I like the second book a great deal more than the first. There's a sense of menace in Chamber that's completely absent in Stone, with its seven impossible tasks that present three eleven year olds with only a minor challenge.
But I would agree that the difference in quality also has something to do with the books' respective focus. Harry is, by far, the series' least interesting character, and the books work best when he's acting as an observer, our window to the history of the wizarding world and his own extended family.
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Date: 2007-03-29 03:04 pm (UTC)But I would agree that the difference in quality also has something to do with the books' respective focus. Harry is, by far, the series' least interesting character, and the books work best when he's acting as an observer, our window to the history of the wizarding world and his own extended family.