One of the few advantages of leaving work early today due to having a cold is that this gave me extra reading time, since I had little brain for anything else. And since I was reading Prisoner of Azkaban, it was a pretty enjoyable read, over all.
Now we're up to Harry's third year at Hogwarts, and as we're moving along, so far I'm liking each book better than the last, plot-wise. I really like Lupin as a character; I liked him in the movie and I like him in the book, too. It's a crying shame that Hogwarts couldn't keep a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who actually knew what he was doing. The Dementors, suitably creepy. Hogsmeade, suitably nifty, especially the candy shop. And I love the Marauder's Map and the expansion of what the reader knows about Harry's parents' background--as well as some more backstory on Snape. Also full of much love for the sub-plot with how Hermione tries to cram in more classes than humanly possible. That's my girl. ^_^
My only beef with the writing is more of those ellipses and all-caps screaming coming back. For whatever reason I didn't notice it at all in the second book, but it leapt out again at me in this one. This made for the one thing that kept me from enjoying this book on the same level as Book Two. Three and a half stars.
Now we're up to Harry's third year at Hogwarts, and as we're moving along, so far I'm liking each book better than the last, plot-wise. I really like Lupin as a character; I liked him in the movie and I like him in the book, too. It's a crying shame that Hogwarts couldn't keep a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who actually knew what he was doing. The Dementors, suitably creepy. Hogsmeade, suitably nifty, especially the candy shop. And I love the Marauder's Map and the expansion of what the reader knows about Harry's parents' background--as well as some more backstory on Snape. Also full of much love for the sub-plot with how Hermione tries to cram in more classes than humanly possible. That's my girl. ^_^
My only beef with the writing is more of those ellipses and all-caps screaming coming back. For whatever reason I didn't notice it at all in the second book, but it leapt out again at me in this one. This made for the one thing that kept me from enjoying this book on the same level as Book Two. Three and a half stars.
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