Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

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

34 reviews

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bookycnidaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Slavery, Blood, and Kidnapping

emnime's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing 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

4.0

Love love love the Harry Potter books but the exposition in the beginning sort of drove me crazy. I just gotta remember my age was not the target audience for this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Slavery, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm and Blood

mahamsiddiqui's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

meganholman0911's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Delving deeper into the magical world of Harry Potter, the second in the series starts to bring in a bigger sense of intrigue with the story of the Chamber of Secrets and bringing in Lord Voldemort even more. 

Rereading this I love picking up sections that link and foreshadow to later in the series.

I enjoyed this book a lot and found it written very similarly to the Philosopher’s Stone so very easy to read.

I particularly enjoy how Lockhart is written and had a giggle to myself in a lot of lines!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, 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

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

sparksofkell's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail

melissalemos's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Blood

Moderate: Violence and Vomit

Minor: Animal death and Slavery