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Summary: A++
Review: I bought Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's to read to my newborn and enjoyed it so much that I had a friend overseas send me Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Rowling's second Harry Potter book is as enjoyable read as the first as we read about Harry's second year at Hogwarts. I hope Harry gets held back so we can have more adventures! Both books are a great read!
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Summary: Very funny and amusing even for adults
Review: I bought the book as a read aloud book book to read to my 9 year old son. Unfortunately, he grabbed it and read it himself in three days. I ended up reading it myself after he had finished it
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Summary: It's okay to pre-read a gift for your young ones...
Review: I bought the books as gifts for a 7 year old (advanced child) and 9 year old nephews in Pennsylvania. I couldn't resist, having two grown sons who grew up on Terry Brooks, Robert Jordan, and others - I read them. They were wonderful! And I have already given the parents of these two young men a synopsis so that they won't worry - I told them to read them also. Harry Potter, and his trials, will be understood by every age.
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Summary: Harry terrific, Hermoine brilliant, and Weasley razzling.
Review: I bought the first book and did not realize that another book was already out. I have read the first two to my grandson and we could not wait for the next one to come out. We are now in the process of reading the current edition. Some nights we just have to read more than one chapter. These are absolutely great for all ages from elementary school to senior citizen.
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Summary: Great book, but read book#1 first if you have not.
Review: I bought the first four harry potter books about a year ago and did not have the time to read them until last week. I was wondering why the series was such a big hit and I found out. The books put you in a made up world you do not want to stop reading about.After reading the first book, I had to go read the second one right away. That is how engrossing the books are. I could not put this book down either. I do not want to talk about the actual plot of the story for fear of giving something away. All I can say is that, after reading the second book in the series, I want to tread the thir. A very enjoyable read. This series is fun. If that is what you are looking for get this book. You wouldn't want to skip it because each book represents a year of Harry Potter's life at the Hogwarts school. I read in a biography magazine article that Rowlings plans to do 7 books total, one for each year of schooling. GREAT BOOK!
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Summary: great character sin an inconsistant fantasy
Review: I bought this book and "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" for my 10-year-old daughter but read them first so we could talk about them (yeah, right). I love science fiction and fantasy and these are on a par with The Chronicles of Narnia,(which I didn't read until high school) if not better. But I like my fantasy worlds to be complete and consistent, and that is missing from these books. The facet of the scenario that is incomplete is the lack of knowledge of the wizard/witch families of the day to day workings of the Muggle world: muggle-money, telephones, autos, etc. Are they living in another dimension concurrent to our own? If not, how do they own property/buy groceries/use transportation/ school their children prior to attending Hogwarts? If they intermarry with Muggles, they must be functioning in the Muggle world somehow. And how can the Muggle-world not know of the existence of Magic when Muggle-born children are found to be magic-gifted and recruited to Hogwarts? Does someone cast a forgetfulness spell on them? I know that this is probably of fractional concern to the children reading the books, but I hold children's fiction authors to the same standard of completeness and consisitency as "grown-up" fiction. Please, Ms. Rowling, correct/explain the inconsistent scenario in the upcoming books. Despite this glitch in the magic-world-view, I love the books, have to leave them out of my briefcase so I'm not tempted to read them at work, and am eagerly awaiting "Prisoner of Azkaban" to read, and for my daughter to read further into "Sorcerer's Stone" so we can talk about the world of Harry Potter. I love the fact that Harry's thoughts, motives, and inner workings are getting more complex as he grows up in each book. I hope that he exacts some appropriate revenge (other than living well) on the soul-destructive Dursleys. Ah, but there I go, projecting again........
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Summary: Overall, an entertaining book
Review: I bought this book because I had read the Sorcerer's Stone which had really pleased me. This entertained me just as much. I think that the Chamber of Secrets really is much more funny and filled with jokes, more entertaining than the original. I have one bone to pick, though... some parts are hard to understand. Maybe it's just me, but some parts were confusing. Don't get me wrong though, this is one of my favorite books.
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Summary: A really pefect book
Review: I bought this for my fiancee's sisters, but ended up reading it on the plane to see what all the fuss was about. I was totally blown away with the creativity and intelligence of this book - I can't wait for the movie!
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Summary: Will Malfoy ever get a break?
Review: I breezed through CHAMBER OF SECRETS almost with a sense of urgency. I wanted to read what was going to happen next, and I was never bored. As soon as I finished I picked up the third Harry Potter book and began reading it. This reaction pretty much describes the strength of the book and the series (at least thus far) - it is compelling, interesting and entertaining. I liked that CHAMBER OF SECRETS made use of stories, powers and characters mentioned in the first Potter book but in a more expanded way here. I'm never a fan of inventing something new to get a character out of a situation. That happens to some extent near the end of CHAMBER OF SECRETS, but the book is stronger when Harry's ability to speak with snakes comes in handy and is explained further, Hagrid's past plays a key plot role and Percy the prefect subtly falls under suspicion. In each case, these things first appeared in HARRY POTTER AND THE SORUCER'S STONE. On the other hand, Tom Riddle, the sword of Gryffindor and the phoenix seem introduced to explain away situations that can't be explained with already-introduced elements. Some other things I don't like about this book (and the first) - Harry's distrust of authority, while perhaps true to form for a child, is annoying. When Dumbledor asks him if he has anything to tell him, Harry withholds key information, but when his abck is up against the wall, he trusts in Dumbledor's promise. What's the message here? Be distrustful of adults unless there's no choice? Also, poor Draco Malfoy never even temporarily gets a leg up. Harry's one-upping Malfoy has become boring because Malfoy never takes the lead, never pulls one over on Harry, and never does a bad deed that goes unpunished. Similarly, the return of Voldemort is something of a disappointment. How many times will Harry beat him? Pretty soon, Voldemort will cease being intimidating. Finally, the ending, like the ending of the first book, is too good. Like the repeated defeat of Voldemort, repeated all-out happy endings lose their excitement after a while. None of these problems take away from the book's pace. Despite its flaws, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS is awfully fun.
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Summary: Wow! It was awesome!
Review: I can't believe Ms. Rowling is such a talented author. This book has a lot of life in it. Unfortuanatly, it describes a lot of what happened in the first book. That was quite annoying. I would prefer that such an otherwise spectacular book does not dwell so much on the past. Yet, this book is great, so it doesn't matter TOO much!! i hope that all people that read this enjoy it. I think that the names and comical satire is amazing and shows splendid writing.
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