Dobby annoys me by sheer existence, and I dislike reading about him; Lockhart is annoying to the characters, but not annoying to read. The latter also applies to the Dursleys.
My biggest problem with the house elves is the dialogue they provide, second would be the self punishment (mid-sentence). The surprise factor is gone after the second time he hits himself with the lamp, irons his hands, etc.
Comparatively speaking though, Dobby is leaps and bounds better than Winky and Kreature. Kreature is another character that makes my skin crawl. I think Dobby redeems himself later in the book and in the series as a whole. After all, actions speak louder than annoyingly written dialogue!
The Great Harry Potter re-read: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
19/07/2010 09:32:22 AM
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Chapters 1-3
19/07/2010 09:32:52 AM
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Dobby
19/07/2010 02:39:06 PM
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I hate Dobby.
20/07/2010 11:32:58 AM
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Stuff
20/07/2010 05:54:26 PM
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The Dursleys.
23/07/2010 11:35:31 PM
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Chapters 4-6
19/07/2010 09:33:18 AM
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Another character we love to hate! Gilderoy Lockhart. Plus Weasley vs Malfoy.
20/07/2010 03:29:39 PM
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I can't remember how much I hated him the first read
21/07/2010 03:44:15 AM
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You're right. It's not as bad the second (or third) time around with him.
21/07/2010 01:54:01 PM
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My problems with Dobby are very different from my problems with Lockhart
21/07/2010 07:02:55 AM
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I can see that and I understand completely.
21/07/2010 02:06:27 PM
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More stuff
21/07/2010 07:00:04 AM
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This section really brought home to me how well Rowling writes about love and relationships.
21/07/2010 07:22:43 PM
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That last remark made me check out the names in the French translation...
26/07/2010 05:18:36 PM
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Don't get me started on the Norwegian translation.
26/07/2010 09:52:09 PM
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That is indeed genuinely awesome.
27/07/2010 12:24:07 AM
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Re: That is indeed genuinely awesome.
27/07/2010 09:07:35 AM
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McSnurf? MCSNURF?? WTH? *NM*
27/07/2010 08:47:55 PM
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Chapters 7-9
19/07/2010 09:33:44 AM
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Colin Creevey.
22/07/2010 06:55:17 PM
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Re: Colin Creevey.
23/07/2010 10:13:33 PM
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Even more stuff
23/07/2010 10:10:39 PM
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Chapters 10-12
19/07/2010 09:34:13 AM
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Three good chapters
22/07/2010 02:28:20 PM
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Yup.
23/07/2010 11:32:03 PM
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I agree. And plain jealousy that Harry's hogging the spotlight time and again.
26/07/2010 05:28:09 PM
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Chapters 13-15
19/07/2010 09:34:50 AM
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Heh. I'd forgotten how near the end of the book the spiders are.
23/07/2010 11:26:43 PM
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"Goodbye friends of Hagrid..."
26/07/2010 01:58:25 PM
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Chapters 16-18
19/07/2010 09:35:20 AM
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Overall thoughts
19/07/2010 09:36:06 AM
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Thoughts on the movie quality
21/07/2010 04:15:20 AM
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I always felt that the first two movies were the best, and the others bungled the atmosphere. *NM*
21/07/2010 03:08:29 PM
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I wonder if Rowling ever looks back and wishes she could change some stuff
21/07/2010 06:44:41 PM
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Suggestions for the re-read?
19/07/2010 09:37:32 AM
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Do we want a wee break before the next book?
24/07/2010 10:47:07 AM
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we need an impatient smiley that taps its foot while looking grumpy. *NM*
27/07/2010 08:51:30 PM
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It's not Wednesday yet! *NM*
27/07/2010 09:26:21 PM
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But it was a question:
27/07/2010 10:25:27 PM
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Yes, but the two possibilities in Rebekah's post were either Wednesday or next Monday.
27/07/2010 10:33:10 PM
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