Mark Reads Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Mark Reads Harry Potter #2

by Mark Oshiro

What's the Chamber of Secrets? Who has ever heard of a basilisk? Why is Moaning Myrtle moaning all of the time? Mark Oshiro had a lot of questions about the second Harry Potter novel, and now you can revisit Mark Reads Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets with him. This book also includes eighteen brand new reviews written after Mark had read the entire series. That means it is okay to make fun of him for being wrong. It's true. No one will judge you.

Genres: Harry Potter, Nonfiction, Ebooks, Humor

ebook

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

MARK OSHIRO is the queer Latinx, Hugo-nominated writer of the online Mark Does Stuff universe (Mark Reads and Mark Watches), where he analyzes book and TV series. He was the nonfiction editor of Queers Destroy Science Fiction! and the co-editor of Speculative Fiction 2015, and is the President of the Con or Bust Board of Directors. When not writing/recording reviews or editing, Oshiro engages in social activism online and offline. Anger is a Gift is his debut YA contemporary fiction novel.

Reviews

[Nadhilla Melia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Mark's insightful analyses of the events in the book during his reread, but I also love the way he freaks out during his first read. It's just so pure and beautiful and makes me want to reread Harry Potter so bad. This book also made me appreciate how important Chamber of Secrets is in the overall Harry Potter lore, and it's such an underrated book in the series.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ah Mark not only are you unprepared you also have still missed SO many things even after reading it twice. But your reviews provide me so much entertainment so please never stop.

[Natalia h · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's weird reviewing a review of a book, because that's what Mark does. I don't like Chamber of Secrets, I never did, and Mark's reviews remind me why. I do love reading Mark's commentary on the book, though. The small parts that are good about it are brought up in such a funny way. I still love reading how Mark discovers new characters, hating and loving them, and wondering what the next book will be about. Which I cannot wait to read because it's my favorite in the series. XD

[Kimberlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I guess I loved this book for the same reasons as the last. Again, I need to read the actual book compilation with the extra features. I just read the blog. But yeah. Watching Mark freak out over Harry Potter is my newest obsession.

[Artur Nowrot · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very pleasant revisiting of one of my favourite installment of the Harry Potter series. I love Mark’s constant state of unpreparedness and the few reviews where he played with form (e.g. the ones written as Lockhart) where particularly delightful.

[Elisabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love that the ebooks show Mark's views when he first read each chapter, and then how he's grown to understand them better once he's read the whole series!

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just perfect.