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A review by the_gandy_man
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
3.5
This one has more hangin' around school stuff which I like. I like how the quidditch cup is a bigger part of the story, but quidditch remains a terrible sport. They actually made the last match exciting by requiring that they win by 50 points, so the quaffle part of the game actually matters.
The whole time travel thing is stupid. Time travel could fix basically all of everybody's problems, but instead it's just going to let Hermione take more classes, and then save Sirius and Buckbeak. It's ridiculous. Also, a lot of the foreshadowing doesn't really work when you go back and look at it. Hermione appearing or disappearing doesn't make sense. Surely she would go hide somewhere before using it, and not appear directly in class since it's imperative nobody finds out. However, as a plot device at the end of this book, and a twist reveal of what the fuck has been going on with Hermione, I think it's great.
I think the Ron/Hermione feuding is a bit overdone. Neither of them are very good friends for different reasons, but I think that's reasonable for 13 year olds or whatever they are. I think it strengthens their friendship in the end, and I guess it sorta acts as a precursor to their romantic shit in later books. But it's just too much.
The part toward the end where Sirius and Lupin explain everything is excruciating. It takes fucking forever. There's so much back and forth "Harry let me explain" "You're helping him!" "Harry it's not what it looks like" "You're evil and I hate you" like just get to the fucking point. It's so unrealistic. Any real person in that situation would try to communicate the most important points as fast as possible. And it really grinds an otherwise exciting third act to a halt.
Basically everything else about this book I like. I like that we sorta take a break from Voldemort. Good book.
The whole time travel thing is stupid. Time travel could fix basically all of everybody's problems, but instead it's just going to let Hermione take more classes, and then save Sirius and Buckbeak. It's ridiculous. Also, a lot of the foreshadowing doesn't really work when you go back and look at it. Hermione appearing or disappearing doesn't make sense. Surely she would go hide somewhere before using it, and not appear directly in class since it's imperative nobody finds out. However, as a plot device at the end of this book, and a twist reveal of what the fuck has been going on with Hermione, I think it's great.
I think the Ron/Hermione feuding is a bit overdone. Neither of them are very good friends for different reasons, but I think that's reasonable for 13 year olds or whatever they are. I think it strengthens their friendship in the end, and I guess it sorta acts as a precursor to their romantic shit in later books. But it's just too much.
The part toward the end where Sirius and Lupin explain everything is excruciating. It takes fucking forever. There's so much back and forth "Harry let me explain" "You're helping him!" "Harry it's not what it looks like" "You're evil and I hate you" like just get to the fucking point. It's so unrealistic. Any real person in that situation would try to communicate the most important points as fast as possible. And it really grinds an otherwise exciting third act to a halt.
Basically everything else about this book I like. I like that we sorta take a break from Voldemort.