Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

44 reviews

dandelionsanddragons's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Classism, Bullying, and Animal death

Moderate: Deadnaming, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Minor: Death of parent, Violence, Hate crime, and Murder

lottieingham's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Animal death

Moderate: Car accident, Bullying, and Blood

keelirae113's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Animal death, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Violence, Death, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Vomit, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

literally_mint's review

adventurous funny mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Minor: Animal death

reuben394's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Racial slurs, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, and Death

sunnycollins_'s review

adventurous mysterious slow-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

4.25

This book does a great job of setting up some of the later plot points

(see: the sword, Tom Riddle, Hagrid's backstory and more)

but it feels a bit more drawn out than the first book. There's a hint of comedy, returning favorites from the first book, a good mystery, and a lot of wizard lore that makes this edition an overall pleasant read. 

While the plot felt pretty solid throughout, there were a few things I had an issue with. First, I feel like Ginny was shoehorned in at the very end; I assume this was to include the whole Weasley family and add higher stakes, either way it felt extremely forced. Second, I *really* dislike Dobby. There is truly no reason for him to be included in the plot besides the chaos he brings but, in my opinion, his points could have easily been brought by a different character. 

There are also some things in this book that I really enjoyed! Gilderoy Lockheart is my one of my favorite characters in the series, I really love the background we get on the school's founders, and I think this book does a great job of really introducing Lucius Malfoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, and Slavery

housedesignerking's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? No

5.0

A thoroughly refreshing sequel to the fascinating debut. Harry once again finds himself facing his arch nemesis as he is refusing to give up. In this case, let's just say the past catches up, but not with the enemy, with Harry, but it's not Harry's past that catches up with him...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

fatfrog's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

tcnysnark's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

Harry is once again groomed by Dumbledore into believing that he can do anything as long as he is loyal to Albus even though he is 12

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Car accident, Body shaming, Sexism, Murder, Classism, Child abuse, Bullying, Hate crime, Animal death, and Racial slurs

mandaraffe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Blood, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Death of parent