Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)

by J.K. Rowling

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Had to shift my reading TBR a bit to include this one since I’m participating in the One to Rule Them All Readathon, which is also my first ever attempt at one. I went to see Crime of Grindelwald in the weekend and immediately started reading this as soon as I came back home, and as always it doesn’t take way too long for me to finish one of these books from how much I absolutely adore them.

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I believe that out of the three rereads so far, this book is the one where I sensed a difference to my mood in a way. Not that it was difficult to get into, it’s quite easy for this magical world to suck me in, but instead of how much there were things that I wish were adapted into the films alongside what was already adapted. While the previous two books were more on the lighter side with Harry’s exploration of this new world alongside the readers, this one is easily the one where it’s more noticeable to see the darker turn the series is going to be taking.

Because I already know the plot and how this book will eventually end, I subconsciously focused more on the characters and their interactions with each other. For example, Malfoy’s continued pettiness, Snape’s excessive bullying and McGonagall’s absolutely wonderful sassiness to name a few. I also noticed some foreshadowing for upcoming books that I don’t believe I got at all when I was younger, which once again makes me interested to see the difference through my now adult eyes.

The thing I enjoyed the most here though is to see how the friendship between the trio gets tested through their different point of views. Maybe that’s the wrong way to put it as the ones who really got on each other’s nerves were Hermione and Ron while Harry just moved along the flow around them. I really enjoyed this bit, on one hand it gives me a more of an inside look into their insecurities if you will and on the other hand I feel like some of my earlier opinions about both of them.

The classes side was fun to watch as always and although the film doesn’t always give us the biggest focus on classes given the time restrictions, it’s always interesting to see it from the side of the book. I liked seeing the different takes on Care of Magical Creatures and Divination, I did wish for more creatures to be seen in the end, but overall I’m not really complaining all that much.

Enjoyed it a lot and hopefully I’ll have all the series reread by the first few months of 2019 :)

Final rating: 4.5/5