The first time I read Harry Potter, I read books 1-4 consecutively. Book 3, Prisoner of Azkaban was the first book to make me cry and it still is one The first time I read Harry Potter, I read books 1-4 consecutively. Book 3, Prisoner of Azkaban was the first book to make me cry and it still is one of my top 3 HP books ever.
Harry is able to find out more about his family - more about Sirius Black and the truth behind his supposed involvement in the death of his parents.
For Harry who has no real family - his aunt and uncle treat him horribly - it was tender to see that he had Sirius and that Sirius was lurking around Hogwarts not to harm Harry, but to protect him and to try and catch that slippery, slimy Wormtail.
And any book with time travel is a winner in my book....more
My least favorite of the Harry Potter series - only because I felt like 80% of the content was repeating Book 1 for all those readers who picked up BoMy least favorite of the Harry Potter series - only because I felt like 80% of the content was repeating Book 1 for all those readers who picked up Book 2 without touching Book 1.
I felt like JK Rowling could have given readers a little bit of credit and skipped so much of the repeat HP history lesson and created a better storyline.
BUT STILL - great book - I could never write anything as creative as this - and this is the first book where a horcrux comes into the picture...which of course you don't know it's a horcrux at the time...but still...further proof of JK's genius....more
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