Nessa Luna
Written on Jun 7, 2020
To any trans people that read this: You are valid, no matter what terfs like Rowling say.
The summer after his first year at Hogwarts is worse than ever for Harry Potter. The Dursleys of Privet Drive are more horrible to him than ever before. And just when he thinks the endless summer vacation is over, a creature named Dobby the house-elf shows up issuing a grave warning to Harry not to go back to school or disaster will happen! Of course, Harry has to go back- and he does so in grand style, in a flying-car magicked by his friends Ron and Percy Weasley. But getting back to Hogwarts isn't the cure Harry expects it to be. Almost immediately a student is found turned to stone, and then another. And somehow Harry stands accused. Could Harry Potter be the long-feared heir of Slytherin?
Harry and friends Hermione and Fred are stretched to their limits in a desperate fight against Draco Malfoy and his gang, the hideously stuck-up new professor Gilderoy Lockheart, the malevolent owner of the diary of Tom Riddle, giant spiders, and perhaps even...Hagrid!
This is the book that proves J.K. Rowling is a talent that's here to stay!
- ISBN10 0439064864
- ISBN13 9780439064866
- Publish Date 1 July 1999 (first published 2 July 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Scholastic US
- Format Paperback
- Pages 341
- Language English
Reviews
To any trans people that read this: You are valid, no matter what terfs like Rowling say.
Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews
Written on Mar 12, 2020
In the second installment of the series J.K. Rowling introduces several new characters into the mix.
First is Dobby the house elf who warns Harry, for his own good sir not to go back to Hogwarts School as it is not safe this year. Unfortunately, Harry brushes this advise aside and attends his classes, Dobby tries to no avail to detour Harry but nothing bears fruit and usually ends up doing more harm than good to himself and The-Boy-Who-Lived.
Second is the Weasley family, the reader is introduced to Mr and Mrs Weasley who become surrogate parents to Harry and treat him as one of their own. The other member is the youngest Weasley child and only girl Ginny who is starting her first year at Hogwarts.
The third new character is Moaning Myrtle, a girl who was consistently teased and tragically died fifty years ago under mysterious circumstances.
Lastly, and my personal favorite the new Defense Against the Arts teacher Gildaroy Lockheart, a big headed, international bestseller for such books as Magical Me and Gadding with Ghouls; and in truth can only talk the talk and not walk the walk so all in all is rather pathetic. I reread this series numerous time and still get a kick out of his disastrous magical attempts.
Of course we can't forget the main characters, Harry, Ron and Hermione, the writing for all three is much more developed and mature and through out the books J.K. Rowling makes apparent that the three are going through "growing pains" and maturing in general.
All in all this was a good young adult novel {I've read at least twenty times so it better be} and as the series progresses and builds more popularity as a crossover book the writing style improves and becomes a little less juvenile. Great read good author.
moraa
Written on Dec 16, 2019
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
4.5 stars
5/xx/15: Wonderful! Didn't like it as much as the first though.
12/16/19: Oh Lord. I've always considered this (and the third book really) a bridge to books 4-7. I think this is in part because I was too young to have 'grown up reading' the series. BUT rereading it has opened my eyes to how great a book it is in its own right.
sokodomo
Written on Jan 9, 2019
sa090
Written on Oct 22, 2018
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No matter how old I actually get, I don’t believe that another series could ever come close to taking the spot of my favourite series from Harry Potter. My goodness, what a beautiful happy place to return to.
I do believe that I enjoyed book 1 a little more than 2 in my reread, but I did actually laugh more than once while reading this book which isn’t something I recall happened as frequently in book 1’s reread. That being said, it was interesting to see how the book is different from the movie, mind you it’s a very slight difference, but there were a few things that made me wish were adapted as well. For example and specifically; the party, History of Magic and of course Peeves the poltergeist. Might not have added a lot of difference, but when you love something so much and you want everything in it to be adapted, it’s easy to be really greedy.
This is also the seemingly first read of mine where I noticed that some personalities have been toned down a bit when compared to the adaptations, for example, we all know that Lockhart is very annoying, but I didn’t actually think he’ll be worse in the books. Draco as another example, while he’s bullying them for the sake of being mean, the book gave me the larger impression of how petty he really is as a character.
Little things like these to name a couple, are what makes revisiting this series a real treat for me. I rarely reread books, honestly didn’t do it before my HP reread because nothing strikes me as worth it, but who knows? Maybe by the time I’m done, my view would have changed a bit.
Like the reread of book 1, I have continued on with the second book’s enhanced edition. There is something very interesting in reading something and seeing a moving picture of it in the next page when the need arises. Always made me think that I’m seeing a wizard photo and increased my geekiness to somewhat dangerous levels lol.
I did notice something in this book in regards to the sorting, but I’ll keep it in the comments section below to avoid any potential spoilers even when I don’t think this series could ever be truly spoiled anymore. It’s also really difficult to talk about this series in full details with how familiar it is to me.... 🙃
Final rating: 4.5/5
leahrosereads
Written on Sep 15, 2018
It's really just filled with either really boring happenings or plot holes galore. There's nothing really magical about this story.
However, since this is the illustrated edition, I had some gorgeous art to keep me enticed to keep turning the pages.
bookperson
Written on Jul 19, 2018
bestmessever
Written on May 27, 2018
pjw
Written on Apr 24, 2018
Djilan
Written on Jan 19, 2018