Review: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars

Plot: Dobby tells Harry not to go to Hogwarts. Harry and Ron steal a flying car. They get in trouble. The Chamber of Secrets is opened. Things happen.

My Thoughts: First, I feel very silly writing out the plot of the Harry Potter books because everyone knows what happens. So hopefully ^ that will suffice. Second, and I mean this with as much respect to JKR as she deserves, but I've always kind of thought that The Chamber of Secrets was a filler book. It wasn't bad, but it definitely was not my favorite in the series. It obviously sets up a lot as far as Horcruxes go, and as far as book Ginny + Harry is concerned, but it's always just sort of been the one I skip through whenever I do a reread because I'm not that interested. 

Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by JK Rowling

My Rating: 5 out of 5

Plot: Harry, who has grown  up with his horrible relatives, finds out he is a wizard. But he's not just any wizard-- he is the boy who somehow stopped the darkest wizard of all time when he was just a baby. Harry goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he gets more than he bargained for as far as hands-on education is concerned. With his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger by his side, makes it through challenges to once again confront Lord Voldemort, and also he makes it through his final exams.

My Thoughts: It had been a while since I read this book. A good three years at least. But it was the book that started it all. It's an amazing beginning to a magical series, and it's pretty much flawless.