Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2) Books

Pros: More of the same if you haven’t had enough already.
Cons: I liked the first one, but not well enough to read it again.

Some people have no qualms about quitting a book if they don’t like it. My brain isn’t wired that way. I’m a finisher (i.e. OCD). It’s even hard for me to forego a bad book’s sequels. Unfortunately for me, fantasy novels tend to ...

Pros: AS funny, mysterious, and engaging as the first - plus some...
Cons: ... characters still a little shallow and felt a tiny bit formulaic

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets picks up where the first book left off, that is with young Harry (who turns out to have been a Wizard) coming back to his Muggles (a term for non-magical people) family for the summer holidays. As usual they ...

Pros: Some great new characters and themes that will grow as the series progresses
Cons: Hmmm...Dobby the House Elf presents some problems...

So you just can't wait, can you? After seeing the Harry Potter movie, buying the Harry Potter LEGO, and knowing that you have a full YEAR to wait before seeing the next one on the big screen, you just can't leave that little Wizard alone...you need your...

Pros: Magic!! Harry and friends, fun, fantastic detail
Cons: Nothing!

Ok, after reading H arry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, I couldn't resist picking this one up. As difficult as school is getting for me, and as busy as it is keeping me, it's been odd that I can find the time to read ...

Pros: Darker but also more comic tone; returning/new characters; its place in the series
Cons: None really

I recently re-read the first two books in the Harry Potter series. Sorcerer's Stone plunged me into ...

Pros: Entertaining story and returning characters
Cons: Snakes and spiders

Lately I’ve been a bit obsessed with the X-Men, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Harry Potter. This is a strange combination I know, but I like different things. I’ve already seen X2: X-Men United. I’m ...

Pros: A well-rounded book that stands well on its own and as part of a series
Cons: Some questions left unanswered

I have been a Harry Potter fan for almost three years but before that, I was a Harry loather. I didn't have a particular reason not to like Harry Potter and one evening, while I was out and about in Cambridge, I picked up a copy of Harry Potter and the...

Pros: Engaging second half; fun, fun, fun
Cons: Characters could be better developed, slow start

My quest to read the first six Harry Potter books before number seven is released continues. For those like me who haven't read the books before, the series follows the adventures of the title character. In the first book, he learned he was a wizard and ...

Pros: even better than the first
Cons: have to read very carefully or you might miss something important

In this second volume of the Harry Potter chronicles, Harry's year is not off to a good start. First a pesky little elf shows up and warns him not to go to Hogwarts. When Harry ignores him, the elf does some magic, and Harry gets a warning from the ...

Pros: It's Harry Potter!
Cons: Not as flashy or exciting as the other three

If you haven't heard of Harry Potter by now, you must be living under a rock. It's amazing for me to think that less than two years ago, I had never heard of Harry Potter, and now I know him like a member of my family (but don't tell my family that I...

Pros: Characters, Vocabulary, Pacing, Plot
Cons: Cons, in a Harry Potter novel?! Are you mad?!

Well, November was quite insanely busy for me, what with the culmination of my schoolwork for the semester, as well as fulfilling a variety of presidential duties for Tau Beta Pi (my engineering honour society) and conducting my job search in tandem with...

Pros: Story full of twists and turns and magical moments that delight kids and adults.
Cons: Could start with this one. But, try to read book one first.

Harry has been warned. He must not return to Hogworts School for Wizards, because danger is waiting for him. The only other option is to remain with the relatives (aunt, uncle, and cousin Dudley) who hate Harry’s magic-making guts. So, it’s back to school ...

Pros: An Excellent, Eerie Story from J.K. Rowling.
Cons: None.

With the next part of the Harry Potter story, Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix approaching with its June 21, 2003 release, anticipation for the book is already at a frantic pace. With the book covers released on several Harry Potter ...

Pros: More character development, fast read, creative plot
Cons: Pacing is off, we end up back where we start

I have now developed a Harry Potter addiction and thank you to all who suggested I must read the books because now they are seriously interfering with my school work. Anyway, I finished Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets last night and ...

Pros: A few nice visual effects, relaxing, a secret gay relationship
Cons: the plot, the character development, the the magic

everywhere we go, people want to know, who we are, so we tell them…

And so once again, I tread softly into the world of Harry, Ron, Hermione, Valdemort, Dumbledore, Hagrid, Waylon, Willie and the boys. And I have to say that a trip to...