Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (2000)

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1 - I'm a big Harry Potter fan. (Read all the books at least 3 times.)

2 - I love audiobooks, especially when I'm driving or working in my veggie garden.

So ... why didn't I think of it before? This is my favorite of the HP series, so it sure makes the gardening hours go by quickly.

It all works for me!

The product is just as described. The product was sealed in original factory packing and came propertly packaged. No regrets buying from this seller.

Not only is the Harry Potter series fun to read and listen to, but it is unique in its genre; I haven't read any other fantasy books that present wizards and magic the way J. K. Rowling has, especially in such an entertaining way. The books on tape, especially, provide for significantly more entertainment when completing boring chores than you would get from the radio.

ordered this as an additiion to my set of all seven in the series. The order arrived in a timely maner and in good conditiion. Seller was very easy to deal with. Will buy from this seller again.

I am looking to complete my collection of Harry Potter books on CD. My experience was excellent and everything arrived as promised. It was a pleasure to do business with this seller. I'll definitely mark him on my collection of "favorite sellers".

Loved it. I couldn't stop listening to it, while I was home doing other things morning and night, while I was in my car.

Item rc'd as described. Rec'd quickly. Thank you.
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IT WAS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT. I KNOW SHE LIKED GETTING IT BUT SO FAR HASN'T STARTED LISTENING TO IT. I WANTED TO STARTED HER COMPLETE SERIES OF THESE AUDIO BOOKS ON HARRY POTTER. WITH LUCK I'LL BE ABLE TO GET THEM ALL.

The book is great. I feel reading the books helps to understand the movies better! LOVED IT! LOVED IT! LOVED IT!

I love the entire Harry Potter series. I have all of the books and we previously had all of the books except the last one on tape. Recently my husband has been listening to audiobooks on his ipod at work and we decided to upgrade to cds for all of our Harry Potter books because he can load them onto his ipod through the computer.

I would have to say that this book was a pivotal book not only in Harry Potter's life, but in JK Rowling's writing career as well.

For Harry, his past begins to reveal itself and danger comes ever closer to his reluctant sanctuary (ie-the Dursley's residence). For Rowling, her stories are no longer stand alone mysteries that share a common location, but are part of a larger story.

These changes are perfectly timed, as the 8th grade is a pivotal time. It is at this age that children are in between true childhood but not quite yet a young adult. We see changes in Harry, Hermione and Ron that indicate the change.

For one, Draco becomes less of an enemy and more like a pest-problems that they used to have no longer seem to matter, or at least not as much. The spells that Harry and his friends learn are likewise indicative of their maturity. Harry is learns to cast a protective patronus years ahead of his peers, which shows that he has matured beyond his peers. Harry takes his last, irrevocable step into adulthood when he choses to spare the life of his parent's betrayer so he can stand trial.

On the surface, Rowling does not "sanitize" the book as much as she did with the other two, a trend that continues with the rest of the series. Some people say that Prisoner was the last "children's" book and that Goblet of Fire begins her "young adult" books. While I agree with that assessment, I also think that JK was having her books grow up as her children did. We not only see character development in our heros, but in the writing style as well.

But her level of writing maturity does not end there. Each of the first two books had a beginning, middle and end. Each book was self contained. You could read Chamber of Secrets before Sorcerer's Stone and not miss much. Not so anymore. If you read any of the other books out of order, you could follow the plot but all the richness of her literary devices will not make sense to you.

I think what truely sets JK Rowling as a master story teller is that this book does not suffer from the "middle book funk". Too many book writers and movie produces use this excuse to cover their own laziness (sadly, too many people accept this excuse and keep wasting hard earned money on trash).

JK is able to produce a good book by following the same success formula that Marvel and DC comics did-have complete endings for the sub-plots so the readers feel satisfied. Rowling gives us plenty of satisfaction: the innocent escape death, the betrayer's cover is blown, Harry earns the respect of the people needs to rely on in later books and preparations are being made, at least by some, for the storm that they now know will come.

The greatest weakness I found was her assigning value and meaning to items from the first two books. When they were first written, these items were only described so much as to provide ambience. By retro-actively assigning significance to them, she created a feeling of artificialality that comes with forcing a plot device. This was corrected in later books and a much smoother flow will take place.

In short, Prisoner of Azkaban is a wonderfully writen transition book that takes Harry from being a child into adulthood and takes JK Rowling from being a great entertainer into a master storyteller.

John Holland-author of Necklace of Terrersylvanous

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I purchased this Audio book set about a month ago, having already read the books, and wanting to share the book with my daughter. I love that in each volume it is the same reader, so that you get used to the different voices he uses for each character, as well as his reading style. It's a great way to sit down as a family and share reading. Just pop in the cd's, and the kids can read along with the CD's, helping to not only enrich their lives through reading, but aiding them with pronunciations, learning new words, and guiding them into a world of imagination.
I find that the new versions you find in stores are a bit pricey. Also, I was hoping for a bit more from the CD's when first listening to them, possibly some sound effects to make it more real, and I do find that some of the reading seems akward, as in not fitting what is happening at the time of the story (i.e. someone is extremely excited, but their words are spoken as if they have not a care in the world).
Overall, I would recommend this to anyone with a love for reading, and would also recommend this to anyone just getting into reading themselves, or reading along with the family, as a great tool to jumpstart the imagination and enter a world of excitement and innumerable possibilities.