Welcome to my feature, Pastime Pleasures, posted every other Friday. Today is the turn of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling.
Here I will look at books that have given me great pleasure in the past. These are books I can read over and over again. The only rule is that the book must have been published five or more years ago.
The second of the series starts of with a flying bang… literally. The Chamber of Secrets is another brilliant installment of the Harry Potter Series.
Perhaps Chamber of Secrets is so good because we have got to know the characters, we know who our favourites are, who we dislike, and it is easier to imagine Harry’s surroundings.
Harry clearly has a better understanding of his abilities and who is enemies are. And this book focuses on improving said abilites and growing as a character, there is more focus on the mystery at hand rather than the future.
Perhaps it is the re-reading that has made me see how good J. K. Rowling is at writting this mystery. There is a lot of foreshadowing of events, which are clearer now on the re-read.
Overall there is magic and adventure, what more do you want?
“It is our choices, Harry , that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
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