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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
By J.K. Rowling
Rating: 7 out of 10

So I got through this book pretty fast, wouldn’t you say? Before sitting down to watch Lost last night, I made Alli wait until I had finished the last chapter. This was more of a hybrid listening/reading that I did, basically listening when I couldn’t read.

The Chamber of Secrets was good, but not quite as good as The Sorceror’s (or Philosopher’s, depending on your country) Stone. Don’t get me wrong…I obviously enjoyed it very much, but I think that Rowling had a little bit of a sophomore slump going on during this one.

For all intents and purposes, the book is really similar. Another year at Hogwart’s for Harry and his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermoine Granger, full of adventure and wizardry. I just didn’t feel like a whole lot happened in this book. The conflict seemed somewhat downplayed, but even that doesn’t bother me too much. (I’m more about the journey of a book rather than the destination.)

I can’t really put my Muggle finger on what made this book not as good as the first, but perhaps it just had something to do with how impressed I was by the first one and then being somewhat let down in anticipation of the second. I hope that trend does not continue as I read on through the series (which, now, I intend to read until I am done with all 6, regardless of my original intent on my book list).

And understand that I still liked the book…just not as much as the first.