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Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling

Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban

Book 3

by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling
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  • First Published:
  • Sep 1, 1999, 435 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Sep 2001, 448 pages
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Tom

I thought this was a great book, but it is the weakest of the five books. I won't give it away, but I really didn't care for the surprise ending very much. It was still a great book though, and I highly reccommend it.
Mimiru

This book is ok but book four is better to me. I love reading Harry Potter books because it has adventure in it when I'm board I just start reading one of the books again. I've read books 1-4 at least 15 times each and I've read book 5 six times already there all good but I like book 4 the best because it has a lot of exciting moments expecialy when you don't expect Voldemort to come back in this book. I wonder how book 7 is going to end. Will Harry kill Voldemort and like get rid of all whiches and wizards so he can' t come back or what. I just wish all of the books were out so it wont be so frustrating. But i know it takes a long time to wright a book because I have a friend who is wrighting a book. well best wishes to all expecilly to our best author J. K. Rolling for she is inspiring over a million chrildren acrost the wrold. see ya.
angela

This book was good but book four is better and I give book five a four too because Harry seems too MOODY if you know what I mean. but I like how Harry meets Sirius so its all good!
Lauren

This book was extrordinary. I haven't had such a good read since The Sorceror's Stone and the Chamber of Secrets. J.K. Rowling has out-done herself yet again! Although I enterpreted an emotional presence from Harry in this book I found it quite nice that Harry had family other than the Dursley's. Now I may only be 13, but I know a good book when I read it. The dememtors were an interesting thought of character and I could relate them to everyday things like depression. Now I shouldn't go blabbing the whole story so I'll just say this, An out of the ordinary series such as Harry Potter deserves so much love and fans!!!! I can only hope the series continues to be just as good, if not better! A-MAY-ZING is all I can say.
Kara Ilami

I liked the book very much, the idea and sequence of events are just great but could have been better tailed.
Michelle

It is not as good as Goblet of fire of it is too tense and dark . moreover i show the dark sides of harry potter Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is consider as the second weakest book
..... (content removed by BookBrowse as it contained plot spoilers)....When I am reading this book, my heart overwhelmed with darkest, also it have the 'spell ' which hook me to read the book from the first sentence to the last..
The story is better in the beginning part but when t came to the middle when it suppose to be the important part of the story , it seems that it is too tense and dark .Moreover, I thinks this is the only book of others Harry Potter series ,which is the most complex one and therefore young reader may not like this . Whereas , compare to the Harry Potter and the Globet of fire , which I considered as the best books of all , as it is very thrilling and mature , it may seem Harry potter and the Azkaban is just not good enough .On the whole , it is still consider as a good novel as there is many unexpected things like black is actually not the one who betrayed his father but wormtail.A unexpected , special and good story , show J.k rowling should be the best author in the world to me.
Bunny

The books is interesting and exciting.
Marisol Garcia

I LOVED This BOOK!

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