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Summary: Fantastic Characterization
Review: Jim Dale does a great job portraying the characters in the harry potter and the chamber of secrets audio. Prof. M., snape, malfoy, and the baslisk were bueatifuly done. The Baslisk quite creepy and fit in the story just as jk rowling would have told it. this is a great buy which any child or adult would enjoy! It is a great time saver to...you are able to do other things while you listen.
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Summary: Lovely
Review: Jim Dale's descriptive narrative forms certain images in your head. Thanks to him reading every word in the book, you can find parts you forgot about or missed. When I first listened to this CD, I couldn't stop speaking with a British accent. I loved this CD. Buy it. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Makes you want to get into the car just to listen!
Review: Jim Dale's reading of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is a pleasure to listen to. More than that, Dale's reading turns my normally fighting/whining/yelling boys into models of good behavior when in the car. Dale's voice is not the most beautiful in the world, and sometimes the way he lengthens words (as when, say, Ron or Hermione begins a sentence "Harry") gets to be too much for me, but his timing and phrasing are excellent. If anything, they add excitement to the book, something that I, until now only impatiently a listener, would have believed impossible. Although I hate to say it, the effect is downright magical. If you have to drive often with children in the car, you could scarcely go wrong with this.
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Summary: EXELENT!!!!!
Review: JK has really outdone herself this time. It has tons of plot twists and jokes just like the first one. I love the great surprise at the end. This is a great book!!
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Summary: harry potter review
Review: jk rowling does it again! her harry potter books bring spellbound enchantment to readers of all ages!
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Summary: A fun read
Review: JK Rowling expands upon the magical universe she created in the first book of this series, a world of secrets and enchantment that exists right alongside our own, albeit hidden from our Muggle eyes. Harry and his friends, in their second year at Hogwarts, are once again embroiled in mystery. Something is transforming students into stone and a mysterious voice that only Harry can hear whispers that the Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Intriguing new characters include a self-aggrandizing celebrity Charms professor, Draco Malfoy's unpleasant father, and Ron's younger sister Ginny. Recommended.
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Summary: This Potter is Hotter
Review: JK Rowling gives us the second installment to the Harry Potter saga in THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, which covers his second year at Hogwarts, the school of wizardry and magic. Rowling knows how to spin a good yarn, and "this Potter is hotter" than its predecessor. Harry returns for the summer to the Dursley household, much to their chagrin, for they would wish him out of their lives. They give Harry much more respect this time around due his learning the art of wizardry, until Uncle Vernon discovers that Harry cannot use his magic on a Muggle, because it is against school rules. Almost immediately, Harry's life becomes a living hell again, even to the point of Uncle Vernon chaining him up in his room. It is here that Harry meets an interesting little creature named Dobby, who warns him not to return to Hogwarts for fear of his life; nevertheless, Harry does not heed his advice and returns. This sets the stage for an interesting plot. Harry quickly discovers that Dobby was correct in his assessment. At Hogwarts, danger looms around every corner, but all are warned by the writing on the wall, "THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED, ENEMIES OF THE HEIR, BEWARE." What does this mean? Who is the HEIR? Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the reader will have to discover answers to these questions before it is too late! It is and could be a petrifying experience for all. Rowling builds on some of the characters introduced in the first edition. Harry's Slytherin enemy, Draco Malfoy, is still up to his old tricks and possibly more, along with his father, Lucius Malfoy, a major player in the story. Moaning Myrtle, the bathroom queen, returns with a bigger role in this book. Remember she is the ghost that lives in the toilet, the one with the terrible self-esteem. Rowling introduces new characters into the story as well. There is Gilderoy Lockhart, the famous Gilderoy Lockhart, the author of many of the textbooks at Hogwarts, who does NOT lack in self-esteem, and Ginny, the little sister of Ron Weasley, begins her first year. THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS is a wonderful read as the author keeps the reader turning another page, so get ready for an exciting adventure with Harry and the Gang as they face the powers of the Dark Arts...again.
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Summary: the best book ever
Review: jk rowling is the best she writes the best books you could imagine. theres no better author than her. hp and the chamber of
secrets WAS the best book ive ever read in my entire 9 years.
im being as sincere as possible about that.
no one couldd possibly write a more creative imaginative
wonderful interesting unpredictable story like that.
no one. My favorite character are all the ghosts,. They rock.
I think JK Rowling should write more than 7 Harry potters the way she planned.
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Summary: Is it possible to be better than perfect?
Review: JK Rowling's books are perfect; no doubt whatsoever there. This audio version, however managed what I'd previously considered impossible: it *improved* on what was in my head. Jim Dale's Lockhart is so far beyond the already odiously fabulously hilarious Lockhart I imagine when reading for myself that I prefer to *listen* rather than read. Impossible! There should be an audio performance version of the Oscars -- that man deserves one for each of the 4 books I've heard so far, and some kind of entertainer knighthood for his Lockhart in Book 2. Jim Dale's performances in these audiobooks more than make up for the abominations of the first 2 movies. Give them a try -- if you regret it, I will send you an official apology.
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Summary: The Audio Version
Review: Just a quick note about the audio version: I listen to books-on-tape regularly on long drives, and I've come to appreciate the reader's skill. He/she must provide narration, mood, and a variety of vocal characterizations to differentiate the various characters. Jim Dale, who has read all three books in this series, is by far the best of the best. These books contain a dizzying array of characters: adults and children; male and female; human and otherwise. Mr. Dale provides an equally dizzying array of accents, timbres, and characterizations to flesh them out beautifully. He's set such an impossible standard for Audio Book acting that I've since been disappointed with some other fine actors' renditions of other works. These editions are unabridged, so the listener misses not a word of Ms. Rowlings wonderful prose, which makes the listener feel a little less guilty for not reading them in the usual manner. Actually, they are the first books I've actually read AFTER I listened to them!
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