Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

52 reviews

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The Chamber of Secrets has always been one of my favorite Harry Potter novels, perfect for a nice fall re-read and a cup of tea. Onto the best in the series, Prisoner of Azkaban

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Slavery, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Vomit, and Death of parent

freddiew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Child death and Slavery

fyre_flies's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Violence

murray3's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Fatphobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

megan_bbender's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I really enjoyed reading this book! I thought it was so adventurous and it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time, I never wanted to stop reading because I couldn't wait to see what happened next. I can't wait to start reading the next book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, and Death of parent

hdkroon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Fatphobia, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

divine529's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This is a book and series I'll always love. This reread was no different, but this time I read the illustrated edition. 

I won't deny that I've been hesitant to read the illustrated edition of this because growing up with this, I have certain ideas of what characters look like and ways I imagine the world, but let me just say that this enhanced that love. Every version I've experienced of this just adds to my vision and understanding of it all. 

Since this is the illustrated edition, I'm primarily going to focus on talking about the artwork this reread. Jim Kay did an absolutely phenomenal job illustrating everything. I adored his work, even if it didn't always match my own version in my head or what we've all seen in the movies. I saw a documentary and I've read several articles about the work he did and pressure he felt with this project and it's astounding. He made sure to get all the details right and you can see the research on the page. I know he was concerned about ruining the series with his illustrations, but really, as I've already mentioned, it enhanced it and gave me a different experience. 

Compared with TSS, the illustrations in this book were even better. I seriously loved them so much. 

I definitely enjoyed this and I'll be curious to check out the other books in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Self harm, Slavery, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent