Wonderful!

Rating: 10/10 (14 August 2005)

Summary: The novel starts on the night before Harry's 13th birthday, when he received gifts by Owl Post from his friends at school. The next morning at breakfast, Harry saw on television that a man named Sirius Black is on the loose from prison. At this time, Aunt Marge came to stay with the Dursleys, and she insulted Harry's parents numerous times. Harry accidentally caused her to inflate. Harry left the Dursleys house and is picked up by the Knight Bus, but only after an alarming sighting of a large, black dog. Then he is dropped off at Diagon Alley. There, he saw Cornelius Fudge, Ron and Hermione. When the students boarded the Hogwarts Express train, they were stopped by an entity called a dementor. Harry faints and is revived by Professor Lupin, their new defense against the Dark Arts teacher. Soon afterward, the students arrived at Hogwarts. Harry and his friends had their usual day to day, to-do: classes. Their classes were all interesting, well except for Divination, being one of the most imprecise magic taught at Hogwarts; Hagrid, as the teacher in Care for Magical Creatures, and Professor Lupin's "Riddikulus" spell, used against boggarts, and were the only ones that were great, for some. Harry and his friends, Ron and Hermione, had experienced great problems and trials such as learning the Patronus charm (for Harry), Hermione being secretive (because of her secret), saving buck beak from execution using Hermione's time turner, saving Black from terrible misunderstanding. But, all these were surpassed since their friendship gave them, Harry and his friends, to forge on the path they believe in which lead them success.
Review:
A. Setting Wow, I love the direction! The setting, as described by the author was amazing, definitely! For me, the setting is highly unbelievable but I don't know why but it tends me to believe in fiction.
B. Characters The characters character in the novel are great because maybe in real life, that is what their attitude in day to day living. The actors acted much better in this one.
C. Plot The style fits the movie perfectly which makes the plot quite interesting, since it makes the reader/viewer curious of the next event, especially for good readers because they try to picture out the situation then makes some guess of what will happen next.
D. Theme The Duality of Life and the Importance of Loyalty
The theme is circulated throughout the story. It is shown by Lupin, who spends much of his time as a professor and then another part as a man-eating werewolf, but that's a minor thing. We understand that everything ids capable of having two sides, good and evil. We also see this when Hermione starts to break rules, Buck beak's execution is reversed through a simple intrusion through time, and when Black was found out to be innocent.