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.
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.
*MySmiley*
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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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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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Re: Three good chapters
23/07/2010 10:34:40 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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