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

4.0

Read the illustrated edition with my 5 year old son ^_^. It's so fun to see him fall as in love with this world, and these characters, as I did. But it's also kind of tough to go back and reread these books, and realize where they fall short. The characters can be bullies or narcissists. The representation is poor, even judgmental. The writing can be REALLY long-winded, and over-explain things... Having grown up enough to be objective about the series, now, it's hard to watch my son fall in love with it. I want him to love it AND recognize its short-comings too, I don't want him to emulate the cruelties in this book.