Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The illustrations are simply perfect and beautiful. It definitely gives you another reading experience. Highly recommended!

Read aloud to the 6 year old. A little scary for him at times, and frankly I'm amazed that he can follow the story whilst I read and he (sometimes) plays with Lego!

I loved this second Harry Potter book just as much as the first. When I was younger this was one of my favourite Harry Potter films and re reading it brought back all the nostalgia. I feel that because this second book is very similar in tone as the first and it is the last book where Harry and his friends remain somewhat innocent and the nostalgia and warmth of the Hogwarts school is retained, I think it's only fair that this second book gets the same rating as the first. A fully delightful re read of book number two!

Author:J. K. Rowling (Bio) Publication:July 2 1998 byA. Levine Books Series: Harry Potter Series #2 Length: 341 pages Genre: Young Adult/Teen, Fiction, Magic, ISBN:9780439064866 Source: Barnes and Noble Book: Amazon (here)The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.The scene opens to Harry getting yelled at as usual by his Uncle Vernon. This time over the awful racket Hedwig is making due to being locked up since Harry returned from Hogwarts. After excusing himself from breakfast he goes outside to dwell on the fact that he has not heard from any of his Hogwarts friends since the end of last term. As the Durley's prepare to host a new client for Uncle Vernon's company Harry finds himself being remanded to his room and told to act as if he doesn't exist. During the visit a house elf shows up and gives Harry a cryptic warning not to return to Hogwarts. After ruining the deal for Harry's uncle and with the arrival of an official warning from the Ministry of Magic, Harry is placed on a prison like sentence until he is rescued by the Wesley's. Harry spends the rest of his summer holiday with them completely carefree until they leave for Diagon Alley. Harry gets lost and overhears Mr. Malfoy selling some items that he does not want discovered in a Ministry raid. After a harrowing ride where the Wesley's flying car is destroyed and Harry barely escapes getting expelled he starts to hear voices around the school as students are attacked. Harry and Ron have to solve the mystery of the attacks on their own after Hermione is also attacked. Harry comes faces to face with Voldemort's memory preserved in a diary that was draining the life out of Ginny Wesley. Harry defeats the Basilisk and destroy the diary of Voldemort ending the attacks and keeping Hogwarts open.Even though this is a re-read of the series I find myself with a childlike emotion listening to the book from start to finish. While I know that Harry is going to win out, I still find my heart racing at certain parts of the story. This book really increased my appreciation for the emotion that Hagrid adds to the overall tale. His reaction to being sent to Azkaban was one the most heart wrenching sections of the book. Even more so finding out the lengths that Voldemort will go through to get what he wants just increased my dislike for a character who is intentionally written not to be liked. Hagrid on the other hand has a very lovable nature and reminds me of a close friend of mine who is quite famous being bringing stray animals in off the street. He expresses a pure love for those around him and for the creatures he takes care of. This is evident in the way that he still takes care of Aragog even after all the trouble owning the creature caused him. It was my favorite thing about this book. The story itself outside of that I felt was dull in many areas and drawn out when it didn't need to be. I also was not fully committed to the plot.  This was my first time listening to this on audiobook and Stephen Fry made this a reading exciting read. While the Chamber of Secrets is my least favorite Harry Potter book it still provides the amazing story that I have come to expect from the series.If you could not get enough of the wizarding world then book two in the series is for you. Harry and the gang returns with even more to investigate and discover than the first book. And Harry once again is fighting to save his life. Although this is not one of my favorite books in the series it's still wonderful to read this book again. There is a link to the author's bio account at the top of the page. Thank you J.K for the second book in the series. On to the third. I rated this book a 4/5.

I'm really surprised how much of this book I'd forgotten. This was such a good story and I loved every minute of it. I remember reading this book to my oldest son who was 4 at the time. He was reading a little by then and so we took turns reading paragraphs. I remember how big his eyes got at the end of the story. I'm really glad I decided to read it again. I don't think this story could ever get old. I love the parts about Moaning Myrtle in the toilet and the Death Day Party. I think everyone should read this book. It definitely isn't just for kids. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

I feel like I've sinned for saying this but- it was okay. I didn't like it as much as the first and it certainly took me longer to get through.

To be fairly honest, I was pretty bored throughout the entire first half of the book. I don't really know why it wasn't really vibing with me, but nothing interesting was happening and I didn't really care about what was going on.

I liked the characters in this book, but they didn't stand out to me as much in this one. Maybe it's because I'd already been introduced to them all, but they didn't seem interesting. I was honestly much more interested in Tom Riddle and Draco Malfoy, which is kind of terrible to say, but it's the honest truth.

I will say, I definitely remembered less of this movie than the first one, so it did make the book a little more interesting because I didn't necessarily know what was coming up next. Not only that, but a lot of my predictions weren't true, so kudos to J.K. Rowling for that.

Ultimately, I was a little disappointed in this one (I'm so sorry, please don't hurt me), but I'm definitely continuing on!

I also fear that I just may not be as interested in it because it's a middle-grade book so the characters are younger? I don't know. We'll see what happens.

Reread 2020: loving it as much as I used to <3. Every single time when I read this book and I get to the part with Tom Riddle I can see the actor Christian Coulson and I just can't hate Tom then. >.>
While later on I absolutely dislike Tom Riddle, but he really does make an interesting character.


Reread 2017: 5 stars ofcourse. time for PoA

This will be always a part of my childhood
Is a great book series but with an author that has hurt a lot of minorities, some which I'm part of. And especially to trans people.

Here is a video to understand better the hurt that she made against trans people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Avcp-e4bOs&t=1s

I haven't read this book in probably 15 years, and just finished reading it out loud to my kids. My God, I forgot how fun the first several books are. We laughed so much and I loved hearing their theories and accusations about who Slytherin's Heir was, or what was attacking students. So excited to continue sharing these stories and moments with my kids.

Não tem o que dizer.

My least favorite of the bunch but still a good one as always

2nd re-read: 4.5 stars

finished 8/29/16

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry and his friends are off on another adventure, and this time is it more whirlwind than ever! As they battle through the forces that have been assaulting the school, they are determined to find out what is going on and who is attacking the students at Hogwarts.
When Hermoine is attacked, Harry and Ron know that they have to figure out just what the riddles are and who is going to be next. Will they be in time to save the next student?
Cute little book, easy read!

It's exactly the same book as the first one.

Issues with world development got even worse. For example at the end of the first book Quirell got rid of Dumbledore who left for ministry of magic and it took him hours to get back. Now, suddenly, wizards can teleport instantly! And they even have two ways to do it!
And that's not all. Since when do wizards use megaphones? They don't even know how to use telephone but they can use megaphones? (McGonagall at quiditch) In the later books they use simple spell!

God dammit, Rowling didn't think through anything. She just writes whatever comes to her mind. So what if it doesn't make sense? Who the fuck cares. The first one was a hit, quickly gotta write sequels!

I admit the style of writing is good and the book was easy to read but that doesn't redeem the plot or mistakes she's done.

Avendo visto prima il film, diciamo pure che ero preparata quasi su tutti gli avvenimenti. In ogni caso, davvero bello anche se, a parer mio, lo scontro con "Riddle" si snocciola in troppe poche righe! A parte questo, rimango ancora piacevolmente sorpresa di quanto il film abbia rispettato trama e battute del libro originale. Alla prossima puntata!

Ahh, this was fantastic as well! Wonderful, funny, shocking (yes, I could even be shocked) and just plain lovely. I don't know what more to say, really. Even better than the first. 
Just fucking read Harry Potter.

The fight between good and evil is back again at Hogwart's. More action and suspense makes it a amazing book. This book was better than the first one. Wherever Harry Potter is at, trouble follow him but with the help Ron and Hermione and nothing can stop them. Having seen the movie first, I can say that yes the book is better but they did a pretty good job giving it life on the big screen.

Veel beter dan het eerste boek. Van mij mogen er wel wat meer gevolgen zijn na het breken van alle regels ipv zoveel punten krijgen...

Still as awesome as the first 2 times! Harry Potter Reread in November 2015

De uma leveza extraordinária, “A câmara dos segredos” não deixa de lado os encatamentos do primeiro livro desta saga. Divertido, inteligente e bastante cativante, as aventuras de Harry Potter convidam-nos a aterrar com ele e com os seus amigos nas mais diversas, deixando-nos abismados e ansiosos por mais.
Adorei bastante esta nova viagem que realizei, embora tenha levado mais tempo do que estava à espera. Mas todos os minutos valeram a pena, mesmo que poucos.
Mal posso esperar para mergulhar pelo terceiro bilhete para Hogwarts.

Que voy a decir, que cuando Harry le dice ESO a Dobby, y tu sabes lo que va a pasar...Como que hace pupa. Pero mola mucho. Mucho mucho. Por si no ha quedado claro: lo mola todo.

200 puntos para Griffindor!!

OK.

I liked this one a little more than the Sorcerer's Stone... mostly because of Dobby. I love Dobby. And Ginny... I love her too. Also, I haven't watched the second movie more than 2 or 3 times, so I didn't quite remember the story for this book and wasn't comparing it to the movie in my head. Yay!! On to the next one..

The Harry Potter bedside story project continues to the second part of the series. This one has some scary moments, as a scary monster - or is it Harry himself - causes trouble in Hogwarts. Even Dumbledore and Hagrid have to leave Hogwarts! Once again, the defence against the dark arts teacher means trouble. Everything turns out fine in the end, of course.