Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

44 reviews

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Racism, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, and Xenophobia

hdkroon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent and Grief

divine529's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

This is a book and series I'll always love. This reread was no different, but this time I read the illustrated edition. 

I won't deny that I've been hesitant to read the illustrated edition of this because growing up with this, I have certain ideas of what characters look like and ways I imagine the world, but let me just say that this enhanced that love. Every version I've experienced of this just adds to my vision and understanding of it all. 

Since this is the illustrated edition, I'm primarily going to focus on talking about the artwork this reread. Jim Kay did an absolutely phenomenal job illustrating everything. I adored his work, even if it didn't always match my own version in my head or what we've all seen in the movies. I saw a documentary and I've read several articles about the work he did and pressure he felt with this project and it's astounding. He made sure to get all the details right and you can see the research on the page. I know he was concerned about ruining the series with his illustrations, but really, as I've already mentioned, it enhanced it and gave me a different experience. 

Compared with TSS, the illustrations in this book were even better. I seriously loved them so much. 

I definitely enjoyed this and I'll be curious to check out the other books in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Self harm, and Slavery

Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Bullying

Moderate: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Death

graceev's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Kidnapping

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Child death

melissalemos's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Bullying

Moderate: Violence and Vomit

Minor: Slavery and Animal death

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Animal death

Minor: Murder, Death, and Death of parent

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Confinement, Kidnapping, Classism, Racial slurs, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Violence, and Child death

mjones14's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-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

4.0

This is a reread. Honestly it's one of my least favourite of the series because the events are a bit longwinded to solve the mystery. Loved the twist with Percy though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Confinement, and Death of parent