Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J.K. Rowling
The third volume of the wildly popular Harry Potter series brings a new enemy into the wizarding world. These creatures are particularly gross and scary, with rotted faces covered in black shrouds, and whose mere presence sucks the joy out of a person. The more depressed and disheartened someone becomes, the greater their power, until finally, they grow close enough to suck out your soul and kill you. Pretty scary, aren’t they?
The good news is there’s a sympathetic teacher new to Hogwarts who comforts his students by giving them pieces of chocolates after an encounter with the scary creatures. While this doesn’t make any sense, it might give the pre-teen female readers a chuckle, since they’re often slipped pieces of chocolate during their difficult times.
There are many exciting new features to the wizarding world through this book, including information about wizard’s prison and how someone might escape from it, the art of reading tea leaves, and new animals and critters. There’s an overwhelming theme that it’s important to pay attention to details and their relation to the bigger picture. In the movie version, you’ll find yourself noticing new things the second time around, and in the book, you’ll find yourself flipping through the pages to earlier sections to catch the hidden meanings. This one’s very exciting, and it’s the last of the series that can be described as a children’s book. The rest of them take a darker turn, and also get considerably longer, so treasure this one while you can.
Be sure to check out Hot Toasty Rag's review of 2004's film adaptation here!
More Harry Potter book reviews here on Hot Toasty Rag!
The good news is there’s a sympathetic teacher new to Hogwarts who comforts his students by giving them pieces of chocolates after an encounter with the scary creatures. While this doesn’t make any sense, it might give the pre-teen female readers a chuckle, since they’re often slipped pieces of chocolate during their difficult times.
There are many exciting new features to the wizarding world through this book, including information about wizard’s prison and how someone might escape from it, the art of reading tea leaves, and new animals and critters. There’s an overwhelming theme that it’s important to pay attention to details and their relation to the bigger picture. In the movie version, you’ll find yourself noticing new things the second time around, and in the book, you’ll find yourself flipping through the pages to earlier sections to catch the hidden meanings. This one’s very exciting, and it’s the last of the series that can be described as a children’s book. The rest of them take a darker turn, and also get considerably longer, so treasure this one while you can.
Be sure to check out Hot Toasty Rag's review of 2004's film adaptation here!
More Harry Potter book reviews here on Hot Toasty Rag!