J. K. Rowling

Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry 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 who says that if Harry 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 and a spirit who haunts the girls’ bathroom. But then the real trouble begins – someone is 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!

Harry Potter #2

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Alesha Clifford

Lockhart hadn’t mended Harry’s bones. He had removed them.

Olivia Haymes

Haven’t I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself ifyou can't se where it keps its brain. Why didn't you show the diary to me, or your mother? A suspicious object like that, it was clearly full of Dark Magic

J.K. Rowling

🌞Laur🌞

You're running away? After all that stuff you did in your books?

My dear boy, do use your common sense! My books wouldn't have sold half as well if people didn't think 

“I!” said Aragog, clicking angrily. “I was not born in the castle. I come from a distant land. A traveler gave me to Hagrid when I was an egg. Hagrid was only a boy, but he care d for me, hidden in a cupboard in the castle, feeding me on scraps from the table. Hagrid is my good friend, and a good man. When I was discovered, and blamed for the death of a girl, he protected me. I have lived here in the forest ever since, where Hagrid still visits me. He even found me a wife, Mosag, and you see how our family has grown, all through Hagrid’s goodness….”

Harry summoned what remained of his courage.

“So you never – never attacked anyone?”

“Never,” croaked the old spider. “It would have been my instinct, but out of respect for Hagrid, I never harmed a human. The body of the girl who was killed was discovered in a bathroom. I never saw any part of the castle but the cupboard in which I grew up. Our kind like the dark and the quiet….”

“Strangers,” clicked the spider who had brought Ron.

“Kill them,” clicked Aragog fretfully. “I was sleeping….”

However, you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me.

Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it

“It’s all over,” he said. “I’m going to have to turn you in, Rubeus. They’re talking about closing Hogwarts if the attacks don’t stop.”

“I don’t think you meant to kill anyone. But monsters don’t make good pets. I suppose you just let it out for exercise and –”

“It never killed no one!” said the large boy, backing against the closed door. From behind him, Harry could hear a funny rustling and clicking.

“Come on, Rubeus,” said Riddle, moving yet closer. “The dead girl’s parents will be here tomorrow. The least Hogwarts can do is make sure that the thing that killed their daughter is slaughtered….”

“It wasn’t him!” roared the boy, his voice echoing in the dark passage. “He wouldn’! He never!”

“Stand aside,” said Riddle, drawing out his wand.

“You live in a Muggle orphanage during the holidays, I believe?” said Dippet curiously.

“Yes, sir,” said Riddle, reddening slightly.

“Half-blood, sir,” said Riddle. “Muggle father, witch mother.”

“My mother died just after I was born, sir. They told me at the orphanage she lived just long enough to name me – Tom after my father, Marvolo after my grandfather.”

Dippet clucked his tongue sympathetically.

“I mean that this diary holds memories of terrible things. Things that were covered up. Things that happened at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.”

“That’s where I am now,” Harry wrote quickly. “I’m at Hogwarts, and horrible stuff’s been happening. Do you know anything about the Chamber of Secrets?”

His heart was hammering. Riddle’s reply came quickly, his writing becoming untidier, as though he was hurrying to tell all he knew.

“Of course I know about the Chamber of Secrets. In my day, they told us it was a legend, that it did not exist. But this was a lie. In my fifth year, the Chamber was opened and the monster attacked several students, finally killing one. I’d caught the person who’s opened the Chamber and he was expelled. But the headmaster, Professor Dippet, ashamed that such a thing happened at Hogwarts, forbade me to tell the truth. A story was given out that the girl had died in a freak accident. They gave me a nice, shiny, engraved trophy for my trouble and warned me to keep my mouth shut. But I knew it could happen again. The monster lived on, and the one who had the power to release it was not imprisoned.”

The ink shone brightly on the paper for a second and then, as though it was being sucked into the page, vanished. Excited, Harry loaded up his quill a second time and wrote, “My name is Harry Potter.”

The words shone momentarily on the page and they, too, sank without a trace. Then, at last, something happened.

Oozing back out of the page, in his very own ink, came words Harry had never written.

“Hello, Harry Potter. My name is Tom Riddle. How did you come by my diary?”

These words, too, faded away, but not before Harry had started to scribble back.

“Someone tried to flush it down a toilet.”

Honestly if you were any slower, you’d be going backward 

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

So Dobby stopped us from getting on the train and broke your arm….You know what, Harry? If he doesn’t stop trying to save your life he’s going to kill you.

Harry Potter survived, and the Dark Lord’s power was broken, and it was a new dawn, sir, and Harry Potter shone like a beacon of hope for those of us who thought the Dark days would never end. 

“I never knew that,” said Hermione, looking at Ron in surprise. “You’ve used spiders in Potions loads of times…”

” said Ron, who was carefully looking anywhere but at the window. “I just don’t like the way they move….”

For a few years, the founders worked in harmony together, seeking out youngsters who showed signs of magic and bringing them to the castle to be educated. But then disagreements sprang up between them. A rift began to grow between Slytherin and the others. Slytherin wished to be more 

 about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed that magical learning should be kept within all-magic families. He disliked taking students of Muggle parentage, believing them to be untrustworthy. After a while, there was a serious argument on the subject between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Slytherin left the school."

Professor Binns paused again, pursing his lips, looking like a wrinkled old tortoise.

"Reliable historical sources tell us this much," he said. "But these honest facts have been obscured by the fanciful legend of the Chamber of Secrets. The story goes that Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in the castle, of which the other founders knew nothing.

Slytherin, according to legend, sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that none would be able to open it until his own true heir arrived at the school. The heir alone would be able to unseal the Chamber of Secrets, unleash the horror within, and use it to purge the school of all who were unworthy to study magic.

“Enemies of the Heir, beware! You’ll be next, Mudbloods!”

It was Draco Malfoy. He had pushed to the front of the crowd, his cold eyes alive, his usually bloodless face flushed, as he grinned at the sight of the hanging, immobile cat.

there was a great maggoty haggis, a slab of cheese covered in furry green mold and, in pride of place, an enormous gray cake in the shape of a tombtstone, with tar-like-icing forming the words,

SIR NICHOLAS DE MIMSY-PORPINGTON DIED 31ST OCTOBER, 1492

“Don’t lie to me,” Myrtle gasped, tears now flooding down her face, while Peeves chuckled happily over her shoulder. “D’you think I don’t know what people call me behind my back? Fat Myrtle! Ugly Myrtle! Miserable, moaning, moping Myrtle!”

“You’ve forgotten pimply,” Peeves hissed in her ear.

"But there is something you could do for me," said Nick excitedly. "Harry - would I be asking too much - but no, you wouldn't want -" 

"Well, this Halloween will be my five hundredth deathday," said Nearly Headless Nick, drawing himself up and looking dignified.

"Oh," said Harry, not sure whether he should look sorry or happy about this. "Right."

"I'm holding a party down in one of the roomier dungeons. Friends will be coming from all over the country. It would be such an honor if you would attend. Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger would be most welcome, too, of course - but I daresay you'd rather go to the school feast?" He watched Harry on tenterhooks. 

"My dear boy! Harry Potter, at my deathday party! And" - he hesitated, looking excited - "do you think you could possibly mention to Sir Patrick how very frightening and impressive you find me?" 

That's what yer little sister said,' said Hagrid, nodding at Ron. Met her jus' yesterday.' Hagrid looked sideways at Harry, his beard twitching. 'Said she was jus' lookin' round the grounds, but I reckon she was hopin' she might run inter someone else at my house.' He winked at Harry. 'If yeh ask me, she wouldn' say no ter a signed-''Oh, shut up,' said Harry. Ron snorted with laughter and the ground was sprayed with slugs

Not my favorite but still a great book, I love how in the books we get to know more stuff then they show in the movies.

Femke Van de Water 

Lacy W

The adventure continues! Be still my heart. 

The plot is so rehashed so I will just talk about the character growth and other things like that.

In this book, we see Harry a little more grown up, but still just a child. He is starting to learn a little bit more about himself and his very mysterious past. I love that he is starting to rely more on his friends. I think in the first book he was still unsure of just how loyal Hermione and Ron are. But who could blame him? Having friends and people that actually  like  him is still a hugely foreign concept to Harry. But he is learning and that's what I love to see. Character growth. 

It's also incredibly refreshing to see that even though he is a celebrity in the Wizarding world, he doesn't let the celebrity get to his head. He would actually love to avoid it if he could. Characters that thrive off fame annoy me so it's just so nice to see Harry not like that. An example would be when Harry goes to get his books and Lockhart finds him in the crowd. Lockhart gives Harry all his books. Instead of keeping the books and gloating about it, he gives them to Ginny, who is quite poor, and buys his own. How awesome is that? 

If I could just have one little itty bitty complaint. Tiny. Minuscule even. It's that why couldn't Dumbledore tell Harry more about his past and who he is and just how important he is. Harry has been through so much in the past two years, not to mention what happened to him when he was one year old. I understand that Dumbledore wanted to protect Harry and keep him happy for as long as possible but Harry should know what is going to happen to him and what makes him so special. 

But overall, this is still the most fantastic series on planet Earth. You can tell that Rowling is starting to go more dark as the books progress. We are getting set up for some very big and bad things. It's starting to become more YA instead of middle grade. If I'm being honest, I never considered  Harry Potter  to be middle grade simply because of the dark nature. I mean, I couldn't even read this book at night because of how dark it was and I was around 11 or 12 years old. But that is just my humble opinion. 

 I still stand by the suggestion that everybody should read this series.

Mary GrandPré

Kazu Kibuishi

PEWDS

Haney Hayes PR

Absolutely one of my favorite children's books. I remember reading this the first time; I was twelve years old. My kids are just now the age they want to read it.  However, I love this entire series, but in the end, I still haven't received my Hogwarts letter.

Susan 

One of the good things about being little when the movies came out is that I don't remember them much. I had completely forgotten about Tom Riddle, making that a big shock! And Dobby, forever my favorite house elf!

The second book was fast paced and packed with thrilling sequences and despite knowing the ending it was satisfying how everything fell into place.

Kiranchander

rhiannon ludolph

Beatrix Haase

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was an outstanding book. I thought that it was fun and it didn't have a dull moment. Everything made sense. One thing that J.K. Rowling does best is describing things. I was reading and I could easily picture a picture in my head. Her describtions were absolutly outstanding. 

I really did enjoy this book and I cannot wait to read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 

5/5 stars: Great detail, characters, and plot. Not a single dull moment in this book. 

I hope this helped you guys.

xoxo,
Bebe

sarah stevenson

the attention to detail never fails to amaze me and the CHILLS i get at the end when everything gets pieced together is so worth the slower parts of the story

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Hufflepuff Edition

Melissa Alice 

** spoiler alert **
           I loved everything about this second book! It’s even better than the movie! I wish they hadn’t erased the Valentines scene, it would have been hilarious!

Jamieson

Harry Potter is just too good. Chamber of Secrets is such a great second instalment. Personally, I love all the setting up it does for the later books. 

This book the one that scares me the most. I genuinely get freaked out by the giant spiders and snakes and everything else. I also love Gilderoy Lockhart -- even though he's probably the worst teacher they've ever had, he makes me laugh. He's such a loser oh my god. 

I also love Draco in this one! Draco's eternal bitterness makes me laugh so much. 

The mystery of Chamber of Secrets is one of my favourites. I love how everything comes together o perfectly. Even petrified Hermione continues to keep everyone's shit together. 

Anyway, obviously a 5*. This is one I've not read for a long time so I really enjoyed my reread!

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It was compelling in parts, out right boring in others

Cindy McKee

The second book in the series definitely avoided the sophomore slump. The characters remain fresh and they continue to grow. Just absolutely wonderful!

Na een verschrikkelijke vakantie bij zijn gemene oom en tante gaat Harry Potter naar de tweede klas van Zweinsteins Hogeschool voor Hekserij en Hocus-Pocus. Maar alleen al om daar te komen blijkt een ware heksentoer te zijn, waarbij een vliegende auto Harry en zijn vriend Ron uitkomst biedt. Na alle avonturen van vorig schooljaar denkt Harry zich rustig aan zijn lessen Toverdranken, Verweer tegen de Zwarte Kunsten en zijn favoriete sport Zwerkbal te kunnen wijden. Maar dan hoort hij een mysterieuze stem, vinden er aanslagen plaats en ontdekt hij een wel heel bijzonder dagboek... 

Harry Potter en de geheime kamer

Really good book! Much more detailed than in the movies which gives you more insight of the story. It is very escapism like and very poignant. The characters feel like living while reading. 

Sjoukje Posthumus 

Harry, Ron, and Hermione are back for their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Soon the threesome are immersed in the daily rounds of Potions, Herbology, Charms, Defence Against the Black Arts, and playing Quidditch. But then, terrible things begin to happen ... Harry hears voices, and sinister messages appear on the walls. Even worse, everyone thinks it's Harry's fault!

Megan Jones

Reading the second book was more fun, since I haven't seen the film version.  More of the same-- good, easy read.

Reading the second book was more fun, since I haven't seen the film version. More of the same-- good, easy read.

perfect 🤩 not as good as the first one and probably my least favourite of the series, but its still soo so good 😘

MegaDildo

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Gryffindor Edition

aisha

kesha

it's so good to look back and still enjoy the things you used to.

Can’t stand Lockhart, this is my least favourite Harry Potter book but still a very good light-read book. Recommend!

Linnea Nore

Liz Michaud

JKR and her views have destroyed my love for these book I just can't. We don't support transphobes in this house.

Stijn de Boer 

I think I like this one even more than Chamber of Secrets. It's almost a thriller with the whole mystery of the attacks and the Heir of Slytherin. Even knowing the end, that was still exciting. Lockhart is a great and weird character as well, with a great resolution.

Harry Potter receives an ominous warning from a house-elf at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: if he returns to the school at the end of the summer, terrible things will happen. But return Harry must. 

His second year begins with a new Defence against the Dark Arts teacher, Quidditch training and the intensification of old rivalries. Then the warning starts to ring true, as mysterious words are daubed on a wall, students are attacked and Ron's sister, Ginny, disappears. And so the serch for Salazar Slytherin's heir begins, with the mystery pointing Harry to a clandestine chamber and a deadly creature at its heart...
(back cover)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter #2

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