This book had a different feeling to it. I read it while being on a ferry from Hirtshals in Denmark to Kristiansand in Norway. It was a 4 hour trip and the combination of this book and the beautfull views made the experience perfect.

Again we follow Harry Potter. It’s the summer holidays right before the start of his thirth year at Hogwarts. This summer doesn’t go completely to plan, his unkles sister comes to visit his uncle, aunt and nephew. Harry still isn’t allowed to use magic outsite of school, but this visit makes him slip up. That’s where all the trouble starts and it will follow him around during his year at school.

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

When I was younger I found this book to be the least intriguing of them all. Reading it again after a few years it made me feel a lot more sympathy for the characters. Maby I was a bit to young to understand it back than or I just wasn’t interested in such things.

“Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er, got a bit shirty with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first.”

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

I would definitely recommend reading this one again, if you didn’t like this one wenn you were younger. It really changed the serie for the better. What will never change is that I am still mad at Draco for being such a baby. Just man up already.

One thing that this book made me want more than anything is a book about the time wenn Harry’s dad and his friends were in school. What an amazing story that would be and meaby the Maraunder’s map. I would love to have one of those.

Younger me would have given this book a 3-star review, but now I will give it four.