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Re: Three good chapters Camilla Send a noteboard - 23/07/2010 10:34:40 PM
Thoughts, feelings, etc.

We get a laugh in all three, with Lockhart disolving all the bones in Harry's arm. More with Lockhart getting blasted by Snape in the dueling club. Yet more with Hermoine turning into a cat with the Polyjuice Potion. :D

Harry's revelation as a Parselmouth is big in this as well, with all the suspicion towards him as the heir of Slytherin and the following attack on Justin Finch-Fletchey (sp?) .


Yes, I like how this develops the Brazilian Boa in the first book.

Also, these chapters were an interesting expansion of the tension between Malfoy and Harry. In the Quiditch pitch, then in the dueling club (where Malfoy cheats, of course), and then an inside look into Slytherin and the "relationship" between Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle.


Yes, they show, respectively, how Malfoy is incompetent, how he must cheat in order to gain the upper hand, and how he is aware of it (compensating by complaining that Harry this and Harry that).

Can't say I'm sorry to see Colin Creevey, the human Dobby, get petrified and out of the story for a few chapters!


SO true.
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The Great Harry Potter re-read: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rebekah - 19/07/2010 09:32:22 AM 3161 Views
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I hate Dobby. Rebekah - 20/07/2010 11:32:58 AM 2082 Views
I'm not a huge Dobby fan either. *spoilers from end of book* StormCrow - 20/07/2010 03:18:27 PM 1997 Views
Me too. Camilla - 20/07/2010 05:56:27 PM 1887 Views
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I hate "movie Dobby." Book Dobby I'm neutral on. *NM* Deadsy - 21/07/2010 03:42:29 AM 1237 Views
I don't like him either. nossy - 21/07/2010 02:26:47 PM 2019 Views
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Stuff Camilla - 20/07/2010 05:54:26 PM 2056 Views
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Yes! Seriana Sedai - 20/07/2010 09:41:09 PM 2094 Views
Re: Yes! Camilla - 21/07/2010 07:05:13 AM 2046 Views
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I really noticed this time around aria - 21/07/2010 03:10:43 PM 1888 Views
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This section really brought home to me how well Rowling writes about love and relationships. Rebekah - 21/07/2010 07:22:43 PM 2033 Views
That last remark made me check out the names in the French translation... Legolas - 26/07/2010 05:18:36 PM 2073 Views
Don't get me started on the Norwegian translation. Camilla - 26/07/2010 09:52:09 PM 2013 Views
Ahahahahaha! Rebekah - 26/07/2010 09:55:17 PM 1838 Views
That is indeed genuinely awesome. Legolas - 27/07/2010 12:24:07 AM 2028 Views
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McSnurf? MCSNURF?? WTH? *NM* fionwe1987 - 27/07/2010 08:47:55 PM 1174 Views
Nono. McSnurp. Camilla - 27/07/2010 08:48:58 PM 1977 Views
Read it wrong. fionwe1987 - 27/07/2010 09:15:07 PM 1814 Views
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Heh. Rebekah - 23/07/2010 10:16:48 PM 1890 Views
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Even more stuff Camilla - 23/07/2010 10:10:39 PM 2044 Views
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Re: Three good chapters Camilla - 23/07/2010 10:34:40 PM 2033 Views
Yup. Rebekah - 23/07/2010 11:32:03 PM 1977 Views
Re: Yup. Camilla - 26/07/2010 03:01:15 PM 1988 Views
I agree. And plain jealousy that Harry's hogging the spotlight time and again. Legolas - 26/07/2010 05:28:09 PM 2076 Views
And then some... Camilla - 23/07/2010 10:31:56 PM 1812 Views
Hermione Rebekah - 23/07/2010 11:29:22 PM 1973 Views
Another example aria - 24/07/2010 12:56:26 AM 1875 Views
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Aaaah Camilla - 27/07/2010 10:34:51 PM 1861 Views
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