The series keeps getting stronger in this book. The characters are becoming old friends, and the plot was the best one yet.

This is the first of the books where I really started to think what a great writer J. K. is. The story is very well put together, the characters become full fledged people, and even I felt a sense of wonder at what Harry can do.

my personal favorite in the HP series. great story, great characters, great everything pretty much.

5/5

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Ok… I love the HP books but I think the real story starts with book 3: many things happen that leash the events of next books.

PoA also introduces to two beautiful characters such as Sirius Black and Remus Lupin: one can help to fall in love with any of them (or both!).

This book is waaay worthy… and still the favourite of the Potterhollics ;)

By the time you reach Book 3, you can see the formula .. for the framework of the plots in the book. This series ended for me here.

I had forgotten how fabulous this book was. GoF is still my favourite but Azkaban comes in as a close second. Rowling’s prose and pacing immensely improves from the first two installments and counts as the first excellent book she wrote in the series.

I’m re-reading this in anticipation of the movie. I think it’s still my favorite Harry Potter as far as the story goes.

Now that I’m coming to this one after most recently reading Order of the Phoenix, I’m noticing a difference in Rowling’s writing. As the books progress, she’s not trying so hard to make them stand-alone, and I think they’re better books for it. We don’t need a re-explanation of Quiddich in every single volume, thank you very much!

Anyway, all of that said, I love how these books can suck me in and distract me from whatever else I’m reading. Great fun.

I enjoyed this book overall. I am bummed that I finished it before the movie.

I read the first two Harry books when they came out (actually on my palm pilot, geekily enough). This one is great!