Being the second book of the series, it naturally tells the story of Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts, picking up a few months after the previous book left off.
After being warned not to return to Hogwarts by a mysterious visitor named Dobby, Harry goes back to school. But someone is running around turning people into stone, including Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger, and Harry is the number one suspect. A magic journal by the former Hogwarts student Tom Riddle provides Harry with several clues which help him discover the hidden Chamber of Secrets.
While I have no major complaints about this book, I must say that I did not enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the first book. Mainly, I felt that this book mirrored the first book too closely without exploring any new territory in the Harry Potter universe. Most of the key plot points and features are almost exactly the same was they were before. For example, the use of the invisibility blanket, an ill-timed game of quidditch, and even the villain was revealed to be (spoiler here) Voldemort yet again. Essentially, it's a re-hash.
I was really hoping to expand the HP world a lot more, but I didn't get what I wanted. The book isn't terrible. In fact, it's rather enjoyable. It just isn't wasn't what I was hoping for when I started reading. Maybe next book? We'll see.
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