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Summary: A tasty treat forthe young and adult minds.
Review: A thrilling sequeal to J.K.'s first novel, Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone. When I first read it, I couldn't put it down! I seriously reccomend buying it ( especally from Amazon.com, a very good deal).
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Summary: A Wonderful Starting Point
Review: A wonderful book. You'd think the book is just for kids but there is enough intrigue and fantasy and complexity to keep adults interested as well. Once you get into it you'll have a hard time putting it down. If you have kids, it makes a great bedtime story, and will surely give them dreams to remember, that is, if you can get them to go to bed and let you save some for the next night. It's probably the best book of the series to start reading.
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Summary: J.k. has done it again
Review: A wonderful, exiting seqel to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (or philosipher's) stone. Harry and friends are in more trouble, more mysterious circumstances than ever! It seems it will be a normal year at hogwarts, Harry's magical school. But then, strange and unexpected things start happening. Almost immediatly a student is found, magically petrified. Who could possibly be the heir of Slytherin? Is it Malfoy? Hagrid? HARRY?
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Summary: Audio version is terrific
Review: A word of praise to add to all the others but this one for Jim Dale, whose marvelous performances in audiobooks make Harry Potter and his world come alive. I'm a commuter in DC so the audio version is perfect for me but parents may want to look at audio as the ideal version for their children too. Dale's voice communicates all the wonder and wit of the text, with faultless characterizations of Harry, Ron, Hermione and the whole crew. His British public school accent is so well suited to the subject that it actually enhances Rowling's wonderful work. His voice for Gilderoy Lockhart, that grating fraud, is so perfect he should get an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. It's like having a bedtime story read to you--although of course you're not likely to fall asleep amid Harry Potter's adventures.
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Summary: Wondrous
Review: A year has passed, and Harry is on his way back to Hogwarts. But before he leaves, a mysterious creature arrives and warns him about dangers that will occur if he returns to Hogwarts, but Harry pays no attention to him and goes back to school. When he gets there, mysterious things begin to happen. Threatning messages start to appear, and one of them claims that the "Chamber of Secrets" has been opened, but those who know about the Chamber don't believe it to be true. Now Harry and his friends must solve the mystery to the Chamber, because whatever has been released is turning Hogwarts students into stone statues, and Harry is hearing strange, bodyless voices. This book is darker than the first one, and it delves into Harry's and Voldemort's pasts. This is another winner written by Ms. J.K. Rowling.
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Summary: A humorous magical journey through a parralel world
Review: Abracadabra! Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling is a magical journey that takes Harry through his second year at Hogwarts School for young wizards and witches. Superstar Harry Potter, made famous by his dark past, is starting another year at Hogwarts and trying to solve a puzzle of the school's mysterious history. This book was an amazing blend of humor, magic, danger, and friendship. One thing I liked was how Rowling leads the reader through Harry's travels with easily relatable characters and deceptively simple story line. The story line is easy for most readers to understand but there is just enough sophisticated language used to make it a great adventure for all ages. This makes it a fascinating book to read. Another thing I liked was how the story's plot is like a braid of intertwined events. Reading this book is like riding a water slide; you twist and turn at light speed and then end with a big splash at the most unexpected time. The final thing I liked about this book was how believable the story was. Though the concept of wizards and magic seems very fictional, the way Rowling tells the story, makes the reader believe everything and feel as though they are actually there. It makes reading the book a much more involved activity. Overall, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was an extremely interesting book to read.
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Summary: Harry's new challenge -- The Chamber of Secrets
Review: After a long summer with the Dursleys, his awful relatives, Harry Potter longs to go back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Neither the warning of a strange house-elf not to return to school as mortal danger awaits him there nor missing the train hinder Harry from starting his second school year at Hogwarts with his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
Soon they are back into the swing of things with lessons taught by their old teachers and also a new one -- Gilderoy Lockhart, their teacher for "Defense Against the Dark Arts." Soon Lockhart's vanity unnerves everyone, but that is only a minor one of Harry's worries -- he suddenly hears an eerie voice no one else can hear. Then the first one of a series of attacks happens -- the victims get petrified. A strange message is written on the wall -- "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened." With the help of a mysterious diary which once belonged to a boy named Tom Riddle, Harry slowly but surely finds out the horrible truth about the secret chamber and the monster which lives there.
Harry's second adventure is just as fantastic as his first. Now that the reader is already familiar with the characters, the flow of the story is even smoother. J. K. Rowlings describes Harry's world in the most vivid colors, decorating it with rich details. The fine humor adds to the reading fun. All in all, "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" is a thrilling and highly entertaining book for readers of all ages who believe in magic and wonder -- especially in the magic and wonder of friendship.
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Summary: A worthy follow-up
Review: After a long summer with the horrible Dursleys, Harry Potter is all set to get back to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to start his second year in learning how to become a wizard. But the Dursleys are not very cooperative: they want to keep Harry away from all that magical and 'dangerous' stuff. Magic is not for Muggles, and that is all they believe in. So, Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and horrible cousin Dudley Dursley try everything to keep him locked away. But luckily Harry still got friends who will surely try to rescue him. This year at Hogwarts, though, is not going to be a quiet one. Harry is made fully aware of this when he receives a message one night from Dobby, a strange little impish creature. Dobby's warning is plain but clear: "Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts!"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the sequel to the Philosophers Stone and can still stand upright after a comparison with its predecessor. Immediately following the grand opening sequence it does tend towards some sort of repackaging of scenes already seen in the first book, but this is only a minor defect. When the real story starts to unfold it becomes clear that Rowling has not yet lost her touch of weaving a complex mystery. Again she succeeds in slowly connecting all seemingly unrelated plot elements into one superb finale that can only leave the hooked reader completely amazed. The new character Gilderoy Lockhart tends to be a bit over the top, but this is easily compensated for by introducing poor Dobby, the house elf. I will love to see Dobby getting a bigger role in the next episode. Personally I find it a pity that my favourite Professor Dumbledore became a rather serious character, where in the previous book he had a more absent-minded nature and as a consequence was just more fun. Minor flows set aside this book is a worthy follow-up that will keep you hooked until the end. If, that is, the child in yourself is still alive and kicking...
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Summary: Controversy over this book exaggerated! I enjoyed it!
Review: After all of the reviews and the scepticism of peers, I gavethis book a chance and didn't regret it. From cover to cover this book entertained me, taking me away from my daily hum-drum routine. I would recommend this book to anyone over the age of 10. Smaller children wouldn't understand all of the symbolism. Forget the warnings and endulge in a soon to be classic!
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Summary: I really liked both Harry Potter Books.
Review: After finishing "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" I couldn't wait for the next one. I was really excited when my older brother brought "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" home from England for me. It wasn't quite as good as the first one because it didn't have as much action, but I found his new adventures still to be very exciting. I really want to play "Quidditch"! I can't wait until the third Harry Potter book comes out. Peter
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