" إن اختياراتنا يا هاري هي التي تظهر ما نحن عليه فعلًا ،أكثر بكثير من قدراتنا. "
im in love

I'll be in my bedroom, making no noise and pretending I'm not there.

Ironically, that is what I did as I read this book cover-to-cover.

As much as I love the start of it all, the second book really holds. Not only as a sequel but also through time. From third grade until now, I've always looked forward to the second book (especially considering it's still part of the "Happy Arc" as I like to call it (Books 1-4)).

Audiobook Comments
Read by Jim Dale - and he absolutely nailed it. Love the way this man reads.


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This is the worst book in the Harry Potter series. The fact that I’m still giving it four stars sort of says something about my opinion for the rest of the series. It’s a wonderful world. The magic is alive and the storytelling is extraordinary, but here are three reasons why this could never be five stars in my estimation like the rest:

1.tGilderoy Lockhart. The man is ridiculous to the point of revolting. I don’t need to say anything else.



2.tThe flying car bits were just stupid. More people would have seen it.



3.tNobody in the school gets Ron a new wand and they let him run around the school casting dangerous spells.



The first one is a genuine reason and the last two mere petty grievances. There was also something a little off about this book. The writing wasn’t quite at the same level. From here though, it only got better!

The adventures in this great, lovely book were bipolar. On one hand they are exciting beyond comparison, on the other hand they don't stem from logical roots.

The foreshadowing about a lot of stuff ongoing at Hogwarts is a huge plus. Both its predecessor and its successor are better than CoS, but I found it better than all the books after Goblet of Fire.

The name Hogwarts makes sense. But in French it translates officially as 'Louse of Lard'. Anyway, this is a very innocent version of the Potterverse, where Ginny is likable and the Burrow so organic.

I'll never forget why Mr Weasley decided to fight Lucius Malfoy. It's because of his love of muggles. Trust Rowling to include that poignant snippet in the middle of all those action and red herrings.

4th read (April - June 2019):
5 stars
Physical re-read

3rd read (May - June 2018):
5 stars
Listened to the audiobook (Stephen Fry) and again it was amazing. amazing. amazing. Especially his narration of the howler from Molly Weasley. Priceless.

Con cada aparición de Hagrid más ternura me da. Amo todo lo que aprendemos sobre este mundo mágico y sus personajes. Cada página que avanzó más me siento parte de la escuela. Al terminar no pude evitar decir “Que mágico es esto x3” ✨
Ámonos con el tercero.

The Chamber of Secrets was always one of my favourites in the series growing up, so this was really fun to reread! I especially love the new locations we see, like the Burrow, Dumbledore's office, and of course, the Chamber of Secrets. I was a huge Ginny fan growing up, and still am, book Ginny especially! Dobby's debut made me excited for all the details about the house elves later in the series.

Overall, I am loving my reread of this series! All of them will be getting 5 stars

5 ☆ |

هل كنت لتصدق منذ عقدين أن الجرائد قد تقرأها علي جهاز لوحي خفيف بلا أسلاك، تنقل لك الخبر بالصوت وفيديو وقت حدوثه اينما كنت وتقلب صفحاتها علي الجهاز كأنها جريدة بجد

Knight Ridder علي فكرة الموضوع بدأ 1994 ,قبل أبل بسنوات لشركة أسمها
لماذا أذن أعتبر البعض أن ما يحدث في رواية هاري بوتر 1997 من جرائد ذات صور متحركة سحر محرم؟

بل وحرقوا كتب الرواية في ساحات حرق الكتب لانها حرام؟
طب انت عارف أن من وقت للتاني يظهر أشخاص نادرة بأي مكان بالعالم وعلي مر الزمن ولدوا بقدرات غريبة،ممكن تكون موهبة عقلية فذة ، أو موهبة غريبة كتحريك الاشياء عن بعد، قراءة الافكار وغيرها

ودائما هناك تلك التفسيرات سواء العلمية -كهربا ف المخ
او التفسيرات الطبية -اورام لا قدر الله
او التفسيرات الدينية -دول بتوع ربنا
او التفسيرات اﻷخري الشائعة -ده شغل نصابين ولامؤخذة

ماذا لو هناك مكان يقوم بتعليمهم التحكم بهذه القدرات وتحويلها لخدمة العلم؟
مكان لا يفرق بين الأديان

حسنا ,لنتعرف عن المزيد عن الموضوع أدعوكم معي في رحلة جديدة ومقال جديد من سلسلة أخترنا لك وهاري بوتر
مقال عن العلم و السحر والحب


ومنتظر أرائكم أن شاء الله

محمد العربي

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, just like the  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was super fun and entertaining. I love this series so much so far, and I’m so happy I finally decided to read it.

I loved learning more about the history of Hogwarts and exploring Harry’s connection to Slytherin/Voldemort throughout this book. This installment was obviously a lot darker than the first, and I found the storyline so intriguing and captivating.

I love the Weasleys. I decided yesterday that I’m naming my dog after Percy. Also, Ron makes me laugh so much, and Neville is the most precious thing, I’m naming my other dog after him.

Fantastic storytelling and world-building, which is entirely unsurprising. I loved this book, and I’m quite literally in love with this series which is even more unsurprising.

Stephen Fry was made for these audiobooks.

The Harry Potter Saga continues when The Chamber of Secrets is opened at Hogwarts, landing some of Harry’s classmates in danger. Will Harry Potter be able to save the day?

The reading of the Harry Potter series has been quite interesting because I really liked the first movie but didn’t really care for the rest. It becomes too dark, but what does that mean exactly? So it has been an exciting process to document exactly how my feelings for the Harry Potter series evolved since the first book.

In the beginning of the book, Harry is whining and doing nothing to improve his situation. He is complaining about not hearing from his friends, complaining about the Dursleys, complaining about no magic, complaining about no quidditch. Instead of cross training for quidditch, he just complains. If I wanted to hear complaints, I wouldn’t need to pick up a book. Also, I feel that some of the extraordinariness was missing from the second book. One of the scenes that I loved in the first book was when Harry was receiving all his letters to attend Hogwarts, but this book didn’t have that. There was some animal cruelty in this book involving a firecracker, and I thought that Harry was incredibly impatient with Colin Creevey, the little boy who was asking questions. Harry, wasn’t that you just last year?

There were some portions of the book that I did enjoy, and I am grateful that the author didn’t force us into another Hogwarts Express ride and another sorting ceremony. My favorite character (although a bit overused) was Professor Gilderoy Lockheart. I was laughing so much when I saw this note, “To Miss Granger, wishing you a speedy recovery, from your concerned teacher, Professor Gilderoy Lockheart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defense League, and five-time winner of Witch Weekly Most-Charming-Smile Award.” His various titles took up most of the note! It reminds of people who have PhD’s who try to get you to call them Doctor. Big eyeroll. Yeah. I’ll get right on that. I also loved when Gilderoy said thanks for the 46 Valentine’s Day cards, very similar to when people send themselves flowers for Valentine’s (Remember Clueless?).

The author also overly relied on fan favorites, heavily leveraging Hogwarts and the former cast of characters. I am more impressed with some other fantasy writers when they developed an entirely new set of characters and wove them into the storyline. This is a test for greatness from authors. Can they write a subsequent book without leaning so heavily on the fan favorites? In my opinion, JK Rowling didn’t meet that challenge.

Overall, it is a decent fantasy book with a system that isn’t too hard to understand. It isn’t embarrassing, but it isn’t great.

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