Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


It took me a long time to read the second book in this series. I really liked the first one, but kept putting off reading the rest of the series until my daughter spurred me on. I'm glad she did. Like the first book, I thought this one was clever and well written and, like any book-to-movie adaptation, there were things in the book that I didn't pick up from the movie. And I loved the message at the end -- that it's the choices we make in life that define us. So true. On to #3

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Finally, I read this book that everyone has been telling me I should read for years now. My own book club read it a while ago (years, maybe. I've lost track) but I wasn't able to attend that month and was probably in deadline hell, so didn't get to read it then, either.

It's not often that I share my opinions of books with the world at large because it's all so subjective. What I love, you may hate and I don't like subjecting others to my opinion when they've expressed no interest in that opinion. But I'm making an exception to my rule with this book because I absolutely loved it. I'm not entirely sure why, and I don't want to ruin my experience of the book by trying to analyze it. I spend way too much time analyzing writing these days, and it's rare that I get to just read and enjoy. Much as I love writing my own books, I mourn the loss of my ability to read for pleasure like I once did. But this book was just that. Pleasure. I didn't analyze. I didn't rewrite passages in my head. I didn't think about what I would have done differently with the characters or question motivation. I just enjoyed. Thank you Lorna Landvik! This one goes on my keeper shelf.

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