What do You think about Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)?
Literally one of the best books I've ever read. I was chained to it for two days. I cried and laughed and yelled SHIT when all of the action went down.I'm such a peasant for judging this series before I had read it. I read the first two and half of this one when I was about 10, before reading was cool, before I had the attention span that reading requires (I know these are kids' books but I was a particularly distracted child). I did not know, Mother Rowling. Forgive my sin, and all the times when I said, "I don't think Harry Potter is really my thing". Please.This book was incredible and this series is a classic more than any Dickens or Middle Earth or Narnia shit has any right to be. This series isn't up it's own ass; it's so accessible and readable and meaningful.God damn me! How could I have been so blind?Forgive me, because this book changed the game. This book deserves 7 stars and I'm getting the cover art (from my edition) tattooed on my thigh.I'm such a fucking fan.
—Kiki
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, snarling, rude, hygienically-disinclined professor of potions, Severus Snape. Almost ten years later, I'm still obsessed with it in many ways. I think this is my favorite of all the Harry Potter books thus far. This is the one that introduces Sirius Black, who I sometimes loathe (only sometimes!) and Remus Lupin, who I will always, always love. And of course, this is the book that gave us one piece of Severus Snape's background. And that was the infamous Prank that may or may not have destroyed Snape's trust in Dumbledore. Would you have trusted someone who didn't at least suspend the one who'd tried to kill you? I don't think so. This is also the book where I found myself looking at Dumbledore with a new eye. He's a crafty old fella, I tell you that. He'll do anything to gain his means, regardless of how he may personally feel on the matter. Grandpa Albus, he ain't. And Severus Snape, my heart did bleed for thee.
—pinkgal
Well, this is the book that I like the most in the whole series (I've come to notice that I tend to enjoy the third book more than any other in any given series; strange, isn't it?). Rowling keeps the dark tone of the previous book going on, and it's fantastic! That sense of danger waiting in the corner that I became used to while reading The Chamber of Secrets is still there, so every new chapter is a new surprise.However, there are much more different things that go into this book that make it excellent. We are introduced to another Dursley, which, as usual, acts like a bitch. Then we get to know a little bit more about Harry's dark past and its influence into his current life situation. There are also the Dementors, which bring a whole new meaning to the word "evil". Seriously, those guys are creepy. Nonetheless, Harry is back at Hogwarts with his friends and soon he is taught how to confront the Dementors with the assistance of my favorite Defense Against Dark Arts teacher of all time: Professor Lupin.There is also the addition of a whole new scenario: Hogsmeade. Man, what I wouldn't give to go and visit that place... Due to Harry having to sneak his way into Hogsmeade we get to know some more about his father's activities while he was a student, as well as some new secret places in Hogwarts, which is really cool. What's more: Hermione starts taking some action against Draco and his troupe of sonsofbitches Slytherin friends, which is amazing to see. This book really made me respect Hermione a lot more.From the half of the book forward, the story gets a very fast pace, meaning that things get absurdly intense. There's a lot of action, much more than the previous books; boundaries are broken, secrets are revealed and Rowling forcs us to get used to the darker shade to the story that would come to be dominant in the next books, with the ascension of dark forces and everything. Overall, there's not a thing that I don't like in this book! Interesting quotes that I didn't include in the review: The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed. Besides, the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are. The Last Passage(view spoiler)[ Harry read and re-read the letter from Sirius all the way back into King’s Cross Station. It was still clutched tightly in his hand as he, Ron and Hermione stepped back through the barrier of platform nine and three-quarters. Harry spotted Uncle Vernon at once. He was standing a good distance from Mr and Mrs Weasley, eyeing them suspiciously, and when Mrs Weasley hugged Harry in greeting, his worst suspicions about them seemed confirmed.‘I’ll call about the World Cup!’ Ron yelled after Harry, as Harry bid him and Hermione goodbye, then wheeled the trolley bearing his trunk and Hedwig’s cage towards Uncle Vernon, who greeted him in usual fashion.‘What’s that?’ he snarled, staring at the envelope Harry was still clutching in his hand. ‘If it’s another form for me to sign, you’ve got another –’‘It’s not,’ said Harry cheerfully. ‘It’s a letter from my godfather.’‘Godfather?’ spluttered Uncle Vernon. ‘You haven’t got a godfather!’‘Yes, I have,’ said Harry brightly. ‘He was my mum and dad’s best friend. He’s a convicted murderer, but he’s broken out of wizard prison and he’s on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though … keep up with my news … check I’m happy …’And grinning broadly at the look of horror on Uncle Vernon’s face, Harry set off towards the station exit, Hedwig rattling along in front of him, for what looked like a much better summer than the last. (hide spoiler)]
—Ademilson Moraes
