cadybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Bullying
Moderate: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, Violence, and Animal death
Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Death
ninaleeray's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Minor: Child abuse and Vomit
meganders22's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Classism
Minor: Child abuse and Physical abuse
anni_swanilda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Child death
itsjoenna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, and Bullying
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Death of parent
theinkdrinkerhouse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Blood, and Child abuse
Moderate: Death and Violence
briochebun's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
While I enjoyed the fact that we were able to jump into the Hogwarts happenings right off of the bat in this book - I didn’t enjoy CoS as much as I enjoyed its predecessor.
Graphic: Blood, Bullying, and Child abuse
Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Death
Minor: Death of parent and Car accident
jeslis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
- Again, 5/5. It's very unlikely a book in this series will be anything but 5 for my own nostalgia.
- The mystery element of this book was well done and pieced together so understandably and satisfyingly. Also a good point in the series to add a bit more depth to the characters (Weasley family, Harry's Slytherin traits).
- Big yikes to the way everyone at Hogwarts bullies Harry when they think he's Slytherin's heir too.
- I will say this one is a little bit more forgettable than I thought. Then again even as a kid CoS wasn't in my top favs.
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Child abuse
thatchickengirl23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Animal death
Minor: Murder, Death, and Death of parent
darthflauschi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The Author introduces some interesting concepts. Some will haunt her later.....
Still it's tedious that the bad guys are "fat and ugly", which is a tiresome stereotype.....
And the question remains: if the sorting hat, sorts you for who you are - which is then fixes forever (slytherin bad, gryffindor good etc) how can Dumbledore say its our actions that shape us? Is ot predetermined (houses) which would render his remark meaningless or is it our free will (actions) which would make the sorting a joke.
Also the ending feels a bit rushed when you compare it to the movie Version (Dumbledores Office)
Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Slavery