Reviews

Nouvelles de Poudlard : Pouvoir, Politique et Esprits frappeurs Enquiquinants by J.K. Rowling

amandasannes's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

audioandereadergrrly's review against another edition

4.0

While I loved the background information of the characters and their history, the beginning of Umbridge's past I could not overlook: "As far as we're concerned, she more than deserved her fate at the hands (hooves?) of the centaurs." Thus, this book states that a woman (as horrible as she was) deserved to be raped; this was written to be a humorous claim, which seems to make worse the implication.

shemah's review against another edition

3.0

#2022

stew32s's review against another edition

5.0

The short books in this series have made for some wonderful lunchtime reading. Anything that takes me more fully into JK Rowling's mind and allows me to glimpse her thought process in creating Harry Potter and the wizarding world is always enjoyable.

alyshadeshae's review against another edition

5.0

All that information about Umbridge (and the inspirations for her) were absolutely fascinating! Almost as interesting as the backstory on Minerva McGonagall!

bobbiecabrera's review against another edition

5.0

A collective review of the three Pottermore ebooks will be posted on A Poised Quill as soon as I finish all three! :)

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catiecal67's review against another edition

4.0

oh I loved being told of the similarities of Umbridge and Bellatrix

missbookiverse's review against another edition

2.0

It was an enjoyable read but it is not worth 3 bucks. I'm so angry they're making these so freaking expensive. The ebooks are each less than 100 pages long and it's basically just random snippets, some of the information wasn't even new (and I don't mean you could already read it on Pottermore). I just don't think this franchise needs any more money. I would've gladly paid 99 cents for each but this price is overkill and I'm still struggling with myself over whether or not to get the other 2.

On the actual content: I liked the chapter about Prof. Slughorn the most because it added some new tidbits about what he has been up to since his fateful conversation with Tom Riddle. The Umbridge chapter was pretty boring. Nothing we didn't already know. I could've done without the list of Ministers of Magic, it was quite dull. And why wasn't Hermione added at the end of the list? :P

A fun read but not worth the money.

hannelorexo's review

informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

maddymay's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

Preferred the first one. Reignited my hatred of Umbridge but I loved learning about the history of the ministers and of slughorn and peeves.