I know that many of you out there haven't gotten around to reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Much like Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum, Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch and Lucifer's worldwide bestseller The Holy Bible, you own a copy, it gathers dust, but its never been read. You've been thinking about it, though. You see it there on the shelf and you wonder, "Is this book for me?"

The following checklist will tell you all you need to know about Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban's suitability for you. The more checkmarks you have, the more you need to tackle this wonder of modern literature.

1. Do you have Daddy issues? ✓ or ✘
2. Has a creepy middle aged man been sleeping with you for years, unbeknownst to you? ✓ or ✘
3. Does the full moon make you anxious? ✓ or ✘
4. Have you ever gorged on chocolate to combat depression? ✓ or ✘
5. Do you find there just isn't enough time in the day? ✓ or ✘
6. Are you misunderstood? ✓ or ✘
7. Do you have an overactive sense of justice that gets you into trouble? ✓ or ✘
8. Do you break rules whenever you can? ✓ or ✘
9. Do you scoff at personal danger, especially when it gets in the way of your fun? ✓ or ✘
10. Are you a dog lover, or would you like to be one? ✓ or ✘


1-2: You'd probably rather be reading Finnegan's Wake, The Book of Mormon or Sally Dick and Jane
3-5: Skip it and watch the movie.
6-8: Time to dust off that copy and give it a whirl.
9-10: Put your existential crisis aside. Shave your moustache. Take a day off work, and read this book. It won't change your life, but it'll be like reading about your dream self.

Do as you will.

Another re-read of my most Favorite Dark, clever part of the Series,

The Wizarding World expanding, Mysterious Dangerous Prisoner Escaped, A Step in Coming of Age, A Trick with Time...Cat, Rat & Dog.

It's where the plot thickens, growing with you to be the Best Series of All Time.

PS : I know I sound dramatic, Professor Sybill Trelawney's exaggeration...but I really can't help it.

PS 2 : Great portrait for her, also can't help to show it earlier than I should..

So, let's see, again as Book One Illustrated Edition Review, Chapter by Chapter review, of how great and perfectly, cleverly this novel written with some small details and fun points you may missed...


But before Chapter one... a very clever illustration of Azkaban is introduced Cinematically in every page before the novel start....which keep the Starting of the books itself as mysterious and dark as this part of the series itself.

n  *** Chapter One ***
A History of Magicn

Every new book in the series there's a brief "Previously on Harry Potter" inserted brilliantly unnoticed to help you catch up... like brief History of the series between lines.
And Did you read the ‘History of Magic’ brief essay Harry was writing here?
A funny, n  Realn study on burning witches in the middle ages But from the Wizarding World prospective..

You really should check out Harry Potter : A History of Magic, on the Real Life Wizarding World through Ages..
And see this cool Broomstick-Care kit… how geekly detailed (written and illustrated) is that.

n  *** Chapter Two ***
Living Hell with the Dursleyn

Yeah I know Harry is a real “Hot Head” kind of guy… but I just love how he keep obeying the rules of the Dursley… he's too good with them as much as he can, not such a bad example as many bluenoses say..
In previous chapter he was studying in the middle of the night under the sheet !! in the dark !! Well, that's count for something.

Yet Aunt Marge has a Large mouth indeed… she deserves what happened to her.. I mean with all her Dog, Bitch and puppy talks.

So it was just n  Aunt Marge Large Mistaken.... but this large illustration just got too far.., kinda childish.

n  *** Chapter Three ***
Wizarding World Public Transportn

And it goes Anywhere, Everywhere..except underwater..it's still just a Bus..

But I love in this chapter the turn of feelings,
Of How Harry from thinking he's already an outlaw, a fugitive and will live as outcast..(“I'm Nevil Longbottom”?!! man, Harry got what it takes to be one Haha) to be greeted this warning, forgiving greeting from The Minister for Magic himself… solving everything..
What a Night ! And The Knight Bus itself before, What a Ride!..
I still wished for more illustrations though, specially for the bus.

n  *** Chapter Four ***
Living in Diagon Alleyn

Living in the Wizards motel, Studing outside, in a table at Ice Cream shop in sunny days with a help of its kind owner…
Catching up with the new Wizardry World new items in sales..(Broomsticks, the Cars of the Wizardry World)...God I'm in love with that Chapter..
Again, aside the Wizarding Pet shop, more Illustration of the Alley needed..

n  n    *** Chapter Five ***
The Guardians of Azkabann  n

The whole time so far they mentioned they just called so, The Guards of Azkaban… but in this chapter they finally have a name...and a horrible shape..

That was a part of then   little mysteryn that has been built up, and you peel the cover of it bit by bit.
Dark cloaked figures that “Float”... only their claws of hands visible.. how creepy is that..
Wonder how their face looks like? All in good time..all in good time..
And then..it's the first time we first see the carts that delivers the students from the station to Hogwarts...how it is invisibly pulled? Wait till Book Five, which is Book Three Symmetry Twin.

n  *** Chapter Six ***
Trelawney and Hagridn

Why we never noticed this hard-to-miss-n  stylishn teacher before in previous years?

Well.. She answers that right when you first meet her,.. she isn't that socialising with her colleagues and attend feasts and meals in the Great Hall...for her Inner Sight of course, thought that was obvious.
And Hagrid..Our New Teacher...what a job man… BUT a tricky-to-deal-with creatures in the first class? Come on..

I love Hippogriffs, I do, but not that fast man.

n  n    *** Chapter Seven ***
Bad Teacher, Good Teachern  n

From Snape class… the worst kind of teachers…Bullying, favoritism..etc
To the fun class of Lupin.. caring, activity teaching..etc.

But let's take a look at the Boggart here… it lurks in the dark places (that can be under bed, in a closet opend a bit.. etc) and it transform to whatever your mind thinks scary… isn't it simply the boogyman theory. You always don't know what's in the darkest corners but you know it's your worst nightmare..

I really love this concept, explains a mysterious common fear into something magical, something from this well crafted Wizardry World.

n  *** Chapter Eight ***
Moving Portraitsn

Always wondered since the first book; when they're going to make a real, better use of them?

Here was the answer -and trust me, more useful uses in later books.

n  *** Chapter Nine ***
Open Page 394n

A new mystery thrown… where's Lupin.. and what's Snape is doing to him??

God, If we can read the clues as plain as Hermione did when she opend page Three Hundred Ninety Four..

n  *** Chapter Ten ***
The Maraudersn

Well, I'm not talking just about the Map here.. (though I needed BIGGER illustrated page of it, may be folded one as DA in book one)..

BUT I'm talking about that we didn't know back when we overheard the conversation in the Three Broomsticks, of the story of how Black killed Pettigrew after betraying James Potter, THAT was actually aboutn   Three of the Four Maraudersn…

n  *** Chapter Eleven ***
F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and Betrayal.n

This two chapters are mostly about that.
Friendship and betrayal, sometimes you don't know who will betrayed who...as the case of Sirius Black story and the secret keeper story of the previous chapter..
Burt sometimes what a friend may call a betrayal, can be just a good intentions deed… On 'Hermione snitching about the Firebolt' I'm talking about..

Oh, and in the same chapter;n   Thirteen dine on one table on Christmas even….. talk about n  Friends and Betrayingn symbols…
(and I needed this scene illustrated so much... it's a Betrayal to not be included)

n  *** Chapter Twelve ***
Expecto Patrounamn

Or,n   The importance of keeping Happy Memories in handn ….

my Patrounas is a cat, thought that was obvious :)

n  ***Chapter Thirteen***
Quidditch never been more exciting.n

They didn't have a complete Quidditch season in both Book One and Book Two.. did you noticed so? Or even cared with everything going on every end of the previous two years? I don't think so. (-I had to look it up online why Gryffindor didn't won for 9 years, it was 7 in the first book, and I find out that the Internet already full with that question -and good answer seekers :)-)

But it's Oliver Wood, our beloved Gryffindor Quidditch Captain’s last year in Hogwarts , so it matters now.
And with the Grim Defeat few chapters ago, this chapter with Gryffindor Vs Ravenclaw was really exciting.
Till the cliffhanger end.

Oh forget, did you noticed that Cho Chang a year older than Harry?

n  *** Chapter Fourteen ***
“Your father did something Snape could never forgive.”
“What?”
“He saved his life.”
n  -Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stonen

Since Book One ever wondered how? Sure we did…
Here's a finally, 2 years later, a glimpse of how did Harry’s Father saved Snape’s life… yet still Snape isn't grateful as you might think.

n  *** Chapter Fifteen ***
The Quidditch really Matter in this book.n

Guess I already told you so....it is since the first game of the year..

First time to behold the Cup.. (only later in book 5 will do again, oh the Symmetry.)

n  *** Chapter Sixteen ***
Examsn

I always love the "Exams" chapter in every book, though it's mostly hasty , just summing up all the exams... so I always wish to have more of it.

Trelawney makes her second accurate prediction… but we don't know that yet, only later in this book..
Oh and you'll never know what was her first untill much later in Book Five (again, which is Book Three Symmetry Twin.)
Oh... and here we say Goodbye -maybe- to Buckbeak.

But....that what was the trigger to the Climax of the book..

n  *** Chapter Seventeen ***
Cat, Rat and Dogn

Look, no matter how exciting the re-reads of Harry Potter.. I can't never forget the chill I got first time I read this couple of chapters..
This CLIMAX, this Jigsaw of a story where all the puzzle pieces fall in one epic, breath-holding, breathtaking at the same time, clever, mystery revealing Chapters..
It all starts with ; n  Cat, Rat and Dogn

(I'm just in love with the naming of this one)
That continues in;

n  *** Chapter Eighteen ***
Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs.n

The Marauders, Their past story that full of twists.. and the mystery of The Prisoner is clearing now..

Still there was more questions but Snape crashed into the present as he did in the past.
But everything get cleared when we learn The True-..

n  *** Chapter Nineteen ***
..-Servant of Lord Voldemortn

God, A huge revelation that back to the Night when Harry’s parents got betrayed and killed.., and how Harry got his ride in the motorcycle with Hagrid is finally shown in full and clear in the story…
(Oh yes, Black been mentioned from the very early beginning..remember?

n“Borrowed it, Professor Dumbledore, sir,”said the giant, climbing carefully off the motorcycle as he spoke. “Young Sirius Black lent it to me. I’ve got him, sir.”
-Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)

And the Climax chapters end tragically wrong with..-

n  *** Chapter Twenty ***
-..Dark Night despite the Full Moon.n

Very dark chapter indeed.

Now, take a breath..
Remember back when we first read these chapters made us thought that Crockshanks might be Harry’s Father? God, that was wild.
(I remember many theories that kept growing till before the release of book 7 that he's actually alive.)
Also now we get it that the Sneakoscope , that Harry got at the beginning of this book as a present from Ron, wasn't malfunctioned after all..(Scrabbers was there..dah!)

Well, I'd do anything to get a Time Machine so I'd go back and read this mystery all over again with the same excitement and awe I felt with every twist.
But why buy a complicated Time Machine when we have…-

n  *** Chapter Twenty One ***
-..Hermione’s Secret , The Time Turner.n

Here where you re-read the Climax of the novel, but in 'Back in Time' mode.. and they didn't change anything... everything already happened!

I loved the little perfect rules Rowling did for this twist..
Technically they didn't change fate… nothing happened have been changed. I just love that.
I always love the Time stories..(and this beautiful illustration)

But sure it's a tricky plot.
And Rowling herself regretted doing it later cause always fans -probably herself too, even the characters in her Wizardry World- would ask What If we used a Time Turner for this or that…
She tried in Book Five (symmetry twin) to close the matter of Time Turners..but not until The Cursed Child that it closed once and for all.

Well, I believe that's why I will always appreciate it no matter how the hates it get from many fans.

n  *** Chapter Twenty Two (The Last) ***
Symmetryn

And always the last Chapter symmetrically with the first..
These little things from every Chapter even the first must be concluded here..
Sometimes last chapters makes me widely smile.. or have teary eyes -as in the next book- but mostly smile..
Remember that the Dursley already watched Black in the news?
Ron is Pet-less….after the whole Cat/Rat struggle the whole year..

The Grindylow's empty cage,

Oh and who send the Firebolt -I know it's obvious when it's a re-readers or those who watched the movie, or those who read with extra Hermione-care..
(By the way, why it never thought by anyone that it could be Professor McGonagall again as she got him Nimbus 2000 in book one?)


Well, always last chapter is this one where all the little pieces come together… and Harry is off to the Muggle world with the Dursley with happier thoughts…

This time we have a line that will make us on fire for book Four…

The World Cup for Quidditch is coming this summer..

See you there Harry..


Mohammed Arabey
The Illustrated Edition Read
From 24 Nov. 2017
To 7 Dec. 2017

This Review made for the love of the series, the creative, inspiring work it's done in this series, and for the love of all the fellow Potterheads ❤❤❤

Auch dieser dritte Harry Potter- Band ist umwerfend! Ich staune immer wieder, welchen Einfallsreichtum Joanne K. Rowling hat. Es ist, als wäre jeder Band komplexer als der Vorgänger, dabei wird die Geschichte immer weiterentwickelt und bleibt auf einem hohen Level spannend.
Ich glaube, diese Reihe wird mir niemals langweilig werden!

WAYY BETTET THAN I EXPECTED!!! J.K knows how to pimp slap a girl with PLOT TWIST! Just when I thought I knew who and what was going to happen… WOWWWWW! If you’ve never read Harry Potter THIS IS YOUR SIGN! Currently reading the entire series as an adult and truly one of the most thrilling and joyful experiences I’ve had from a series! My younger self in me is sooooo happy bc of it!

5 glorious stars, of course. These stories never fail to lose their magic.

I have so much more love for this one re-reading it as an adult.

Five stars of course.

*5th read: July - August 2019- Audiobook*
5 stars

*4th read: June 2018 - Audiobook*
5 stars
Stephen Fry is incredible.

*3rd read: 2017*
5 stars
DON'T LET THE MUGGLES GET YOU DOWN!

عندما بدأت هذا الجزء كنت متخوفا من أن اجد أحداث مشابهة للجزئين السابقين..ولكني كنت مخطئا
كلب اسود غريب يظهر لهاري وحده يسبب له الفزع، إنه نذير الشؤم

يبدأ هاري عامه الدراسي بأغرب الاحداث..ويقابله وزير السحر ويقدم إستثناء خاص لهاري غير متوقع

مجرم وقاتل هارب من ازبكان..له ماض سئ مع عائله هاري بوتر..ينجح في التسلل للمدرسة ويسبب فزعا كبيرا

لم يستطع احد الامساك به برغم حراسة المدرسة بحراس أفظع من المجرمين نفسهم..يبثون الرعب في التلاميذ..بالاخص هاري

مدرس الدفاع ضد السحر الأسود هذه الم��ة هو الأفضل..إلا إنه يختفي ويظهر في ظروف غامضة،وسناب يأخذ مكانه إحتياطيا..وإيضا يتصرف بغرابة

هيرموني تشتري قط جديد..يتصرف بغرابة، ورون يكرهه خوفا علي فأره الذي يختفي...هيرموني نفسها تتصرف بغرابة

هدية مميزة لهاري مجهولة المصدر..عرافة المدرسة تتنبأ بموت هاري بوتر الوشيك بسبب نذير الشؤم

بيت مسكون..عواء الذئاب..هاجريد ينتظر حكم الاعدام لحيوانه المفضل بسبب مالفوي

اشخاص ميتون يظهرون في خريطة المدرسة كأنهم يتجولون في ردهاتها الأن..ولكن لا يمكن تتبعهم او رؤيتهم


مــجـرم هارب وحــراس رهيــبة
عــــرافة ونــبوءة ونـذير شـؤم
كـــــلــب، قـــــط وفـــــأر



شيئا رهيبا بحق علي وشك الحدوث


عندما قرأت الجزء الثاني –بعد ان كنت شاهدت الجزئين كفيلم سينمائي- شعرت ان "وماذا بعد؟" هل سندور في نفس الدائرة؟
ندخل المدرسة...روح فولدمورت..نقضي عليها..مدرس الدفاع ضد السحر الأسود نتخلص منه بشكل او باخر

توقعت ان يكون الامر مملا لاحقا..بالرغم من اعجابي الشديد بالعالم والشخصيات الا ان حبكه الجزء الثاني –خاصا قبل معرفه سر الهوركروكس في الجزء السادس- كنت اشعر بخيوط رفيعه متشابهه في تسلسل الاحداث ونهايتها
ليجئ الجزء الثالث اكبر,عمق اكثر للشخصيات..نظره اعمق لعالم السحر المخفي بين طيات عالمنا
والاهم..احداث وحبكه مختلفه واقوي في تصاعدها وغرابتها وغموضها وحتي "الرعب" فيها عن الجزئين السابقين مجتمعين
وفعلا اشعر ان الفصول الاخيره كانت بها كميه احداث تقلب مسار الروايه بالاخص
"كلب وقط وفأر"
وتتأكد فعلا ان جي كي رولينج بجعبتها الكثير لتقدمه

بصعوبه شديده تحاملت علي نفسي لتقسيم قراءه الروايه علي 3 اجزاء وكنت احترق شوقا لمعرفه ما سيحدث بعد ذلك, وكيف ستكون الاجزاء القادمه

الروايه اعمق بكثير جدا جدا من الفيلم وهذا احبطني..التغيير في "نغمه"الفيلم من الجزء الثالث بالمقارنه بين اول جزئين له مزايا وعيوب الا ان عيبه الرئيسي بالنسبه لي هو اختصار اجزاء من الروايه ,ربما لانها كانت اول مره اكون قد قرأت الروايه قبل الفيلم ولكني فعلا ارشح مشاهده الجزء الاول "وربما الثاني" قبل البدء في القراءه ثم قراءه السلسله كامله قبل مشاهده باقي الافلام


محمد العربي

Reread in December 2018 for the #HarryXmasToYou readalong

There really isn't much I can say about this book other than this: Sirius Black.

FINALLY.

Having read this book previously I know about (and LOVE) Sirius, and I had been waiting rather impatiently for his appearance in this book. He's, like, my favorite character as of now (and at the time I read Prisoner of Azkaban before).

But seriously, there's absolutely nothing negative I can say about this book. (Well, okay, except for that happy moment between Sirius and Harry toward the end right before all hell broke loose. Yeah, I could have done away with the all hell breaking loose part, but I guess famous Harry Potter doesn't get that perfect outcome just yet...or ever.)

Another spectacular one from JK Rowling, and I can't wait to move on to Goblet of Fire!

Ein Jahr ohne mindestens ein Harry Potter Buch gelesen zu haben ist ein schlechtes Jahr!
Der dritte Band ist und bleibt einfach einer meiner liebsten! Viel Quittich, Sirius Snape und Hermine, die Draco ohrfeigt, geht es noch besser?!

2022: Chyba naprawdę musiałam dojrzeć, aby pokochać tę część.
2021: Nie rozumiem jak mogłam nie lubić tego tomu. Jest przepełniony nadzieją.

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

Third buddy read with my OTP

My god, this was gooooooooooood!. Up until now I’ve definitely enjoyed the books, but this had a darker side to the story which I really really enjoyed. I loved the fact that we got SO much more in this book. We find out more about James Potter along with; Lupin, Serius and Peter while at the school and the Marauder’s Map GIRL I LOVE IT.

We get to see lots of magical aspects in this book, and learning about the Patronous, then well see Harry, Ron and Hermione grow as characters. We see mini breakdowns with Hermione, but I think it made her so likeable and human. The boggart and exams. I have serious serious love for Lupin. His whole back story literally had me sold. He is by far the best Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher! I need more Lupin and Serius PLEASE.

What I liked?
- The books fighting with each other in the cages, I mean how much more mythical do you need?
- I’m sorry… but this book made me realise how much of a crazy cat lady I am… Crookshanks is by far my favourite animal! How smart?! And the bouncing around together, stealing certain things, screaming
- I think things were so well put together and placed… it had me living!
- Draco dressing up as a Dementor for the Quidditch, I can’t, it’s making me laugh just thinking about it again
- In fact, Quidditch in general. It was so well done and built up, it had me on edge thinking what’s going to happen?! It was built up so well and the descriptions used made me feel like I was there watching it play out (not only that, but top commentary)
-I’ve been moaning that the end section seems to happen so quickly… but this? FINALLY I got what I wanted!
- Hagrid has my heart!

What I didn’t like?
- You know… I’m not really a fan of Snape, I just don’t understand why he acts like he does to Harry for something that James did?

Overall… well, hmmm… bring on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Philosopher's Stone 4.5 Stars
Chamber of Secrets - 4 Stars
Prisoner of Azkaban - 5 Stars
Goblet of Fire - 4.5 Stars
Order of the Phoenix - 4.5 Stars