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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Comparing it to the goblet of fire, the prisoner of azkaban and the philospher's stone, I hate this book! Joanne Kathleen Rowling has more books and they are a lot better!I dislike Gilderoy Lockhart the DADA (Defense against dark arts) teacher but I like Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore most! I'd say the book isn't too bad as there are still a few interesting characters but a lot is due to the text so it's quite(Not in american english) intresting.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
this dumb Ebook version Why cant i just buy it straight from amazon like every other Ebook in the world. but no you have to go through this entire huge process to buy it from some dumb webisite in england and after 20 minutes of filling things out they tell you your payment cannot be processed!!!! fix this !!!!!!!!
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
As a great fan of children's literature that demonstrates "crossover appeal," I read the original Harry Potter book and now the Chamber of Secrets. They are both fine books, especially because they have caught the rabid fascination of kids and inspired them to read. However,the magic in both books is so ubiquitous that it comes across as mundane. Rowling is one of those writers who actually overdoes it in the imagination department. She really lets her imagination run rough-shod over the story itself. She seems to have an obsession with making every doorknob, photo, stack of cards, candle, teapot, cup, article of clothing, utensil, and SPECK OF DUST into some magical entity. Instead of using good writing and clever metaphor to create atmosphere or detail, Rowling simply makes everything into a magical object.Instead of letting the magic "pop up" in strategic, choice places (adding to the sense of mystery and wonder), we are bombarded with it at every turn until it becomes ho-hum. I wouldn't be surprised if the kitchen sink ends up being enchanted in one of these books, or if Harry sits down on a talking toilet seat one day (Moaning Myrtle notwithstanding).While Rowling is a decent story-teller, she is a bit of a hack as a writer. Either that or she has editorial problems. There are a number of misspellings and grammatical errors in this work. The episodes in Chamber lack cohesion and often seem arbitrary, as if Rowling is letting her indulgent imagination lead her off into pointless detours rather than allowing a harmonious progression of the story. Some scenes end abruptly, or seem altogether pointless and plotless. Harry is a good character, but he is one-dimensional, like almost everyone in the book. I think Rowling fills her story with so much gratuitous magic to cover up the fact that her characters are really not very developed or interesting. It's just like a blockbuster movie filled with non-stop, pointless special effects in the hope that no one will notice that the script stinks and the characters are made out of cardboard.The book also lacks the sort of "pure in heart" hallmark of all the great children's books (Narnia, Oz, etc. etc.) and the characters don't appear to stand for anything greater than themselves.For example, all poor Hermione does is roll her eyes and complain. Harry runs from one scene to the next never really revealing much about himself--just reacting (or overreacting) to everyone in this Magically-Overloaded world. He has about as much depth as a kiddie pool. Draco Malfoy is capable only of smug smirking and run-of-the mill pot-shots. The adult teachers at the Hogwart's school are also somewhat lacking in warmth, personality, or teaching value--which is usually a good thing to have in a child's book. I'm convinced that the Potter series is pretty much what happens when an entire book is based upon rampant, aimless imagination. Keep in mind that I'm writing this review of Chamber of Secrets from an adult perspective. I heard that a great many adults were becoming groupies of this series so I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I give this book(and the 1st) 4 stars for their value for kids 8-12, but I can't see why any adult past the age of 20 would want to read the whole series. Two were more than enough for me.I had no sense of wonder when reading this book, and that was disappointing. However, it's fantastic that so many young people are reading because of this fabulous series of stories and this will translate into kids reading even more (and even better)books besides. I also think it's pretty wonderful that Rowling overcame financial hardships to make her tales a success. That's pretty inspiring. But I feel Rowling's writing in Chamber of Secrets is still too amateurish to please serious adult fans of great children's literature. For adults, I would give it one star and suggest rediscovering CS Lewis or Tolkien.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Asked for a new book, paid a new book price, but received something far from it. The book has clearly been read a few times. Dirty, Torn binding, creases in the outer cover, and what looks like Kool-aid stains on the pages. Delivery was slow as well. I am not happy.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The book I chose was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling. This type of book was fictional fantasy. The setting takes place on Privet Drive in London, England. It's not there for very long though. It soon get's changed to the Weasely's house which they call "The Burrell." Soon they would leave to go to Hogwarts School. I felt this book is the worst one yet. I felt this way because for a lot of the story I found myself dosing off. Yes, there were some points when I was slightly interested. I thought the first book was much better. The main idea on the story was that the Chamber of Secrets was opened and because of that there were attacks happeing on the students at the school. If they couldnt't be stopped then Hogwarts would have to be closed down. It was a very unique style of writing and I found myself struggling to understand certain names and parts as to what they were saying. You might just say it was a bit confusing. Yet interesting. The main character is Harry Potter. He is a wizard in the story. He is not the smartest person but is very intellegent. Harry plays on the Quddich team. Harry gets along with pretty much everbody except Draco Malfoy. There is a lot of dialogue in this book, there was a lot of conversation going on. I feel the intended age for this book was from age 15 and up only I have some trouble getting into these kinds of books so there is an exception to me. I feel it was kind of a bad book so I didn't particularly like it, but I would gladly recommend if to anyone with an immagination out of this world. Enjoy.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was a book about a young boy who finds out he is a famous wizard.Harry and his freind Ginny go deeper into the underground "maze" beneath his school Hogwarts than in book one.Harry and Ginny go down the drain to get to the Chamber of Secrets and finds out that thats where the evil lord Voldamort is hiding.Voldamort tries to kill Harry and Ginny but fails. I thought it was a good book and rated it five stars.I would reccomend it to anyone not just a magic kind of man.