Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)

, #2

Hardcover, 251 pages

English language

Published May 26, 2000 by Raincoast Books.

ISBN:
978-1-55192-244-7
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OCLC Number:
40753837

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Harry, Ron and Hermione have returned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Qizardry for their second year. (But Harry and Ron only just made it - they missed the Hogwarts Express and had to get ther in a flying car...!) Soon the threesome are immersed in the daily round of Potions, herbology, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Quidditch.

But then horrible things start happening. Harry hears evil voices. Sinister messages appear on the wall. But nothing can prepare the three friends for what happens next... (front flap)

38 editions

A marvellous plot that leaves nothing to be desired

After the first book had turned out to be so great, I could hardly wait for this one.

At first, Rowling makes the mistake of copying the structure of the first book so that it starts at the insufferable Dursleys again, then there is a journey to Hogwarts which ends in a welcome dinner, and so on. However, once the proceedings at the school are underway, she presents us with a marvellous plot that leaves nothing to be desired: everything that is mentioned is woven in at some point and plays its part towards the very satisfactory end.

Review of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' on 'Goodreads'

3.5 Stars. Rounding down because she doesn’t deserve rounding up.

As said previously and what will be said in future comments, I’m coming from a place of not having a pre-established relationship with this series. My bias against the author is always going to bleed into her work and muddy my perception. I am a bitter man with only a droplet of joy left in his heart and I’d be mad to spend it on some rich git who’d call me a slur slathered in a gaudy varnish of transphobic dog whistles. That being said:

After a very shaky start from Philosopher’s Stone, Year 2 of Hogwarts showcases significant improvement, but you wouldn’t know that from the first chunk. It takes Harry a wholloping seventy-odd pages to get himself out of his absurd-yet-upsetting-to-sift-through home situation. Rowling continues to treat fat people as subhuman, and her descriptions of the Dursleys have …

Review of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' on 'Goodreads'

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Jeg leste denne for første gang da jeg var 20. Min tanke da var at den var hakket bedre enn første, men jeg var ikke videre fornøyd. Og mens gjenlesinga av bok 1 var en positiv overraskelse, ble jeg mindre fenga av denne. Jeg lurer på om det er fordi det tilsynelatende er et mysterium de skal oppklare, men de egentlig gjør svært lite for å nøste opp i det hele. Det virker som om skoleåret ruller og går mens de stanger hodet i veggen uten å komme noe vei. Det er ikke like spennende når løsningene stadig vekk blir servert av andre og/eller tilfeldigheter. (Hadde Hermine ikke vært satt ut av spill store deler av boka, hadde de kanskje nøsta opp i det raskere.) ...Eller er det andre grunner som jeg ikke helt klarer å sette ord på. Lesinga var likevel fornøyelig da jeg hadde episoder av Potter-generasjonen på …

Review of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' on 'Goodreads'

Es muss eine Ewigkeit her sein, seit ich das letzte mal den zweiten Harry Potter Band gelesen habe, da ich mich an so gut wie keine Details mehr erinnern konnte. Aber das hatte natürlich den Vorteil, dass ich wieder voll und ganz in die Geschichte eintauchen konnte.

Das zweite Buch ist schon viel düsterer als sein Vorgänger und ich muss zugeben, dass ich diese Teile immer am besten in der Reihe fand, was zugegeben ja auf so gut wie jedes HP Buch zutrifft ^^

Eine kleine Sache, die mir nicht so gut gefallen hat, die aber für ein Kinderbuch (was "Die Kammer des Schreckens" immer noch ist) aber vollkommen in Ordnung ist, war, dass alles sehr schnell passiert. Aber wie schon erwähnt, auf kurzen Kinderbuchseiten kann man sich nicht mit ausführlichen Charakteranalysen beschäftigen. Davon gibt es ja genug in den übrigen Bänden :)

Review of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' on 'Goodreads'

Journey through year two of Hogwarts with Ron, Hermione, and Harry. Reading this book again, I'm remembering how much I dislike Gilderoy Lockhart--why, oh why, is he such a flat, two-dimensional character? For a series with such interesting characters with so many layers, Gilderoy is a true disappointment. Book two follows much of the same pattern as book one. Harry is living with the Dursleys, they are mean to him, he leaves for Hogwarts, he gets into difficulties, and then the big mystery / drama is solved by our fearless trio. Enjoy!

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Subjects

  • Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
  • Magic -- Juvenile fiction
  • Wizards -- Juvenile fiction
  • Children's stories

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