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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the least of the first three Harry Potter books, but indispensable all the same. The first two books did a nice job giving us a sense of Hogwarts and Harry’s own world, as well as hinting at the complexities of Harry’s backstory. What about his relationship with Snape? What really happened that night when his parents died? Who were his parents? Why is Voldemort after Harry in particular? Azkaban offers a lot of answers here – we learn a lot about Harry, but Rowling does it at the expense of storytelling. What we end up with is a number of exciting scenes, and a lot of exposition – but the entire recipe does not quite precisely work.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the least of the first three Harry Potter books, but indispensable all the same. The first two books did a nice job giving us a sense of Hogwarts and Harry’s own world, as well as hinting at the complexities of Harry’s backstory. What about his relationship with Snape? What really happened that night when his parents died? Who were his parents? Why is Voldemort after Harry in particular? Azkaban offers a lot of answers here – we learn a lot about Harry, but Rowling does it at the expense of storytelling. What we end up with is a number of exciting scenes, and a lot of exposition – but the entire recipe does not quite precisely work.
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Started Reading
November 10, 2013
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Finished Reading
April 9, 2015
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