Reviews tagging Animal death

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

18 reviews

jessthanthree's review

adventurous dark hopeful relaxing 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Animal cruelty

Minor: Animal death

amiamor's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Death

outsmartyourshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The second book in the Harry Potter series sees Harry, Ron, & Hermione return to Hogwarts for their second school year. Harry has been miserable during the holidays as his aunt & uncle kept him locked up out of the way, & it takes Ron & the twins, Fred & George, & their father's flying car to rescue him. Once safely back at Hogwarts, things soon take a darker turn as first Mrs Norris, the caretaker's cat, & then a pupil, Colin Creevey, are found petrified (turned to stone) & a sinister message is painted on the wall. Who is the heir of Slytherin? Where is the Chamber of Secrets? What does this mean for Harry & friends?

This second time through the books is going well - I really can't believe I've only read them through once. I've updated my rating to 5 stars as I really can't find much to fault - there's friendship, bravery, loyalty, heroics, alongside some light relief (thanks to Kenneth Brannagh's wonderful portrayal in the films, I can't help but picture him as Gilderoy Lockheart). The only bit I didn't like was Aragog as I can't stand spiders. Yuck. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Animal death

revengesrose's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Animal death, Bullying, Injury/injury detail, and Toxic friendship

greattappertwo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

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)

lia_r18's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Transphobia, and Violence

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

chiarasshi's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Murder