly on top of the thing when he landed. "A-HA!" he yowled. "Gotcha!" He pinned the rat under his sizable paw. "Where you gonna run to now, ratty?" he asked, sneering as best he could.

The rat writhed in his grip. "Please," it said. "Just let me go. You don't know what will happen if you eat me, it would be a terrible mistake!"

"A mistake, eh?" the cat said. "We'll see about that. I have a great big doggie friend who's just aching to get his jaws around you...."

He barely had time to finish his sentence when the rat went mad. It squealed and bit and slashed with its paws. And then, against all of Crookshanks' previous experience - it grew! It nearly threw the cat off the bed as it became much more massive - its legs lengthened and its arms stretched until it had reached a human size and shape. Crookshanks goggled. Of all the things he'd expected from this rat, this wasn't it. The human grabbed at him, but Crookshanks was too fast. He jumped off the bed and shimmied under the wardrobe, where he could see but not be seen.

The human looked around, breathing heavily. He was pale and thin, and still looked ratty. "Think, Peter, think," he said. "Gotta get out of here, but..." He stopped, glanced at the wardrobe, and grimaced. "You may just have given me my way out, cat," he said. And then he bit the ball of his hand.

Blood dripped out, leaving spreading red blotches on the sheets. "They'll think it was you," he said. "They'll leave me for dead and I'll be free to rejoin my Lord." He looked at the recently repaired curtains on Ron's bed. "It's not safe here anymore." He sucked at the wound to stop the bloodflow and then went to the window. Perched on the windowsill, he looked over at Crookshanks' hiding place. "If I were human," he said, "the fall would kill me. But as a rat...." His body rippled and twisted and shrank, and then there was an old grey rat on the sill. Crookshanks was pretty sure it winked at him before leaping off.

After a minute or two, Crookshanks wriggled out from under the wardrobe, his thoughts dark. The Red-Haired Boy was going to be angry, and so was the Girl. But more importantly, the Dog was going to be furious. It was barely holding on to its sanity as it was. Crookshanks shook his head. This was going to get worse before it would get better...(less)

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02/27/07

pinkgal rated it:

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bookshelves: absolute-favorites, magic_fairytale-esque

Read in September, 1998

It was September 1998; the third Harry Potter book had just been released. Pottermania? What's that? It was still unknown except to a vast population of younglings who'd read it... and I fell in love. Oh, how I fell in love. I fell in love with the poor, starved-for-affection, later known to be a twit Harry. I fell in love with the pretentious know-it-all Hermione. I fell in love with the awkward, grew-up-in-his-brother's-shadows Ron... and most of all? I fell in love with the snarky, unplatable...more

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02/18/09

Henry rated it:

bookshelves: own, young-adult

Since everyone is probably already familiar with the Harry Potter series and with this book in particular, I'm not going to write any sort of summary. I am just going to say that of the three I have read so far, this is by far the best.
I felt that this book had the best and well thought out story line of the series so far. But keep in mind, I have only gotten through book three. Rowling also left no stones unturned by revealing the secrets behind all of the wizardry items and people intro...more

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09/01/07

Susan rated it:

bookshelves: yomr

I am a word nerd, as most of my friends know (and most are themselves, which is why we are friends!). Among the things that bug me are people who mispronounce nuclear as nu-cu-ler (ahem, President Bush). If you are one of these people, stop it. Stop it now. There is only one "u" in the word. My husband is one of these people and is trying to reform. The one time in my life that GWB has been useful to me. I am also aggravated by foliage pronounced or spelled as foilage. Huh? Th...more I am a word nerd, as most of my friends know (and most are themselves, which is why we are friends!). Among the things that bug me are people who mispronounce nuclear as nu-cu-ler (ahem, President Bush). If you are one of these people, stop it. Stop it now. There is only one "u" in the word. My husband is one of these people and is trying to reform. The one time in my life that GWB has been useful to me. I am also aggravated by foliage pronounced or spelled as foilage. Huh? That doesn't make sense. And I prefer empathic over empathetic. I realize both are technically correct, but I suspect that empathetic got in there b/c the grammar gods threw in the towel.

What does this have to do with Harry, you ask? Well, Ms. Rowling, who is not, as we all admit, the world's greatest writer while being a helluva story teller, constantly, constantly, constantly writes "try and." This drives me insane. It's fine if she's writing dialogue since this is, in fact, what people say. But to write it as part of your story it should be "try TO." Stupid, but I had to vent somewhere.

Venting, mainly because I find writing about these books difficult. What is there left to say? Each one gets better and Prisoner of Azkaban is a huge leap beyond Chamber of Secrets (which is, as I've said before, almost the same book as Sorcerer's Stone). Love the development of the story, love Sirius, love Lupin, love how well Rowling can read and write about the teenaged mind. My 20th high school reunion is coming up and I'm not going for a million and one reasons, but it still has me thinking back to adolescence and pre-adolescence a lot, and she is right on the money. I only wish I could have gone somewhere as interesting as Hogwarts instead of the average American hellhole where I ended up. Wizarding thing aside, is it the boarding school aspect of it that seems so enticing? Can't tell.

Another question about Harry's world, though, and I'm going to jump ahead to Goblet of Fire to ask it. Why can't the Weasleys use magic more to make their lives better? Mrs. Weasley gets entire meals to come out of her wand, so why can't Ron just fix up his dress robes or the hole in his bedspread? Why does his stuff have to be such rubbish? Hermione fixes an entire broken pane of glass on the train and he can't magic his clothes to be nicer? It seems inconsistent to me, although I'm sure if I cared enough, there are chatboards galore that would explore these same questions with me. I don't care that much.

I also have, I must confess, the world's hugest crush on the film version of Lucius Malfoy. Love that blond wig! In the books, however, Bill Weasley just seems like the coolest guy going. Just wanted to share.(less)

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04/23/07

mary rated it:

this is the only harry potter book i'm going to comment on. simply, because this is the only one worth a damn. let's not lie.

i started reading the harry potter books one summer in college when i couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about. my little cousins wouldn't shut up, and fundamentalists across the nation were waving their arms around about witchcraft. and i do love seeing the evangelical nation in a huff. the first two went down smoothly, fun stories, simple reads, but v...more

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04/10/09

Luna rated it:

Read in April, 2009

Harry is a 13 year old boy, and is a young wizard. When he was 1 year old, his parents got killed by the most powerful dark wizard, Lord Voldemort. But when Voldemort tried to kill Harry as well, he failed and since than, Harry is very famous. He is a 3rd year student in Hogwarts, the school for Witchcraft and Wizardy.
Harry wants to go to Hogsmeade with his friends. But he can not　 because Uncle vernon obviously would not give him permission, and Harry does not have any other relativ...more

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12/22/08

Angela rated it:

bookshelves: borrowed, ya

Read in November, 2007

Now we're up to Harry's third year at Hogwarts, and as we're moving along, so far I'm liking each book better than the last, plot-wise. I really like Lupin as a character; I liked him in the movie and I like him in the book, too. It's a crying shame that Hogwarts couldn't keep a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who actually knew what he was doing. The Dementors, suitably creepy. Hogsmeade, suitably nifty, especially the candy shop. And I love the Marauder's Map and the expansion of what the...more

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05/26/08

Alethea rated it:

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My favorite HP book... If I hadn't caught the last half of the movie version I'd never have caught Harry fever. If you read the first book wondering what all the fuss was about and then found it lacking, and read the second book hoping it was better and got the laughfest of the Chamber of Secrets (and I have to say, I read HP Book 2 whenever I feel the need for a solid giggle, just because the language Rowling uses is so peculiarly and ticklingly funny and so very BRITISH--and everyone knows Bri...more

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05/04/08

Stephanie rated it:

Read in May, 2008

This is definitely my favorite Harry Potter so far. The plot was different and complex. It was nice to read a book without Voldemort in it. I was intrigued by the whole dementor thing as well as people being able to change into animals. I loved Professor Lupin and the marauder's map. I also liked how Hermione's character developed in this volume. I really enjoyed the ending with Harry and Hermione going back in time.
I did not like the incredibly long confrontation at the end with Harr...more

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02/08/08

Jason Hughes rated it:

Read in February, 2002

J. K. Rowling's third book opens with Harry Potter enduring another bad summer at the Dursleys'. One day, Harry overhears a news report about escaped convict, Sirius Black. When Uncle Vernon's sister, Marge, viciously insults Harry's family, his anger causes her to inflate and float to the ceiling. Furious and distressed, Harry runs away. On a dark street, he sees a large black dog ominously watching him from the bushes, but the Knight Bus suddenly appears and takes him to the Leaky Cauldron. Du...more J. K. Rowling's third book opens with Harry Potter enduring another bad summer at the Dursleys'. One day, Harry overhears a news report about escaped convict, Sirius Black. When Uncle Vernon's sister, Marge, viciously insults Harry's family, his anger causes her to inflate and float to the ceiling. Furious and distressed, Harry runs away. On a dark street, he sees a large black dog ominously watching him from the bushes, but the Knight Bus suddenly appears and takes him to the Leaky Cauldron. During the trip, Harry learns that Black murdered thirteen people with a single curse and is a supporter of Lord Voldemort. He is met by Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge; who Harry is certain will expel him from Hogwarts for using under-age magic. Surprisingly, the matter is dropped. While staying at the Leaky Cauldron, Harry hears Mr. and Mrs. Weasley arguing over whether he should be warned about Black.

There are a few changes at Hogwarts as Harry begins his third year. For one, Hermione is taking nearly twice as many classes, including some taught at the same time. In addition, two new wizards join the staff: Professor Remus J. Lupin for Defence Against the Dark Arts and Rubeus Hagrid for Care of Magical Creatures. While Lupin's lessons are enjoyable, Hagrid's soon become dreary. During the first class, Draco Malfoy deliberately provokes the hippogriff Buckbeak, a half-horse, half-bird creature, into attacking him. Draco's father, Lucius Malfoy, files a complaint against Hagrid.
Because Black is still at large, Dementors, the inhuman Azkaban prison guards, patrol the school. Dementors drain happiness from anything they approach. Harry is particularly affected, and Professor Lupin teaches him the Patronus charm that repels them after several Dementors approach Harry during a Quidditch match, causing him to faint and fall off his broomstick. Albus Dumbledore stops Harry's fall, but his Nimbus 2000 flies into the Whomping Willow and is destroyed.

While Harry goes to Hogsmaede (with the help of the Marauders Map) Harry overhears a conversation between his teachers, Hagrid, and Fudge. While eavesdropping Harry learns that his farther and Sirius were best friends. It is also noted that Sirius was their Secret Keeper who (thought by the Ministry) gave the the secret to Voldemort, who killed Lily and and James Potter, causing Harry to wish revenge on Sirius by killing him.

Meanwhile, tension grows between Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley because Hermione's cat, Crookshanks, continually torments Ron's rat, Scabbers. This tension is not helped by Hermoine's stress level at taking on a crushing class schedule for her third year that, much to Ron and Harry's confusion, sees her somehow attending a number of classes simultaneously. At Christmas, Harry receives a superb Firebolt broomstick, although Hermione suspects Black is the anonymous donor. She reports it to Professor Minerva McGonagall, who confiscates the broom for testing. Harry and Ron are furious with Hermione and stop speaking to her. When the broom is returned some weeks later, the two boys try to make up with Hermione, but it goes wrong when Ron discovers Scabbers is missing; Ron blames Crookshanks. Hermoine's heavy workload, meanwhile, begins to take its toll on her and she ends up doing two things that for her were previously unthinkable: she accidentally misses a Charms class, and she drops out of another class, Divination, altogether.
Shortly before Christmas, the Weasley twins give Harry their Marauder's Map, a magical document that shows every person's location within Hogwarts as well as secret passageways in and out of the castle. Harry uses a tunnel to sneak into Hogsmeade village where he overhears a disturbing conversation that Black was his parents' best friend and is his godfather and legal guardian. He was the Potters' Secret Keeper and he supposedly divulged the Potters' secret whereabouts to Lord Voldemort and murdered their friend Peter Pettigrew, as well as the twelve Muggle bystanders.

After Harry completes his Divination Exam, Professor Trelawney enters a trance and predicts that the Dark Lord's servant will return to him that night. Harry and Ron finally make peace with Hermione, but the trio soon learn that Buckbeak will be executed. When they visit Hagrid to console him, Scabbers appears, bites Ron, and Ron chases him to the Whomping Willow. A large dog attacks Ron and drags him and Scabbers into a hole at the tree's base. Harry and Hermione follow, finding a tunnel leading to the Shrieking Shack. Inside, Harry confronts Sirius Black, who, as an unregistered, and therefore illegal, Animagus, can transform into an animal at will. Lupin, who spotted the group on the Marauder's Map, suddenly bursts in and embraces his old friend Black. Confronted by Hermione, Lupin admits to being a werewolf and the Map's creator, along with Black, Pettigrew, and James Potter, the latter two also being illegal Animagi (a rat and a stag, respectively). Lupin and Black explain that Scabbers is actually Peter Pettigrew in his Animagus form. He is Voldemort's servant, and he betrayed the Potters, framing Black for the crimes. Harry is sceptical until Black and Lupin force Pettigrew back into his human form. Black explains he discovered that Pettigrew was still alive and escaped Azkaban to seek revenge. Harry stops Black and Lupin from murdering Pettigrew, believing that his father, James, would not have wanted his two best friends to become killers.
As the group heads back to the castle, the full moon rises, causing Lupin to turn into a werewolf. During the ensuing commotion, Pettigrew escapes. Black turns into his dog form to protect the others from Werewolf Lupin. Lupin flees, leaving Black badly injured. As Dementors move in to attack Black, Harry sees a mysterious figure in the distance cast a powerful stag-shaped Patronus, scattering the vicious creatures. Harry becomes convinced it is his father, or at least his father's spirit, who produced the Patronus. Black is then captured and taken to the castle where the Dementors intend to suck out his soul.

Hermione reveals to Harry that she was entrusted with a time-travelling device called a Time-Turner, which is how she was able to attend so many classes. Prompted by Dumbledore, she and Harry travel three hours into the past, watching themselves go through the night's previous events. They set Buckbeak free and return to the Whomping Willow. As the Dementors are about to attack the "other" Harry and Black, Harry realizes that the mysterious figure he saw earlier was actually himself. He casts the powerful Patronus that repels the Dementors. Harry and Hermione free Black, who escapes on Buckbeak as the two return to Dumbledore and resume their normal timeline

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10/22/07

Carmen Maloy rated it:

Read in January, 2001

recommends it for: Everyone

What stands out in book 3 (this is my favorite of the series btw):

* Ron's attempt to use a telephone to call Harry at the Dursleys'.
* Harry's first encounter with a Dementor on the train (and just about any other encounter with Dementors). Harry's brush with the Dementors is terrifying and prepares Potter fans for a darker, scarier book.
* Harry, Ron, and Hermione's behavior in Professor Trelawney's Divination class. Some of the best moments in Rowling's books occur when...more What stands out in book 3 (this is my favorite of the series btw):

* Ron's attempt to use a telephone to call Harry at the Dursleys'.
* Harry's first encounter with a Dementor on the train (and just about any other encounter with Dementors). Harry's brush with the Dementors is terrifying and prepares Potter fans for a darker, scarier book.
* Harry, Ron, and Hermione's behavior in Professor Trelawney's Divination class. Some of the best moments in Rowling's books occur when she reminds us that the wizards-in-training at Hogwarts are, after all, just children. Clearly, even at a school of witchcraft and wizardry, classes can be boring and seem pointless to children.
* The Boggart lesson in Professor Lupin's classroom.
* Harry, Ron, and Hermione's knock-down confrontation with Snape.
* The mystery of Ron's rat and Hermione's cat
* We are introduce to Hogsmeade for the first time

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For most children, summer vacation is something to look forward to. But not for our 13-year-old hero, who's forced to spend his summers with an aunt, uncle, and cousin who detest him. The third book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series catapults into action when the young wizard "accidentally" causes the Dursleys' dreadful visitor Aunt Marge to inflate like a monstrous balloon and drift up to the ceiling. Fearing punishment from Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon (and from officials at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who strictly forbid students to cast spells in the nonmagic world of Muggles), Harry lunges out into the darkness with his heavy trunk and his owl Hedwig.
As it turns out, Harry isn't punished at all for his errant wizardry. Instead he is mysteriously rescued from his Muggle neighborhood and whisked off in a triple-decker, violently purple bus to spend the remaining weeks of summer in a friendly inn called the Leaky Cauldron. What Harry has to face as he begins his third year at Hogwarts explains why the officials let him off easily. It seems that Sirius Black--an escaped convict from the prison of Azkaban--is on the loose. Not only that, but he's after Harry Potter. But why? And why do the Dementors, the guards hired to protect him, chill Harry's very heart when others are unaffected?
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08/10/07

Teresa rated it:

bookshelves: readandreviewed

Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in July, 2005

Yeah, yeah, I know. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban kind of cut the line and paused my reading of other things. Get over it. With all the hubub surrounding the latest Harry Potter installation, and me having only read Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, I have catching up to do!

Why, oh why did I allow my disappointment in Chamber of Secrets to stop me from continuing the series?! Prisoner of Azkaban was wonderful!

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07/26/07

Keely rated it:

bookshelves: contemporary-fiction, fantasy, novel, reviewed

The first of her series where Rowling really catches her stride. Though her plotting is always a forced joining of unnecessary moments smoothed over Lucas-style by action and magic, in this occasion, the emotional and character exploration of such moments helps to lend them a certain importance. There is an irony here: that Rowling seems to profit from the reader leaning on Chekhovian Realism in a story where the psychology and meaning are so contrived and poorly-executed that it cannot be consi...more

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01/17/09

Val rated it:

Read in December, 2008

Oh boy, this one was deep. Harry learned so much about his parents and now he has someone besides his AWFUL aunt & uncle in the world. I could not believe how the author came up with the 'stopping of time' idea. It's like she is an articulate, fanciful child dreaming it up. Wonderful. I'm forcing myself to read something else in between book 3 and 4.

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04/20/09

Jenny rated it:

bookshelves: junior

Read in January, 2001

Favorite book of the series. Sirius Black is still one of the most badass children's fictional characters of all time.

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01/12/09

Jon rated it:

I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I'm finding this series very addictive. The first two books were too slow, but this one was a bit better (though I wish she'd stop reminding me what was learned in the previous books). Ending was too convoluted though.

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03/14/09

Iragirl.mmb rated it:

Next to the Deathly Hallows, this was definitely my favorite in the series.

I was just rereading it for the first time since the Deathly Hallows came out, and I stumbled accross something Lupin mentioned that I never pondered before.

"Severus was very interested in where I went every month." Lupin told Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "We were in the same year, you know, and we --er-- didn't like each other very much. He especially disliked James. Jealous, I think, ...more

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02/05/09

Devon rated it:

bookshelves: grandma-s, own

Read in December, 2008

recommends it for: Everyone

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01/04/09

Amanda rated it:

In the beginning of the book Harry's evil Aunt Petunia comes to visit. When they were at the dinner table she offends Harry's parents and Harry gets mad. He accidentialy makes her blow up like a balloon and fly through the air. He was afraid the wizard government would expell him from Hogwarts and was also afraid of what his uncle would do to him. So he packed his things and ran away. He settled near a park when a mysterious and crazy bus appears. It was the Knight Bus for lost Wizards. It was o...more

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11/23/08

Ariadna rated it:

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Read in January, 2000

recommends it for: everyone who likes fantasy

Sinceramente mi favorito de la serie y agradezco que mi mamá se haya equivocado el dia que le pedi que me comprara los libros y trajera este a casa en lugar del primero.

Es francamente el primer libro del que me enamore, el estilo de la escritura, el lexico tan rico y variado que (si hasta ese momento no habias sido un gran fanatico de la lectura) te obliga a tener un diccionario a mano que luego es imposible soltar (ahi surgio mi amor por los diccionarios :P)Y que decir de los perso...more Sinceramente mi favorito de la serie y agradezco que mi mamá se haya equivocado el dia que le pedi que me comprara los libros y trajera este a casa en lugar del primero.

Es francamente el primer libro del que me enamore, el estilo de la escritura, el lexico tan rico y variado que (si hasta ese momento no habias sido un gran fanatico de la lectura) te obliga a tener un diccionario a mano que luego es imposible soltar (ahi surgio mi amor por los diccionarios :P)Y que decir de los personajes tan bien definidos y creibles! que casi puedes imaginarte que existe alguien con esa personalidad en algun lugar de escocia o inglaterra.
Suena ridiculo y cursi, pero casi tienen vida propia.

Me sorprendio que aun siendo el tercer libro de la serie y el primero que yo leia, fuera tan sencilla su comprension o bien mi incorporacion al mundo 'potteril' si, es cierto que algunas veces te tienes que regresar para recordar quien era quien, pero no mas de dos o tres.

Los personajes que se introducen en este volumen son, a mi parecer, los más interesantes de la serie (aparte de Fred y George) Remus J. Lupin y Sirius Black. Realmente hacen que te conectes y sientas empatia por ellos, sus caracteristicas y su vida (aun que, como en el caso de sirius habla y aparece realmente poco, llegas a tener la sensacion de 'entender' q fue lo q le paso y la clase de persona que es).

Una cosa curiosa que me sucedio al leerlo despues de los 2 primeros, es que simplemente el ambiente cambia, no puedo describir que es... una aura de obscuridad?? el punto es: se 'siente' obscuro aun que no lo sea, te da (a mi) la sensacion de estar en un londres frio lleno de neblina por la noche, pocos libros realmente me transportan a un estado mental como este.

Como dije me alegra tanto que este haya sido el primero de la serie que lei, por que los dos iniciales, sinceramente... son buenos, pero no hay punto de comparacion con el tercero o los restantes (a excepcion del sexto que francamente no me agrado...)
Si quieren leer harry potter recomendaria que inciaran como yo, con el prisionero de azkaban, o corren el riesgo de pensar que toda la serie es igual de "aburrida" como los dos primeros.(less)

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"What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed?" said Black, with a terrible fury in his face. "Only innocent lives, Peter!" "You don't understand!" whined Pettigrew. "He would have killed me, Sirius!" "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!" More quotes...