Book Blog #103: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Author: J.K. Rowling
# of Pages: 341 (paperback)
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Adventure
Rating: ★★★★★
Synopsis: The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.

And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girl's bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny.

But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble beings, and someone--or something--starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects...Harry Potter himself.
Review: Another great book from Rowling. After reading it for the second time, I am beginning to understand the story a lot more than the first time I read it. The only problem is that I have a hard time figuring out if the plot is being too predictable, or if it's just me slowly remembering what was happening the book.

SPOILERS FOR THE WHOLE SERIES! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Of course, upon reading the book the first time, I didn't know that Ginny and Harry were going to get together later on in the series. But since I DO know this, I realized how cute it was that Harry saved Ginny! Rowling was shipping her characters from the very beginning. Even Ron and Hermione, as shown by Ron rushing to the infirmary after hearing that Hermione was cured from her petrified state.

There was also that huge hint that Harry was a horcrux as Dumbledore tells Harry that he can speak Parcetongue because Voldemort is inside of him.

Kind of unrelated to the book, but do you know how many times I had to google all of these terms to make sure I spelled all of the right? A lot of times. It just goes to show how far I've fallen out of the Harry Potter fandom since I watched the last movie.

Of course I recommend this book!