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alyshadeshae's review
4.0
I did sort of expect a bit of the ending, but it was still pretty great. :-)
guyro's review
3.0
still has the two huge glaring annoyances that were in book 1, though the first is far less prevalent thankfully.
irrelevant of that, this book is much improved on book 1.
Even though it was brought in right at the end of book 1 it was used to great effect here, i really like how the author has brought the wise old man fantasy trope in, keeping the same tone as dumbledore
irrelevant of that, this book is much improved on book 1.
Even though it was brought in right at the end of book 1 it was used to great effect here, i really like how the author has brought the wise old man fantasy trope in, keeping the same tone as dumbledore
brittniphillips's review
1.0
Awful. I appreciate Lippert's want and effort to extend the world of HP. I even liked the first book but this one was painful to read and completely unbelievable. First these kids know way to much about their parent's teenage life. "Dad did this..." "Mom did that..." "Dad told me about this..." etc. No kid knows every detail of their parent's life when their parents were teenagers and no parent tells their kids everything they did when they were teenagers either! In addition to the kids overly knowing about their parent's teenage life there are also recurring themes... Voldemort, scar on the forehead, chamber of secrets, scary foretelling dreams, werewolf on the loose, sneaky trips to hogsmeade... all of these have been written about before and were better written by JKR herself. If I want a retelling of what happened to HP then I'll pick up my HP books and read it. I just couldn't look past these aspects of the story as well as the incredible amount of superfluous dialogue and poor side stories. All in all if you liked the first one you might like this one but it just wasn't for me.
ryanjamesburt's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book. Got to like the Harry Potter ties. Fun. I recommend reading it you you have read all the Harry Potters. Although this is year 2. There is a James Potter book before this.
ahunt2494's review
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
4.0
drako1357's review
4.0
James Potter inicia su segundo año en Hogwarts, acompañado por su hermano Albus y su prima Rose. El año escolar comienza con la ceremonia del Sombrero Seleccionador, pero los acontecimientos pronto toman un giro más serio.
Una misteriosa criatura con forma de sombra persigue a James, y la aparición de la enigmática Tabitha Corsica inquieta a Albus. James y sus amigos, Rose y Ralph, descubren que la amenaza que se cierne sobre el mundo mágico está vinculada al oscuro pasado del actual director de Hogwarts, Merlinus.
Este libro es una continuación de la serie protagonizada por James Potter, hijo de Harry Potter y Ginny Weasley. En esta ocasión, James se enfrenta a una nueva amenaza que podría poner en peligro al mundo mágico.
El libro comienza con un episodio que solo cobra sentido al final de la historia. Esto podría desmotivar a algunos lectores, pero el ritmo de la trama es trepidante y los personajes están bien desarrollados.
Una misteriosa criatura con forma de sombra persigue a James, y la aparición de la enigmática Tabitha Corsica inquieta a Albus. James y sus amigos, Rose y Ralph, descubren que la amenaza que se cierne sobre el mundo mágico está vinculada al oscuro pasado del actual director de Hogwarts, Merlinus.
Este libro es una continuación de la serie protagonizada por James Potter, hijo de Harry Potter y Ginny Weasley. En esta ocasión, James se enfrenta a una nueva amenaza que podría poner en peligro al mundo mágico.
El libro comienza con un episodio que solo cobra sentido al final de la historia. Esto podría desmotivar a algunos lectores, pero el ritmo de la trama es trepidante y los personajes están bien desarrollados.
beary_bookwormish's review
5.0
wish they had taken this stuff and factored it into the last book, good stuff!
claire_loves_books's review
2.0
It just didn't feel like this was even part of the potter universe, none of the characters from the Harry Potter series really resemble themselves, the school is completely changed (why would it even have an amphitheatre it's got the great hall which is where all entertainment happens, I don't know if schools have them in america but it's not something I've ever heard of in a british school.) and it felt more american than british in a lot of places, . I don't really understand the point to a lot of the changes made- yes Lippert might want to distinguish his work from that of Rowling's but tbh I'm reading this because I'm hoping for similarities.
I just didn't buy into the story, there were so many things that felt out of place- apparently witches and wizards in 10th century scotland spoke modern english (as opposed to old english or gaelic) which really annoyed me- it would have been so easy to just have merlin demonstrate a translation spell on James and say that he had used it too which is why he could apparently speak a language that he'd never heard perfectly. The pot was pretty predictable and felt a bit like a rip off of Chamber of Secrets (Voldemort's blood line, a horcrux controlling an apparently innocent gryffindor, kidnap of a female ect.) I was also grossed out by the 'romance' between a 12 year old and a 17 year old- wwwww! Yes it didn't go anywhere in the end but it did feel like it might in places, apparently in this version of Hogwarts the older years really like spending time with the first and second years- it just felt weird, 17 and 18 year old just don't think 11 and 12 year old are cool- they just don't.
I just found this whole thing a throughly frustrating read and I didn't really enjoy it that much, I probably will read the next because I really do miss Harry Potter
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and killing off arthur weasley! even J K rowling decided not to do that! I didn't think it even added much to the story. I also don't like that Voldemort is sort of back- it was the whole point of the previous books that he was defeated and destroyed, that he is back in any form completely defeats the point.I just didn't buy into the story, there were so many things that felt out of place- apparently witches and wizards in 10th century scotland spoke modern english (as opposed to old english or gaelic) which really annoyed me- it would have been so easy to just have merlin demonstrate a translation spell on James and say that he had used it too which is why he could apparently speak a language that he'd never heard perfectly. The pot was pretty predictable and felt a bit like a rip off of Chamber of Secrets (Voldemort's blood line, a horcrux controlling an apparently innocent gryffindor, kidnap of a female ect.) I was also grossed out by the 'romance' between a 12 year old and a 17 year old- wwwww! Yes it didn't go anywhere in the end but it did feel like it might in places, apparently in this version of Hogwarts the older years really like spending time with the first and second years- it just felt weird, 17 and 18 year old just don't think 11 and 12 year old are cool- they just don't.
I just found this whole thing a throughly frustrating read and I didn't really enjoy it that much, I probably will read the next because I really do miss Harry Potter
klptenn's review against another edition
3.0
The first half of the book is rough, but the end of the book gets much better!
ellelainey's review
5.0
As with all other JP and HP books, i loved it.
I didn't write the review right away because i was waiting to see if book 3 would answer my question...now that that's finished, i know it didn't and just have to ask!
What were the three words that James wrote down on book 2, after his dream about Albus?
That is really annoying me as it's the only unanswered question i have from all three books. I have guesses but i really want to know what they were, to know if i was right or not. Other than that, i found the story completely believable as an extension of HP. Everything that happened to characters etc, the fates of other people from HP, all made complete sense, as did the main plot of the story, which i'm not going to tell you.
I didn't write the review right away because i was waiting to see if book 3 would answer my question...now that that's finished, i know it didn't and just have to ask!
What were the three words that James wrote down on book 2, after his dream about Albus?
That is really annoying me as it's the only unanswered question i have from all three books. I have guesses but i really want to know what they were, to know if i was right or not. Other than that, i found the story completely believable as an extension of HP. Everything that happened to characters etc, the fates of other people from HP, all made complete sense, as did the main plot of the story, which i'm not going to tell you.