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.
I like the way Rowling writes that. There's more than just Malfoy's feelings of inadequacy behind his animosity. There's rejection (from the train scene on the way to Hogwarts in Book 1), and Draco striving to live up to his father's example. I think he's a great character, however flawed.
Definitely. Draco is one of my favourite characters, and I think one of Rowling's better ones (the two are not always overlapping).
*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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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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Yup.
- 23/07/2010 11:32:03 PM
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Re: Yup.
- 26/07/2010 03:01:15 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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Voldemort's (sometimes) hilarious names in translation.
- 26/07/2010 06:14:58 PM
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- 26/07/2010 06:45:55 PM
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- 26/07/2010 06:45:55 PM
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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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*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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