Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Author: J.K. Rowling 

341 pages
Genre: Children Fantasy
Book Description (Good Reads): 
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
And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny.
But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble begins, and someone -- or something -- starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects . . . Harry Potter himself?

Things to consider:

  1. Plot: 8.5
    1. The storyline is slow-paced and as fantastical as any HP book. There are like many instances where you know a lot of the issues are too unrealistic like, how come people really don't see a fake when they are presented all the facts about it? Why do people not have a small talk and solve the issues instead of going in circles? 
    2. The fact that a whole lot of problems get stuck on a kid also strikes me as awful. Now reading about the treatment Harry receives makes it uncomfortable.    
  2. Characters: 9.0
    1. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are very close friends. 
    2. The Weasley family is still a very good portrait of the type of family everyone dreams of. Not everyone similar in behavior and manners; sometimes they fight each other but they go to great lengths to help each other.
    3. The headmaster is made out to be very remarkable and powerful yet I have not seen his greatness so far.  Maybe he is not as strong or maybe he is too sure of "fate". That aspect annoys me now, something that didn't happen before. But oh well in stories marketed towards young audiences tend to make the adults take backstage and place the whole thing on kids so, I guess that's understandable to happen here. 
  3. Logic: 8.0
    1. Most things make sense, except the way Hermione always figure everything out in an instant and yet no one else can. 
    2. Why the thing that bothers me the most has always been the fact: People allow Harry to be sent back to the Dursleys place each summer when they have seen that young promising wizards live among unfriendly paces with muggles they tend to turn bad. I mean it would make more sense to have him somewhere else, right?
    3. Why did Lockheart was kept as a teacher? He wasn't even good at the subject he taught nor at teaching.
  4. Writing style: 9.0
    1. Love the way the story goes. It catches you and you continue reading; right now I think is more because I almost know the story by heart and the fact that it is meant for children so the language and story goes by smoothly and very easily.
  5. Intrigue: 7.0
    1. Can't say that I mostly know the what's coming ... I already know what's coming by heart but I still enjoy the story. So no matter if the mystery happening is not as hard to follow and it comes to be explained nicely at the end as we expect it. 
    2. This is the least second favorite book of the series, can't say for sure. 
  6. Enjoyment: 9.0
  7. Intention: 10.0
    1. Again we get a nice little lesson about family. You can count on them for anything, even if they have different likes and dislikes, they love you.
    2. Friends fight for you, even if children can be quick to judge and harsh in their opinions but they get over it. 

Total score: 60.5
Average: 8.6
Star rating: 4.0


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