Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

75 reviews

moonchildshine's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Rereading this because my officemate gave me the hufflepuff edition as a late birthday gift for me. And nothing's changed since the last time I read CoS, it seems. My feelings with each characters are still intact.

Still loving Harry a little bit too much. Still frustrated at how Hagrid was super careless and endangering harry and ron. Still exasperated at how Albus not doing his best at protecting harry (wbk he's still an infuriating old man that I have the unfortunate luck to love). And Lockhart. Urggggg. I still hate him with much passion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Slavery

Moderate: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Blood

faitherslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

blairreads3's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Classism, Bullying, and Child abuse

None of these content warnings play much of a role (except for the violent attacks on students) and none of the worse aspects are realised (e.g. the violent attacks on students are them getting paralysed, but no POV character experiences that)

ellascoven's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

caitlineff's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

ubuntu19's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

lexarobinson's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

The weakest installment of the series, however it does pick up on some of the brilliant aspects Rowling introduced in the first book. Lays foundations for relationships that become pivotal in later books, but the plot isn't quite strong enough to overcome Rowling's occasionally lacking writing style.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Slavery, and Violence

rayne_1906's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Audiobook - 9 hours 39 minutes - Again, very hard to put a rating on any books in this series. Trying to be completely objective, this is a really well-written book. The characters are likeable and the plot very engaging. It is better than the movie, which I was remembering more clearly so I enjoyed the book more than I was remembering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Death, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

kimberlyallen011's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Child abuse