Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

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

81 reviews

cosmicnova'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

chamber of secrets is so underrated. i love it so so so much 🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, and Child abuse

meezan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Blood, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Torture, Vomit, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Bullying

a_alves00's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Car accident, and Kidnapping

sunnycollins_'s review against another edition

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

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

pelledorso's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Bullying

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Slavery, Death, Classism, and Child abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Murder, Self harm, Kidnapping, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

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

kam_pearson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Bullying

carrotsxcks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Car accident and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

cw: spiders

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was intense as hell. Poor Hermoine😭 Ginny😭 I was glad everything sorted out. Damn, Lockhart, you're so vain. Riddle👿 Harry and Ron did it again💕 So sad Hermoine missed all the danger. Ahhhhh! Myrtle✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Child death, Stalking, Death of parent, Bullying, and Grief