4 Stars

I think there's no need to make a proper review for this book because everyone knows how great this book and this series is. So I have to put everything through GIFs. :)

Things I loved in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:

THE AWESOME FLYING CAR!





THE WHOMPING WILLOW! (I couldn't even imagine how cute and hilarious this tree when it punched Ron and Harry in the earlier chapters. Ha!)



MOANING MYRTLE (I haven't seen the movie yet, but is this Moaning Myrtle? The character grew in me and I felt sad for what happened to her. :(( )



HAGRID (One of the best characters ever!)




THE BATTLE BETWEEN BASILISK AND FAWKES (I think this one is the best part here. It was pure epicness!)




What I didn't quite like:

Not much happened in the first half of the book which brings me to realize that I enjoyed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone a lot better. Needless to say, I did have fun going to Harry's adventure here. His character continues to amaze me and his friendship with Ron and Hermione is goals! I have to read the next books ASAP!

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2022: 5/5
2021: To była kiedyś moja ukochana część… w sumie wciąż ją uwielbiam!

I have been so far behind in my reading and reviews...dealing with...life. I spent the whole month (so far) of August trying to play catch up. And now that I have sort of done that- I left this one review till the end...because even though the last thing that my lovely Stepheny aka Ms. Thaaaaaaaaaaang would want for me is to feel pressure- I do...OH, I really do. I feel the pressure to put out the best review that I can possibly think of right now...just for her- for her favorite series. The series that got her through the hard times in her life. Books she thinks of as family.

I'm not worthy. But I am going to try...

Gryffindor

- Passionate about their beliefs, and standing up for what they believe in. First to defend their friends. They prefer to deal with a situation directly, even if it means a fight - and they want that fight to be a fair one.

Ravenclaw

- Defined by curiosity and the love of learning- first and foremost. A Ravenclaw will always seek knowledge. They want to know the why of everything. They love learning, and will want to seek as much knowledge as possible.

Hufflepuff

- Ultimately, Hufflepuffs are interested in helping both people and animals- much less confrontational or daring than the other houses. They are also the least likely to care about individual achievement or House points- more apt to to focus on their relationships to others rather than things they personally have done.

Slytherin

- Slytherins are seeking individual greatness, and the dark and mysterious appeals to them greatly, even if it seems dangerous. They’ll go for experiences that other houses are too afraid to touch.

Which house are you?

http://www.allthetests.com/quiz30/qui...



Harry has spent another horrible summer dealing with the Dursleys...but hope comes with a rescue from one of his best friends- Ron Weeeeeeeeeasley *said with a squeaky British accent*- and his father's flying car.



So in the dead of night- they arrive at Hogwarts- ready for what the year ahead awaits them...



As usual I will not give too much away...but excitement lurks behind these pages- for young and old....and I for one (somewhere in the middle)- am looking forward to what comes next.

* Even though I like for people to think I fall under the mysterious Slytherin- No matter how much I try- I am still a Hufflepuff at heart...apparently.

I promised my besties that I wouldn’t roast this book :) so I’m gonna try my very best :)


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(the fan art in this fandom is effing gorgeous you talented peeps)

n  Recapn
-tHarry is still a live and breathing special snowflake
-tAll that happened was they drove a car
-tThat’s it
-tFor 150 pages
-tThe only event that took place
-tWas driving an effing car in the sky
-tOkay, right we said no roasting
-tUmmmmm, Hermione is awesome, I like her
-tRon is meh
-tMalfoy seems like the only complex character
-tThe second half was MUCH better than the first half thank goodness or else I would have dnfed for something
-tI wish the mystery aspect would have been introduced earlier
-tI love ron’s family so much oh my god
-tHis mother and father are G O A L S
-tAnd ginny is the cutest thing
-tDobby was also kinda cute
-tFreaky but kinda cute


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t“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

2.5 stars!



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guess who's back at it again trying to relive their missed childhood????

فکر می‌کردم قراره از کتاب سوم جدی شه. اون حس آرامش و گرمای توی کتاب اول جاش رو به سرما و تاریکی داده بود و هاگوارتز انگار اون جای امنی که فکر می‌کنی نیست و شخصیت‌ها واقعاً در خطرن
جوری نبود آدم بگه "موقع خوندنش خوش گذشت". شاید همین تغییر لحن باعث شده خیلی‌ها این کتاب رو اونقدرا دوست نداشته باشن. ولی با این حال به نظرم از نظر داستانی بهتر از کتاب اول بود
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Thank you Lisa!!!!!

Ok.... Finished book 2! I’ve definitely entered POTTER WORLD.
I enjoyed it ... but I don’t think this was as strong as the first book. It ‘feels’ like a transition book...

I loved Ginny - and Harry’s relationship developing with her...
Ron- and the gang - and their dialogue is wonderful—
Sandwich plates that re-build themselves. ( ha— only in Wizard-land ) — love it!

Summer break for Harry ...
Back to Wizard School in Sept.

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - Albus Dumbledore

Such a wise wizard.

You know how sometimes when you read the first in a series and it turns out so much better than you originally anticipated, it makes you a little apprehensive when starting the sequel? Well, I felt that way before starting this, but I can definitely say that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is another fabulous installment in the rightfully beloved Harry Potter series!
And while I will admit to not loving it quite as much as its predecessor, I still enjoyed it a great deal.
I think the reason for my not liking it as much can be mostly credited to the introduction of a new character, Professor Lockhart. Lockhart is an annoyingly pretentious wizard who is completely full of himself, and the majority of his teachings were based on his own life and his supposed brushes with death that he escaped only because of his "heroism" and great knowledge of the magic arts. Riiiiiiiiight.
In a summary, I didn't find the story involving Lockhart quite as interesting as Harry's realization of his true abilities and the escapades of his first year at Hogwarts.

But HP II undoubtedly still has plenty of hilarious moments and magical wonders - not to mention the lovely cast of characters - to more than compensate for this particular installment's slightly lacking plot. Hence the five stars. :)



Very clever Ms. Rowling, very clever indeed.

FAVORITE QUOTE: "I've heard you hate those Muggles you live with," said Ernie swiftly.
"It's not possible to live with the Dursleys and not hate them," said Harry. "I'd like to see you try it."

Next up is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and I'm very much looking forward to it.

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My reviews of other titles in this series:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Trans people are real and 100% valid. If you don’t own a copy of this book yet, I highly recommend buying it used so that you don’t financially support the transphobic author.

Here’s a link to donate to a non-profit organization that supports trans people: https://translifeline.org/donate/

Times read as of September 2024: 5

I think this book is the reason why I was so shocked when JKR started being transphobic. JKR likes to go off about how trans women are using the “wrong” bathroom (which they’re not) yet two boys and an adult man go into a girl’s bathroom in this book. The boys don’t even want to go into the bathroom but it’s Hermione (a character that’s supposedly based off of JKR) that convinces the boys to go into the bathroom. There’s also the huge fact that the whole plot of this book is about tolerance and acceptance (in regards to the muggleborn students).

Anyways, this book was enjoyable (obviously). I love all of the Weasley content in this book and I loved how the Hufflepuffs get more attention in this book.

One thing that I notice in my rereads is how Susan Bones wasn’t mentioned at all in this book. I don’t know if it’s a Mandela Effect or if it’s just the fact that she was in the second movie, but I swear Susan was in this book. I’ve been marking every time certain minor characters are mentioned in the books and even Lavender Brown was mentioned in this book while Susan wasn’t. It’s weird…

Problematic stuff in this book:
-The descriptions of fat people, specifically the Dursleys.
-There's a mention of Vernon making a "Japanese golfer joke." While Vernon being racist wouldn't be surprsing, any slight racism in the books is suspicious due to JKR's treatment of minority characters in her books.

My favorite quotes/moments from this book:

"He missed Hogwarts so much it was like having a constant stomachache. He missed the castle, with its secret passageways and ghosts, his classes (though perhaps not Snape, the potions master), the mail arriving by owl, eating banquets in the Great Hall, sleeping in his four-poster bed in the tower dormitory, visiting the gamekeeper, Hagrid, in his cabin next to the Forbidden Forest in the grounds, and especially, Quidditch"

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

"'I know what day it is,' Dudley repeated, coming right up to him.
'Well done,' said Harry. 'So you've finally learned the days of the week.'"

"Harry, trying to say 'Shh!' and look comforting at the same time, ushered Dobby back onto the bed where he sat hiccoughing, looking like a large and very ugly doll."

"'Not - not He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named , sir-'
But Dobby's eyes were wide and he seemed to be trying to give Harry a hint. Harry, however, was completely lost.
'He hasn't got a brother, has he?'"

"You had to hand it to them, thought Harry, as George took an ordinary hairpin from his pocket and started to pick the lock.
'A lor of wizards think it's a waste of time, knowing this sort of Muggle trick,' said Fred, 'but we feel they're skills worth learning, even if they're a bit slow.'"

"'Percy's been acting very oddly this summer,' said George, frowning. 'And he has been sending a lot of letters and spending a load of time shut up in his room... I mean, there's only so many times you can polish a prefect badge..."

"It looked as though it had once been a large stone pigpen, but extra rooms had been added here and there until it was several stories high and so crooked it looked as though it were held up by magic (which, Harry reminded himself, it probably was). Four or five chimneys were perched on top of the red roof. A lopsided sign stuck in the ground near the entrance read, THE BURROW."

"'Yeah, she'll be wanting your autograph, Harry,' Fred said with a grin"

"The air was soon thick with flying gnomes."

"The moment she saw Harry, Ginny accidentally knocked her porridge bowl to the floor with a loud clatter. Ginny seemed bery prone to knocking things over whenever Harry entered a room."

"'I went on the Underground-'
'Really>' said Mr. Weasley. 'Were there escapators ?"

"'But, dear, if he got lost, how would we ever explain to his aunt and uncle?'
'They wouldn't mind,' Harry reassured her."

"'...everyone thinks he's so smart , wonderful Potter with his scar and his broomstick -'
'You have told me this at least a dozen times already,' said Mr. Malfoy, with a quelling look at his son."

"Draco paused to examine a long coil of hangman's rope and to read, smirking, the card propped on a magnificent necklace of opals"

"'Where did you come out?' Ron asked.
'Knockturn Alley,' said Hagrid grimly.
' Excellent! ' said Fred and George together."

"...Mr. Weasley had thrown himself at Mr. Malfoy, knocking him backward into a bookshelf."

"'Can you believe our luck?' said Ron miserably, bending down to pick up Scabbers. 'Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get the one that hits back.'"

"'Why didn't you send us a letter by owl? I believe you have an owl?' Professor McGonagall said coldly to Harry.
Harry gaped at her. Now she said it, that seemed the obvious thing to have done."

"...every time Ron tried to transfigure his beetle it engulfed him in thick gray smoke that smelled of rotten eggs. Unable to see what he was doing, Ron accidentally squashed his beetle with his elbow"

"' Why ,' demanded Ron, seizing her schedule, 'have you outlined all Lockhart's lessons in little hearts?'"

"You'd better hope Creevey doesn't meet Ginny, ir they'll be starting a Harry Potter fan club."

" 1. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favorite color?
2. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's secret ambition?
3. What, in your opinion, is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest achievement to date?
On and on it went, over three sides of paper, right down to:
54. When is Gilderoy Lockhart's birthday, and what would his ideal gift be? "

"...but Miss Hermione Granger knew my secret ambition is to rid the world of evil and market my own range of hair-care products - good girl!"

"The pixies shot in every direction like rockets. Two of them seized Neville by the ears and lifted him into the air. Several shot straight through the window, showering the back row with broken glass. The rest proceeded to wreck the classroom more effectively than a rhampaging rhino."

"Harry would have pointed out that trouble didn't come much worse than having slugs pouring out of your mouth, but he couldn't; Hagrid's treacle fudge had cemented his jaws together."

"'Harry,' said Hagrid abruptly as though struck by a sudden thought. 'Gotta bone ter pick with yeh. I've heard you've bin givin' out signed photos. How come I haven't got one?"

"Her Pepperup potion worked instantly, though it left the drinker smoking at the ears for several hours afterward. Ginny Weasley, who had been looking pale, was bullied into taking some by Percy. The steam pouring from under her vivid hair gave the impression that her whole head was on fire."

"'But you would think, wouldn't you,' he erupted suddenly, pulling the letter back out of his pocket, 'that getting hit forty-five times in the neck with a blunt axe would qualify you to join the Headless Hunt?"

"Wooden filing cabinets stood around the walls; from their labels, Harry could see that they contained details of every pupil Filch had ever punished. Fred and George Weasley had an entire drawer to themselves."

"My wife used too sneer at my feeble charms, but one month into your fabulous Kwikspell course and I succeeded in turning her into a yak! Thank you, Kwikspell!"

"'That vanishing cabinet was extremely valuable!' he was saying gleefully to Mrs. Norris. 'We'll have Peeves out this time"

"...or, in the case of Fred and George Weasley, trying to find out what would happen if you fed a Filibuster firework to a salamander. Fred had 'rescued' the brilliant orange, fire-dwelling lizard from a Care of Magical Creatures class and it was now smouldering gently on a table surrounded by a knot of curious people."

"Professor Binns, who taught it, was their only ghost teacher, and the most exciting thing that every happened in his classes was his entering the room through the blackboard. Ancient and shriveled, many people said he hadn't noticed he was dead. He had simply got up to teach one day and left his body behind him in an armchair in front of the staff room fire; his routine had not varied in the slightest since."

"If you must know, when I was three, Fred turned my - my teddy bear into a great big filthy spider because I broke his toy broomstick..."

"D'you think we've got nothing better to do in Potions than listen to Snape?"

"He usually picked Harry to help him with these reconstructions; so far, Harry had been forced to play a simple Transylvanian villager whom Lockhart had cured of a Babbling Curse, a yeti with a head cold, and a vampire who had been unable to eat anything except lettuce since Lockhart had dealt with him."

"Ginny Weasley, who sat next to Colin Creevey in Charms, was distraught, but Harry felt that Fred and George were going the wrong way about cheering her up. They were taking turns covering themselves with fur or boils and jumping out at her from behind statues."

" Oh, Potter, you rotter, oh, what have you done,
You're killing off students, you think it's good fun- "

"Harry was just thinking that all he needed was for Dumbledore's pet bird to die while he was alone in the office with it, when the bird burst into flames."

"Fascinating creatures, phoenixes. They can carry immensely heavy loads, their tears have healing powers, and they make highly faithful pets."

"Fred and George, however, found all this very funny. They went out of their way to march ahead of Harry down the corridors, shouting, 'Make way for the Heir of Slytherin, seriously evil wizard coming through...'"

"She nibbled his ear in an affectionate sort of way, which was a far better present than the one that she had brought him, which turned out to be from the Dursleys. They had sent Harry a toothpick and a note telling him to find uot whether he'd be able to stay at Hogwarts for the summer vacation, too."

"Percy, who hadn't noticed that Fred had bewitched his prefect badge so that it now read 'Pinhead,' kept asking them all what they were sniggering at."

"The Slytherin common room was a long, low underground room with rough stone walls and ceiling from which round, greenish lamps were hanging on chains. A fire was crackling under an elaborately carved mantelpiece ahead of them, and several Slytherins were silhouetted around it in high-backed chairs."

"'Could've been anything,' said Ron. 'Maybe he got thirty O.W.L.s or saved a teacher from the giant squid. Maybe he murdered Myrtle"

"Why not ask Professor Snape to show you how to whip up a Love Potion! And while you're at it, Professor Flitwick knows more about Entrancing Enchantments than any wizard I've ever met, the sly old dog!"

" His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard.
I wish he was mine, he's really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord. "

"Neville Longbottom had been sent letters from all the witches and wizards in his family, all giving him different advice on what to choose. Confused and worried, he sat reading the subject lists with his tongue poking out, asking people whether they thought Arithmancy sounded more difficult than the study of Ancient Runes. Dean Thomas, who, like Harry, had grown up with Muggles, ended up closing his eyes and jabbing his wand at the list, then picking the subjects it landed on. Hermione took nobody's advice but signed up for everything."

"When in doubt, go to the library."

"You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it."

"When Harry pushed the door open, Fang went mad with joy at the sight of them. Worried he might wake everyone at the castle with his deep, booming barks, they hastily fed him treacle fudge from a tin on the mantelpiece, which glued his teeth together."

"Then, to their right, came a sudden blaze of light, so bright in the darkness that both of them flung up their hands to shield their eyes. Fang yelped and tried to run, but got lodged in a tangle of thorns and yelped even louder.
'Harry!' Ron shouted, his voice breaking with relief. 'Harry, it's our car!'"

"Mr. Weasley's car was standing, empty, in the middle of a circle of thick trees under a roof of dense branches, its headlights ablaze. As Ron walked, open-mouthed, toward it, it moved slowly toward him, exactly like a large turquoise dog greeting its owner."

"He even found me a wife, Mosag"

"There was a loud bang behind Harry as Neville Longbottom's wand slipped, vanishing one of the legs on his desk."

"...the hat contracted, as though an invisible hand was squeezing it very tightly. Something very hard and heavy thudded onto the top of Harry's head, almost knocking him out. Stars winking in front of his eyes, he grabbed the top of the hat to pull it off and felt something long and hard beneath it."

"'You're alive,' she said blankly to Harry.
'There's no need to sound so disappointed,' he said grimly,wiping flecks of blood and slime off his glasses.
'Oh, well... I'd just been thinking... if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet,' said Myrtle, blushing silver.
'Urgh!' said Ron as they left the bathroom for the dark, deserted corridor outside. 'Harry! I think Myrtle's grown fond of you! You've got competition, Ginny!'"

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

"'Oh, that,' said Ginny, giggling. 'Well - Percy's got a girlfriend .'
Fred dropped a stack of books on George's head.
' What? '
'It's that Ravenclaw prefect, Penelope Clearwater,' said Ginny. 'That's who he was writing to all last summer. He's been meeting her all over the school in secret. I walked in on them kissing in an empty classroom one day. He was so upset when she was - you know - attacked. You won't tease him, will you?' she added seriously.
'Wouldn't dream of it,' said Fred, who was looking like his birthday had come early."

"'Your aunt and uncle will be proud, though, won't they?' said Hermione as they got off the train and joined the crowd thronging toward the enchanted barrier. 'When they hear what you did this year?'
'Proud?' said Harry. 'Are you crazy? All those times I could've died, and I didn't manage it? They'll be furious...'"

I don’t know who’s worse: Lockhart or Umbridge.

I sat down to "read a few pages" of this before bed two nights ago and had to force myself to stop at page 100...then picked it up and flew through the rest the next day.

I really enjoyed this one (as did millions of others, obviously) and, with this installment, I am definitely seeing why this is such a beloved series. The magical wizarding world of Harry, his friends, and the folks at Hogwart's is just FUN to read about.

I am in LOVE with Fawkes the phoenix and I adore Dumbledore...And now I am so worried something bad is going to happen to one of them over the course of the remaining books.



And, yes, I know it's probably made you gasp in shock that - in addition to never having read the books before now - I have also never seen any of the movies...and I truly have no idea what happens throughout the remainder of the series.

I guess it IS possible to blissfully ignore spoilers for over two decades...unless we are talking about Game of Thrones. Good luck making it a fucking day with all the assholes posting every single scene on Twitter.



Not that I'm on Twitter...

But I digress.

So yeah, firstly, loved this book and looking forward to the next one.

And secondly, now more of the art on the HP mug I got from OwlCrate a few months ago makes more sense and I totally love it more now, so there's that.



Winning all around.

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



“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

even after all these years i'm still amazed by the magic and the world J.K. Rowling has built. Amazing Author. what i really love about this series is Dobby(the trouble maker) and Ron's family, There’s a real sense of home and family with the Weasleys and Harry being so welcome there(In the book you definitely get a better sense of Harry's loneliness) so it feels comforting reading it. Their feelings for Harry are genuine and have nothing to do with his fame. Despite their bickering, there is so much love, acceptance, and fun amongst the Weasley's

Review to come later.
Por ahora sólo diré: Qué cosa tan bonita son estos libros <3.