Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Book 2

Editorial Review
It's hard to fall in love with an earnest, appealing young hero like Harry Potter and then to watch helplessly as he steps into terrible danger! And in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the much anticipated sequel to the award-winning Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, he is in terrible danger indeed. As if it's not bad enough that after a long summer with the horrid Dursleys he is thwarted in his attempts to hop the train to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his second year. But when his only transportation option is a magical flying car, it is just his luck to crash into a valuable (but clearly vexed) Whomping Willow. Still, all this seems like a day in the park compared to what happens that fall within the haunted halls of Hogwarts.

Customer Reviews

Harry Potter - book on CD

2008-04-07
Shipping was quick and the reader on the CD was interesting. Good voice for reading.

Amazing!

2008-03-17
This is truly the best book I have ever read. It's thrilling from begining to end and is the best Harry Potter book. It's much better than the first. The first was really kind of boring, but this has action from beginning to end.

Sensational!!

2008-03-12
Listen to Jim Dale's narration of Dobby the House Elf especially- you can just see Dobby- he is so convincing. All of Ms. Rowling's characters come to life with him as the narrator. Wonderful!

Harry Potter

2008-02-28
Excellent & Very Good. I throughly enjoyed reading it. Thanks to my nieces and nephews I am really into Harry Potter.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2008-02-22
I liked Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets very much. It had a lot of details so you can picture everything very well. I also think that you can change a lot in the in the story. I did not like how you found out about the chamber so early. You can almost tell what is going to happen. I do like what was in the chamber though. They also had giant spiders who nearly killed Harry and Ron. Harry has some friends at Hawgwarts like Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. Harry can even talk so snakes!!! This is a great sequel to the first book. I would recommend this story to my friends and anyone else. In order to find out what happens you will have to read the book for yourself. You will be very surprised.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2008-02-22
It's hard to fall in love with an earnest, appealing young hero like Harry Potter and then to watch helplessly as he steps into terrible danger! And in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the much anticipated sequel to the award-winning Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, he is in terrible danger indeed. As if it's not bad enough that after a long summer with the horrid Dursleys he is thwarted in his attempts to hop the train to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his second year. But when his only transportation option is a magical flying car, it is just his luck to crash into a valuable (but clearly vexed) Whomping Willow. Still, all this seems like a day in the park compared to what happens that fall within the haunted halls of Hogwarts.

Chilling, malevolent voices whisper from the walls only to Harry, and it seems certain that his classmate Draco Malfoy is out to get him. Soon it's not just Harry who is worried about survival, as dreadful things begin to happen at Hogwarts. The mysteriously gleaming, foot-high words on the wall proclaim, "The Chamber of Secrets Has Been Opened. Enemies of the Heir, Beware." But what exactly does it mean? Harry, Hermione, and Ron do everything that is wizardly possible--including risking their own lives--to solve this 50-year-old, seemingly deadly mystery. This deliciously suspenseful novel is every bit as gripping, imaginative, and creepy as the first; familiar student concerns--fierce rivalry, blush-inducing crushes, pedantic professors--seamlessly intertwine with the bizarre, horrific, fantastical, or just plain funny. Once again, Rowling writes with a combination of wit, whimsy, and a touch of the macabre that will leave readers young and old desperate for the next installment. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson

The hier Of slytherin? 2008-02-11
Harry potter is back and better than ever in this second book of the seven books. this is a very good book just as good as the first one. everyone will enjoy this book. can't wait to read what happens in book three.

Potter does it again 2008-02-04
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling
1999

The plot is better than the first book's. The characters remain entertaining -- there's less world-creation, so more time can be dedicated to the main content of the story.

And again, just as with the first, it's not a bad book. It doesn't "feel" juvenile, at all -- it has good characters and a well-thought out plotline.

More of Harry's fears are explored -- and answered -- in this volume, as mysterious "petrification spells" roam around Hogwarts. As students are fpimd frozen, some feared to be dead, naturally it will be Harry Potter who finds the root of the issues and saves the day.

The rest of the old familiar faces are back, too, but though the spiraling new plot, there's no development of characters. Even after a year, none of them have changed, except perhaps for Harry who grows more ponderous. Old characters have new antics, yes, and new characters have new antics, but there's no more depth to them than in "The Sorcerer's Stone". A pity, this...

All in all, it's a fair successor to the first, which enriches the Magic World and explains more their dealings with the Muggle, human world.

6.8/10

Lived up to expectations! 2008-01-29
Yes it's true; after all these years, I'm finally reading the Harry Potter books, although we've seen the movies out thus far. Usually I prefer to read a book before seeing the movie based on it, but this way is great fun too, because the casting, costuming, and scenery of the movies seem so close to what Ms Rowling wrote that I can picture scenes from the movies as I read. Anyway, as with the first book, this one just sails along, with writing clearly geared toward children, yet still entertaining for us oldsters. I've got the next two out of the library and it's just about all I can do to keep going on the other book I've started in between and not throw it over so I can dig in to Prisoner of Azkaban! If you don't think you like to read, read these books, and you'll change your mind!

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2008-01-14
This is the second book in the Harry Potter series. My daughter decided to collect all seven books in hardcover, so I purchased it for her for Christmas. She is obsessed with Harry Potter and is rereading all seven books. If your child or if you are a Harry Potter fan, you will have to buy this book.