In this book Harry becomes an angst-ridden and often angry teenager whilst Hermione and Ron offer some stability, and Snape shows his usual over the top nastiness.Īlthough the plotting of the Prisoner of Azkhaban (Vol. It was really quite repetitive in places, and there are some many scenes that I felt I'd read before in other episodes.
There are numerous scenes that could have been removed and offer little to advance the story. The story in this episode is rather slow developing, and frankly the editor must have been asleep on the job. I am determined to finish the series, having come this far, and managed to plow through all 800 pages here. Number 4, The Goblet of Fire, is over 600 pages, and was too much of a challenge for my 9 year old boy who lost interest halfway through. The first three books are relatively fast moving and suit a young audience, and obviously much shorter. Well, I think any reviewer daring to criticise a Harry Potter story is on a hiding to nothing, but honestly this one was a bit of a struggle.
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