Audiobook - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
>> Monday, February 22, 2010
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (Audio)
Genre: Fiction
Series: #2 in the Harry Potter series
Publication Date: 1998
Read by: Jim Dale
Challenges: Support Your Local Library #10, The Harry Potter Reading Challenge #2
Source: Library
The Short Version:
Still fun, still magical, still thrilling even though I know the end.
Why I Read It:
I’d always intended to listen to the series once I’d finished reading them. The Harry Potter Reading Challenge has prompted me to listen to them back to back which I rarely do for any series but for a re-read it’s great.
The Book:
I’m not going to bother with any kind of plot summary. By now you either know it or you don’t want to know.
My Thoughts:
I’m thoroughly enjoying listening to these books one right after the other. I only listen when I’m in the car by myself so my listening time is chopped up enough to spread the books out a bit. This one took me a little over three weeks to get through during my driving around time.
I’m constantly reminded of small details that become important once you’ve read or heard the entire series. Things that I missed the first time (or two) because until I knew the end of book 7, I didn’t realize were important.
My favorite parts of this one were Dobby, Fawkes the Phoenix, my absolute empathy for Ron’s fear of spiders, Gilderoy Lockhart (who reminds me of a couple of people I know), and the final battle far below Hogwarts.
Rating 5/5
No stars – I couldn’t even finish it
1 star – I didn’t like it but I managed to finish it.
2 stars – It was OK. Not good, but seriously just OK.
3 stars - I liked it. I didn’t think it was great, but I thought it was good entertainment.
4 stars – I really liked it. I really think you might like it too.
5 stars – It was amazing. I’d recommend this to just about anyone.
3 comments:
I joined the HP challenge just so that I would be motivated to listen to the series. I checked the first one out from the library but I never did get around to listening. I think it' s because I decided to reread LOTR on audio and there is only so much time I want to devote to books I already know. Some day....
I think listening to the HP series as a reread is a great idea, I may have to do that! I hope you're enjoying Intense Debate as well!
BethF: well even if it's not within the challenge time frame I can recommend listening to the series at some point.
S. Krishna: Oh it's a great way to re-read and I'm actually enjoying listening to them back to back more than I expected.
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