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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 3201 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 2068 Views
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Ahahahahaha! Rebekah - 26/07/2010 09:55:17 PM 1877 Views
That is indeed genuinely awesome. Legolas - 27/07/2010 12:24:07 AM 2082 Views
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Yup. Rebekah - 23/07/2010 11:32:03 PM 2028 Views
Re: Yup. Camilla - 26/07/2010 03:01:15 PM 2041 Views
I agree. And plain jealousy that Harry's hogging the spotlight time and again. Legolas - 26/07/2010 05:28:09 PM 2114 Views
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