Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Okay, okay, okay.. So FINALLY I reached a Harry Potter book that I had never tried to read and a book that I’m almost 100% sure that I never saw the movie for (or if I did, I definitely don’t remember!)
I can go ahead and preempt the rest of this review by going ahead and stating that I enjoyed this book significantly more than the first two installments.
Now, I think that with Harry turning 13, the standard age of being an “official” teenager, that Rowling’s plotting and writing style became much more complex. I particularly enjoyed the quick mentions of Hermione disappearing so quickly, only to find out that the device she was using would be their savior at the end of the book.
I was surprised when I reached Cedric Diggory’s name in this novel, because having only seen the movies, I thought that he was just a one book/movie character.
Other things that I was impressed with in this novel included the emotions that came into play with the hippogriff, as well as when Harry was confronted with the Dementors. Which, I had no idea (don’t throw things at me) that they originated in Azkaban. I just always assumed they were big creepy things. Whoops.
Something I didn’t like/understand: At the end of the novel when Snape was questioning Harry about the escape of Sirius Black, that he didn’t think to ask or accuse Hermione of using the time-turner. Especially since Rowling made it abundantly clear that McGonagall had informed the ministry and the other teachers about her using it. Plot hole? Guess I’ll find out as I keep reading!
4 Bards.
Moving! 