Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Second Year.... What a headache Sequels are always complicated, and writing a follow-up to a book as successful as the first was never going to be an easy task. Even so, I think J.K. Rowling manages to do so in a way that is convincing so far. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has the difficult task of reintroducing the reader to the magical world. The problem usually lies in how exactly this is achieved, and I must say that the first chapters of The Chamber of Secrets manage to do so, simply by introducing new characters who break the rules established in the first book. In this second book, 12-year-old Harry Potter finds himself in a complicated situation, as he is halfway between harm, destiny, and the search for his identity, and with a life that has been very young so far; asking a teenager to have answers or ideas about this is very complicated. One of the advantages of this book is, fortunately, its length. It is not necessarily a long bo...