Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) in One Book Two Read-Along Group

Aug 04, 2016 Kat Mandu rated it it was amazing

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Kat Mandu says...

Like many of my fellow readers, this is my favorite in the series. The characters are beginning to grow up, the magic is getting real, and I’m really enjoying how much the world Harry knows is expanding. Here we’ve got werewolves, teachers who can predict the future, and for the first time, a window to Harry’s past as he discovers the former friends of his parents.

The writing is getting even better, giving us small snippets into Harry's past as he meets three of his father's fr Kat Mandu says...

Like many of my fellow readers, this is my favorite in the series. The characters are beginning to grow up, the magic is getting real, and I’m really enjoying how much the world Harry knows is expanding. Here we’ve got werewolves, teachers who can predict the future, and for the first time, a window to Harry’s past as he discovers the former friends of his parents.

The writing is getting even better, giving us small snippets into Harry's past as he meets three of his father's friends, Padfoot/Moony/Wormtail, respectively Sirius/Remus/Peter. Readers now know that they were big troublemakers and the ones who invented the Marauder's Map, which Fred and George managed to get their hands on.

Also, now we know that Trelawney is going to play a huge part since she's actually able to tell the future and not the fraud she makes herself out to be.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Favorite characters: Hermione and Hagrid rule this story for me. Hermione shows off just how smart she is by using the Time-Turner to save both Sirius and Buckbeak, not to mention getting through all those classes with flying colors and standing up to Malfoy. And Hagrid, well he’s just a big softie with a lot of dangerous pets as he introduces Buckbeak, the hippogriff, and has to deal with a stunt by Malfoy that puts Buckbeak in danger. But he finally gets the job he wants and since he doesn’t get fired, I’m really eager to reread just what he has in store for Harry and co. next book.

Favorite scenes: Harry discovering that “Sirius” betrayed his parents after overhearing a secret discussion from the teachers. This shows us that Harry is getting all kinds of new hormones and a temper, willing to risk murdering the betrayer of his parents in order to avenge them. And my second favorite scenes goes along with that as we find out Sirius did in fact not sell the Potters out to Voldemort and asks Harry to come live with him, stealing him away from the Dursleys and giving him a place of comfort instead.

Favorite lines: “You think the dead we loved truly ever leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?”

But I also loved this because it made me laugh: “It’s obvious what it means. There’s going to be loads of fog tonight.”

My thoughts on the movie: I wasn't fond of how the "end scene" seemed to work, fading visually into that circle thing they did. And they left quite a bit out compared to the first two movies versus the book. Like, I really wish they would have done more with how stressed out Hermione was, and would have explained the relationship between Sirius, Remus, and Peter as the friends of James Potter. I feel the scene in the Whomping Willow/Shrieking Shack went by way too fast as compared to the book, leaving out some of the crucial details.

I did enjoy the actors chosen for some of the roles. I mean, Wormtail/Peter was pretty spot on. Trelawney too. And I've always loved Gary Oldman.
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Aug 25, 2016 Agent Annie rated it it was amazing

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By far, this volume in the Harry Potter series is my favorite. It moves along so nicely and keeps the reader engaged throughout the whole story. I kept checking my % completed so I could update Goodreads and I realized until the last 20% or so, we still didn’t know that Sirius Black was a good guy. JK Rowling did such a good job with the suspense on whether Harry was going to be attacked by Black.

I also hadn’t remembered how nasty Snape was. I’m such a fan of the actor, Alan Rickman, who played ...more

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Aug 02, 2016 Lacie rated it it was amazing

I still love this series even years after I originally read it!

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Aug 02, 2016 Luna Lovebooks rated it it was amazing

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Ironically this is my third favorite Harry Potter novel. I love that we get to see a darker side of Harry and that he also gets a ray of hope to escape the horrible Dursleys. The creatures and even Hogwarts itself get more and more interesting with every page.

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