hhoneybearr 's review for:

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

4.0

adventurous emotional 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

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“ your aunt and uncle will be proud , though , won’t they ? “
said hermione . “ when they hear what you did this year ? “

“ proud ? are you crazy ? all those times i could’ve died , and i didn’t manage it ? they’ll be furious . . . “ (p. 306)

uuuugh i wanna give this book five stars but i just can’t . it really
deserves some high-four praise though for the amazing tom riddle lord voldemort reveal , lockheart’s general lockheartedness , and malfoy trying to set the weasley’s up “ for politics “ ( definitely not for lord voldebutt noOoo ) .

i’m kinda happy lockheart’s comeuppance was humorous . while he is certainly
detritus-adjacent for almost letting a girl die — twice ! — it’s nice that the good guys ™️ don’t cause him harm . it keeps the binary of the evil alive , which i really enjoy .

i gasped audibly at least four times during this book . as always , these books are so well-written in their ability to transport you to such a thoroughly loved landscape . it’s hard to put it down once you’ve stopped : Harry Potter and the Chamber of Pringles .

my hesitance to give a five comes from a bit of regurgitated story-telling from the beginning ( in that this book can be read standalone , which wasn’t enjoyable for my experience ) , a slightly trudgier pace ( which some probably would’ve still been five stars ) , and most notably the weird villainy of the dursleys . like , in this book , they basically attempt to murder him . not even neglect , just like , murder murder . it’s extremely
odd . in a way i hope it resolves to something poignant in the story ,
otherwise the third attempted murder of harry potter by his adopted family is a bit of a stretch . 

call me a traditionalist , but murdering your nephew seems a stretch .