This is a Weasley appreciation post.

I have to say that at first the Prisoner of Azkaban was my least favourite in the series but lately, I came to realise how great is it and how many memorable scenes we got in this book.

not gay enough

It's kind of annoying how last two movies were so on point but not this one. :/

Slay, girl, slay!


Update:
I find movie Harry much more likable than book Harry.

WAIT!!
THIS IS A THING?!?
I am so down!
THIS JUST MADE MY DAY.

This book is superior to any other book ever written in this universe from the beginning of time, may it be by aliens or dinosaurs or mammoths or humans simply, because of the mere fact that it has Sirius Black.

Sir you own my heart, it was only ever yours.

Well, my ratings have summed up my thought. No more explanation. Lol.


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n  Second Read Reviewn

THIS BOOK. IT WAS SO FUCKING WONDERFUL AND I CRIED. I have several things to say about this book, but first of all, I'm going to say that I love the Marauders, except Peter Pettigrew because he's a fucking a coward and he made Lily and James died! I hate him so much and when Sirius voice broke after he told Harry what truly happened that he was not their Secret Keeper, but it was Peter and then he found out that Lily and James died, I felt like my heart was cracking and I wanted to hug him and said to him that it was not his fault. Oh God, I just feel really sorry for Sirius.





Remus Lupin is such a sweet character

He is honestly the best Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher! and he was also a caring and a sweet guy. He often smiled. He's smart, fun, and kind! he defended Neville when Snape bullied him or whatever that was because he kind of underestimated Neville and that was pretty mean, you know. I mean, yeah Neville might be reckless or that he often made mistakes, but seriously that was mean! he did not deserve it and I was so glad when Lupin defended him. This man was very amazing. so ... umm where do I find a guy like him in real life? he's such a sweet guy!

OH! and one more thing, when Lupin was ill and he did not come to the class, but Snape came in the class instead ( I guess he was substituting this subject for a while because Lupin was ill) and he gave the students an assignment about werewolf so someone would realize his symptoms. UGH. SO WHAT IF HE'S A WEREWOLF? I mean, it would be okay if we put certain precautions. Basically, Lupin was just an amazing guy and I really like him. I am so sad that he resigned from teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts. He's the best teacher for this subject!



Professor McGonagall and Professor Trelawney

One of the best scenes in this book for me is when Professor McGonagall and Professor Trelawney bickered. It was too funny ahahahahaha. Thank God, I was at home when I read this scene. I would surely get funny looks, if I laughed in public place.

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'If you must know, Minerva, I have seen that poor Professor Lupin will not be with us for very long. He seems aware, himself, that his time is short. He positively fled when I offered to crystal-gaze for him-'

'Imagine that,' said Professor McGonagall drily.

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HAHAHAHA I bursted out laughing when I read that part. That was just so funny.





Hermione being disrespectful toward Professor Trelawney

Look, I really adore Hermione. She's smart, brave and such a devoted friend. She's honestly one of my inspirational characters that I adore very much. However, I did not like it when she was being disrespectful toward Professor Trelawney. It is okay, if she did not like the study or believe the study or whatever it was. It is totally okay. I also have some subjects that I do not like to study, but I never disrespect any teachers. So It just slightly annoyed me when Hermione being disrespectful toward Professor Trelawney

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Hermione snorted.

'Well, honestly ... "the fates have informed her" ... who sets the exam? She does! What an amazing prediction!' she said, not troubling to keep her voice low.
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Indeed, I can see her point. I understand her. But still, it is not okay to say something like that. She did not even keep her voice low! That's just not okay at all in my opinion.

Overall, I loved this book very much. I had a great adventure with it and my days felt so magical when I spent them by reading it. Thank you very much for reading and liking this review. I really appreciate it. I hope you all have a great day! bye!



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n   First Read Reviewn

5 STARS

" Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go. "

Harry Potter is a 13 year old boy now. He stays at his uncle's and aunt's house like he usually does for the whole summer. But this year is different, he can not control his anger anymore and he leaves his uncle's and aunt's house.
There is also a man named Sirius Black, Mass-Murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort escaped from Azkaban. Most prisoners go mad withins weeks in Azkaban but this man doesn't and people say that he is coming after Harry and in Harry's first divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves and now, the school grounds are being Patrolled by DEMENTORS.

My Opinion

The cover of this book is so BEAUTIFUL! and the story was as amazing as the cover.
I also found a new favorite character in this book and this person is Professor Lupin!! He is so cool and he is the best Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher I have ever met. because you know, all the Defence Against The Dark Arts teachers from the first book were not nice guys at all including that guy with useless ability. What's his name again?? LOCHART! GILDEROY LOCHART. I just remembered his name. Actually, where is he now? no one mentioned him and I hope I won't see him as a teacher in Hogwarts again. I still can't forgive him for what he was about to do with Ron and Harry in the second book. That guy is pathetic.



I loved all the characters in this book and Fred and George weasley were so funny in this book. Percy is the last person I like. I don't hate him but I don't really like him too. He's so stritch about rules and sometimes he annoys me but not much. here is my favorite scene :

'How're we getting to King's Cross tomorrow, Dad?' asked Fred, as they tucked into a sumptuous chocolate pudding.
'The Ministry's providing a couple of cars,' said Mr Weasley.
everyone looked up at him.
'Why?' said Percy curiously.
'it's because of you, Perce,' said George seriously. 'And there'll be little flags on the bonnets, with HB on them -'
'- for humungous Bighead,' said Fred.
Everyone except Percy and Mrs Weasley snorted into their pudding.



I laughed so hard in the middle of the night because of this. I wish I were there to see Percy's face when Fred and George said that. Oh! and I remembered I laughed so hard too when Ginny said he found out that Percy was kissing Penelope Clearwater, his girlfriend. I mean Percy is so stritch about rules and he always study, study, study, so the thought of Percy's having a girlfriend was never crossed my mind. But he was cool enough to get a girlfriend. *shrugs*

I was so shocked when I found out that Sirius was innocent and the bad guy was Peter Pettigrew.
how could he betray his own bestfriend?! I think he did it to save his own skin without thinking twice about his bestfriend's life. James and Lily Potter died because of him and how dare he to say that Sirius was the one who betrayed James Potter! this guy is more pathetic than Gilderoy and I was shocked when Harry told Lupin and Sirius not to kill him and put him in Azkaban instead. That moment I realised that Harry was so kind. this guy was the reason his parents died and he didn't want him to be killed.

This book also have the best ending. the ending in this book made me grinning but don't get me wrong, the ending in the first and the second book were all great too but this ending was perfect.

'What's that?' he snarled, staring at the envelope Harry was still clutching in his hand. 'if it's another form for me to sign, you've got another -'
'it's not,' said Harry cheerfully. ' it's a letter from my godfather.'
'Godfather?' spluttered Uncle Vernon. 'you haven't got a godfather!.'
'Yes I hav,' said Harry brightly. 'He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though... keep up with my news... check I'm happy...'
And grinning broadly at the look of horror on Uncle Vernon's face, Harry set off towards the station exit, Hedwig rattling along in front of him, for what looked like a much better summer than the last.


Thank you guys for reading and liking my review. Hope you all have a great day!! ❤❤❤

The series really gets going now, as it begins to grow up alongside its original readers and cast, a series already verging on being a modern classic… and here cometh Remus Lupin and Sirius Black! Continuing with her almost perfect characterisations of young people, Rowling knocks it up a gear with more adult themes and the intricacies of Potter's origin and his family. One of the near genius bits about this series is how time passes the reader begins to realise that both Harry and his father are not particularly nice people... but they are real people! Three Star read, 7 out of 12

2013 read; 2007 read; 2005 read

I last read this book when I was 14 years old, given that I'm almost 32 now, I have a whole new perspective on it. Despite the fact that I gave this book 5 stars previously, I have to admit that it didn't grow on me until this, my second read.

Confession time: I didn't like Remus or Sirius.

*Khanh ducks as rotten fruit and eggs are thrown her way*

OK, OK, I'M SORRY! I've since changed my mind! Notice that I used the past tense.

Obviously, there will be spoilers for the book below, for the 1.5 of you who haven't read this yet.

I can't even recall why this book wasn't memorable to me. All I remembered was that Sirius - and what happened to him - was terrible, but he's like meh to me; I just never connected with him as a character. Remus was a werewolf and I've never liked werewolves. The Marauders in general were just a bunch of rowdy teenaged boys, and having been the target for teasing from rowdy, rude teenaged boys in my youth, I just didn't care for the way they were portrayed. And I was right, somewhat, James, et al weren't perfect. They bullied Snape, they were little shitheads.

Yes, eventually they became productive, admirable members of society, but I just didn't like them at first.

I guess this is one of those books that just takes time to grow on you.

This is the last Harry Potter book in which Harry is a child. Before his life - and this series - was visited by the spectre of death. I'm not talking about the long-ago deaths of James and Lily, of course Harry has experienced deaths before, but it was distant. I'm talking about the future deaths where Harry lost people he actually remembered, and respected, and loved. That's what I mean when I say that this is the last book in which Harry is a child, because as hard as his life was until now, he still had his innocence.

Children believe that their heroes are unerring. One of the rites of passage to adulthood is the realization that heroes fall, like everyone else.

n  Harry stared up into the grave face and felt as though the ground beneath him was falling sharply away. He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything. He had expected Dumbledore to pull some amazing solution out of the air. But no … their last hope was gone.n

I know that everyone loves Sirius, but for some reason, he didn't click for me when I was 14. This time around, I could understand his character more. I could relate to his desperation, his frustration, and the hope that kept him alive all those excruciating years in Azkaban.

n  ‘I don’t know how I did it,’ he said slowly. ‘I think the only reason I never lost my mind is that I knew I was innocent. That wasn’t a happy thought, so the Dementors couldn’t suck it out of me … but it kept me sane.n

I think for me, it took maturity and the experience of loss and frustration, well, life itself, in order to appreciate the hardship that Harry and Sirius and Remus went through.

Previously, this was a magical Cinderella-like tale about a boy in a room under the stairs. With this book, the story became twisted, and it became something more.

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OKAY. This book was fantastic! I can't get over how everything just fell into place perfectly. Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite of the series so far which is actually a surprise since Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was my least favorite movie growing up.

But reading and watching the movie truly is a different experience. Even though I've seen the movies repeatedly year after year, I was still on my toes while I was turning the pages of my book. It was like I was seeing all of this for the first time!

I've really developed a deeper love, respect, and understanding for this series and the Wizarding world. I especially loved the fact that we actually got to learn about Remus Lupin and his backstory as a werewolf. I never would've learned any of this if I never decided to pick up these books.

This series just gets better and better, and darker and darker. I can slowly see how Harry Potter is moving away from middle grade and into young adult. I'm really looking forward to how that shift becomes more prominent in the later books. Now next up is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which is my favorite movie of the series growing up! Let's see how this one will go!

***Please note that this review may contain spoilers for the overall series, not just this book.***

It's been quite a few years since I last read this series, and I am so impressed with how well they hold up. I have been reminded that they are my favourite books for a reason. I don't have a favourite out of the series, but the third book is the one where things suddenly feel more mature and the tragedies of an earlier war are revealed in more detail, heartbreakingly showing the kinds things will come to pass again in the very near future.

In this one we meet Sirius Black and Remus Lupin who are, I think, some of the most dynamic and fascinating characters in the entire series. Both have lost a huge amount, their friends, family, dignity, freedom. Remus is an outcast because he is a werewolf. Sirius because the entire Wizarding World thinks he is a deranged mass murderer. A select few also think he betrayed his best friends to Voldemort, making him Voldemort's most valuable ally. Though I don't approve of murdering people (that hopefully goes without saying, but I'm adding it just to be clear), I can understand him escaping Azkaban Prison to find and murder Peter/Scabbers! I would be tempted myself.

The scene where Fudge, Hagrid, Flitwick and McGonagall tell Madame Rosmerta about Sirius and the Potter's is heartbreaking, especially knowing all too well the true version of events. Poor Sirius. This time around my sympathy for everyone involved increased markedly. The Potter's, Dumbledore, and of course Lupin, who loses all of his best friends in one fell swoop. The hardships he and Sirius have faced are heartbreaking. I do wish they had found a way to put Gary Oldman on that flying bike in one of the films. It would have been brilliant.

I had forgotten that Cedric debuts here in the books, not the fourth. It adds more to his character and makes me care for him even more.

Oh my goodness, the Firebolt! 

That Harry hears his Mum being murdered several times over the course of the book feels more brutal than ever. Things darken swiftly from this point. Every time Harry hears his parents I want to burst into tears. It's so tragically awful. 

Hagrid's dedication to Buckbeak is heartwarming. I would love a short story about their day in London. 

Poor Sirius, finally reunited with the people most important to him, with them at last knowing the truth, only to have to flee and hide once more. How do you hide with a hippogriff? And Harry, having to return to the Dursley's -- even knowing what we know from later books in regards to this, my sympathy remains! 

As I have now come to expect, Stephen Fry narrates superbly. I am so impressed with his work here.
I am eagerly awaiting my next Audible credit so I can start Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.


Updated 2023:
Seventh listen.

“Don't let the muggles get you down.”
Yup yup yup I love this book.

I don't know what to say other than I love this book. I loved learning more about Harry's parents. I loved Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and everyone else. I loved the storyline and how every single seemingly pointless detail somehow ended up meaning something to the bigger story and how I was left completely in shock. I loved the introduction of divination and I loved Sirius. I love love love this series. Superb storytelling. I AM IN LOVE