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  • 90 of 90 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 dawnymarie

    Member since 01/12/2010

    Reviews written: 124

    5 Stars Prisoner of Azkaban Review with images 03/10/2012
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Absorbing adventure & the introduction of the mysterious Sirius Black

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Why read this one? I have recently enjoyed the first instalments in the Harry Potter series and was eager to continue. I remembered the movie that was based on this book being one of my favourites – I had high hopes. Short Synopsis… Harry Potter has survived death three times in his young life. Now aged thirteen he believes he has seen an omen that predicts death for the observer – predictions by a medium at Hogwarts repeatedly confirm this fear, though he does take those misty predictions with a pinch of salt. The sight of a black, menacing, dog is not ... more
  • 44 of 44 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    e_coleuk

    5 Stars Three is a magic number 11/07/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A darker plot, a stonger realism, a greater adventure

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Younger children may find this book frightening at times.

    AZKABAN… the wizard prison, dark, impenetrable, where the darkest witches and wizards slowly turn mad as the to live is stolen away. No wonder Azkaban evokes as much fear at being named than the Dark Lord Voldemort himself. Many of Voldemort’s own supporters were locked up there under the care of the Dementors. The DEMENTORS… hooded creatures of nightmares, with rotten skeletal fingers. The air goes cold as they suck the hope and joy out of you. Those who see beyond the hood are never able to tell of what they see, their soul swallowed by the Dementor’s Kiss. The ... more
  • 62 of 62 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 BawBaw

    Member since 06/04/2003

    Reviews written: 93

    4 Stars Of Chocolate, Quidditch, Animagi, and Timeturning 05/02/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Exciting, interesting, touching. Messages that transcend time and place.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The writing itself, unlike the messages, is sometimes less than inspiring.

    Chocolate as a curative for the effects of the Dark Arts? No connoisseur of this worthy confection could possibly doubt it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quidditch? Learning to love the sport of wizards--a polo-like game played on broomsticks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ People who can transform at will into animals? What to do when your father could turn into a stag and his best friend into a huge dog. . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Traveling back in time? Yes--but something to be risked only for the best of causes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These are but a few of the plot lines that pervade Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, third in ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jools30

    5 Stars Can Rowling work her Magic again 15/12/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages more Potter magic

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    So, another year has passed in the life of Harry Potter. Can the third year of his schooling at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry be as exciting and captivating as the first two? So often before, I have read a series of books and whilst some just keep getting better, others distinctly run out of steam as the series progresses. So which was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to be? A mediocre re-writing of the previous books in the series, or a fresh and exciting new book, full of new adventures? Well, you’ll have to make up your own mind, but here is my view! For those of ... more
  • 48 of 48 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Mattroberts

    4 Stars ANOTHER Year At Hogwarts... 30/06/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A good read, good twist, goo writing, good all round!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A bit childish at times for older readers.

    Well, at 6pm last night, I finished the third book in the Harry Potter series. Some people could’ve finished it in under a day, but I like to take in what I read and do it over a length of time. I began to read it exactly a week before, and that was only for one reason. I’d read so many reviews on the NEW Harry Potter book – Order of the phoenix – I wanted to see what all the hype was about. Why did everyone talk about it highly? What was so interesting that it drew adult and younger readers? I’d had Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban for my birthday over 3 years ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bethybaby

    5 Stars Dementors, Dogs and Deception 17/07/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It's a Harry Potter book and will be instantly loved

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Too small to mention

    “Harry Potter is a highly unusual boy in many ways…” And so begins the third book in the H. P. series. The story is a must for those who love all things magical and it’s success just goes to show that you can’t keep a good idea down! For those who haven’t read about Harry before, here’s a little introduction… Harry Potter lives with his aunt and uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley, because his parents were killed when he was just a baby. His family hates him and Harry had believed that he was destined to a life of drudgery and torment at Stonewall ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Simmer

    5 Stars Discover the child within, for the third time 23/01/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages the books are now getting darker and more exciting,

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    Could this book possibly be as good as the first two? The answer is yes! This book boasts what is probably the most complex plots of the first three books. There are so many twists to the tale that you won’t be able to put down this book if you wanted to. Harry Potter is no ordinary boy. He grew up with his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia, as well as their spoiled son Dudley, and lived a pretty normal life, although he did sometimes wonder why his Aunt and Uncle Dursley didn’t like him asking questions... On his 11th birthday, after receiving a number of strange letters, he was ... more
  • 86 of 86 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Pumpkin

    5 Stars What a tangled web she weaves... 13/09/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fantastic book, the best by far in the Harry Potter series.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series by the prizewinning writer J. K. Rowling. Having read and re-read all four of the books in the series so far, I would say that this is without a doubt the best one by far. The problem is this is not reflected in my ratings, as I have already given the first two books five stars! I just wish I could give this one a higher rating. As before, the book starts with teenage wizard Harry Potter spending the Summer Holidays with his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, the horrible Dursleys, who disapprove of anything ... more
  • 44 of 44 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 KarenUK

    Member since 08/07/2000

    Reviews written: 1125

    4 Stars Hurry Pitter and the Pensioner of Axminster 20/03/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages great last few chapters, nice to read more of Harry & Co's adventures

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not as good as the second book

    Well, this is my third foray into the world of J. K. Rowling, as I have just finished reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. This follows the third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for our friend, Harry Potter – not forgetting the wonderful Ron Weasley and the rather irritating but good hearted Hermoine Granger (who is much less annoying in the book than she was in the film!). Just for the record, I loved the film, but wasn’t so impressed with the first book. However, I loved the second book (Chamber of Secrets) and I am eagerly awaiting the film ... more
  • 11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Simoncook1

    5 Stars Intrigue and surprize dominate this book 27/03/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A great story and beleivable characters make this a great book for all the family.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A little dark and scary and maybe not suitable for younger children.

    The Harry Potter series is quickly becoming a modern day classic as children all around the world enjoy the wonders of the world of Hogwarts. As I write this opinion, a movie is being filmed by Time Warner telling the tale of the sorcerer’s (or philosopher’s) stone. J K Rowling’s has produced a magical world in which magic exists and good fights evil. Magical creatures of all sizes and shapes are alive and well in this mystical adventure. The Plot We first hear of Sirius Black in the first book; Hagrid borrows his bike as he delivers Harry to the Dursley’s house. Well ... more
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