Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Jan 14, 2011 Melissa Wiebe rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, bookclub, fiction, harry-potter, 2011, jk-rowling, 2012, readalongs, 2014, 2019

As usual I loved it. A bit more darker than the first book. Will add a more defined review later.

2012 review originally published at Jayne's Books.

An excellent continuation of the first book and one gets to understand why Hagrid is the gameskeeper at Hogwarts. I also liked the developing relationship between Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and some of the other students at the school. Its still on the light-hearted stuff and isn't as scary as the latter books and is good for those who are probably ...more

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May 25, 2008 Cindy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

It was 2000 when I first read Harry Potter. My friend Super Suz recommended the series to me but I put off reading it for ages. I wasn’t into reading much young adult stuff back then and my argument for not reading them was that I wasn’t interested in reading children’s book. How book-snobbish of me.

It was around the time the first film was coming out and I was hearing a lot about the controversy that was being stirred up over witchcraft and censorship. Censorship and banning books is one of my ...more

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Nov 14, 2010 Cindy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

It was 2000 when I first read Harry Potter. My friend Super Suz recommended the series to me but I put off reading it for ages. I wasn’t into reading much young adult stuff back then and my argument for not reading them was that I wasn’t interested in reading children’s book. How book-snobbish of me.

It was around the time the first film was coming out and I was hearing a lot about the controversy that was being stirred up over witchcraft and censorship. Censorship and banning books is one of my ...more

Like · see review