Hey guys!
So I am back with my third book review, but second book of the Harry Potter series! I was super proud of myself when I completed this book, as that meant I’d only have one more that my cousin brought down with him last month. It kind of shocks me on how fast I’m going with these books and no, I’m not skimming through pages either! I’m actually reading every word because I really want to know what happens in the books.
I have to say that out of all 8 films, I haven’t seen Chamber Of Secrets, Globet Of Fire, Half Blood Prince, and Deathly Hollows Part 1 as much as the rest. So I felt as though I would kind of enjoy reading these installments! And I guess I was right. I did love the book more than I have everytime I turn on the movie on my DVR.
I think one of the biggest reasons why I seemed to love the book was the fact there were more information about certain characters and how Harry felt about them. My favorite chapter was The Burrow. When Harry arrives at the Weasley manor after Ron, Fred, and George rescue him. The whole chapter made me as happy as it made Harry just being there.
Now let’s talk about Gilderoy Lockhart. He was almost annoying as Umbridge (and no, I am not looking forward to reading about that bitch when I get to Order Of The Phoenix!) but there are very interesting characters that seem to be talked about more in the book than they were in the films. Colin Creevey is the photographer, Muggle-born first year with Ginny Weasley who is also obsessed with Harry; he seems to take a backseat in the films whereas he’s in the first four or five chapters a lot! Same goes to Justin Finch-Fletchley, in the movies he’s only a part of two scenes and that’s it!
One chapter that I just fell in love with was The Deathday Party, where Nearly Headless Nick invited Harry, Ron, and Heromine to the party of the day Sir Nicholas was killed. From the first book, we learn a small amount of details of Sir Nicholas and Peeves the Poltergeist. As for this book, we learn about Moaning Myrtle and I have to confess that Myrtle has always been my favorite ghost, even if she is like one of three ghosts introduced in the film series. In the Chamber Of Secrets, we also learn more about Angus Flich and why he’s such a bitter man in the stories. I thought this was also an interesting mention to throw in because I never knew that about him… To the ones who don’t what I’m talking about, read the book and you’ll understand!
The last three chapters were a bit of a let down though. As much as I wanted to know what happened when Harry, Ron, and Ginny got back to Hogwarts and talked to Dumbledore about what had happened down in the chamber and what happened to Professor Lockhart. I felt as though cheated. I thought the chapter of Aragog was more action packed than when Harry met the serpent in the chamber.
To end this review, I actually liked two quotes from the book. The first one rolled out of Ron’s mouth, “when in doubt, go to the library” and I’m not joking you when I say after I finished that chapter, that quote came up twice in the same day! It was very weird! The second made me fall in love with Heromine even more, but this time in the books. It represents her so well and makes her a badass, even at 12 years old! It was said as Ron and Harry were worrying about the Polyjuice Potion.
Heromine shut the book with a snap. “Well, if you two are going to chicken out, fine,” she said. There were bright pink patches on their cheeks and her eyes were brighter than usual. “I don’t want to break rules, you know. I think threatening Muggle-borns is far worse than brewing up a difficult potion. But if you don’t want to find out if it’s Malfoy, I’ll go straight to Madam Pince now and hand the book back in.”
Who has read the Chamber Of Secrets? Which chapter and/or characters are your favorites in this book?
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