Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, or, Harry Potter, the Monsters and the Critics
Yes, it was a clumsy title. Suck it up. I was trying (and failing) to come up with a clever tie-in for JK Rowling and J.R.R. Tolkien. What would have been better? Harry Potter or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Hobbit? Anyhow. I recently re-read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for what must be the zillionth time. I did not get around to reading Harry Potter until the end of my senior year in high school. My mom and my youngest sister kept harassing me about it, but I refused to even start Harry Potter because I was in the IB program and did not have TIME for reading, unless it was for school. Reading that last sentence in the most hysterical voice possible will give you some indication as to the level of stress I experienced at that time. So I'm not one of those kids who "grew up" with Harry Potter. I was seventeen - the age Harry is when he defeats Voldemort (I trust that was not a spoiler) - when I fin...