Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

My reread of the second Harry Potter novel was not as satisfying as Sorcerer's Stone. Rowling spent a lot of time world building in the first novel. Part of the joy of the book was the magic of the introduction to all the delights, the allies, and the enemies. Chamber of Secrets is missing that magic. I don't remember my reaction from my initial read of the book, but this time, I found it to be formulaic duplicate of the first. The world building is much less dramatic and the new characters not very interesting, though the confrontation with Harry's nemesis Lord Voldemort at the end is very satisfying.

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