CoS Is The Least Favorite HP Book. Why?

[prefectmarcus at yahoo.com]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Joy M" <joym999 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., justanopinion2001 at h... wrote:
> > According to the HP Grownups polls, CoS is unquestionably the 
least 
> > favorite of the four books among people on this list.
> [snip]
> What exactly is it that causes so many people 
> > not to like CoS?
> 
> Excellent question, Laura.  I, too, count CoS as my least favorite 
> but I'm not exactly sure why.

> --Joywitch

There are likely a number of reasons.  Personnally I have two big 
reasons.

(1) Logical.  It has always bothered me that Dumbledore had access to 
the exact clues as Harry, yet he couldn't figure it out.  He knew 
Moaning Myrtle had died from the last attack.  If asked, she would 
have told him about the sink (where).  He knew Hagrid was involved 
somehow.  If he had asked, Hagrid would have told him all about 
Aragog and the monster he refused to name.  The monster petrified 
people.  A little time in the library would have shown him it was a 
basilisk (what).  Putting a watch on the bathroom sink would have 
shown him Ginny (who).  Further investigation would have revealed the 
diary (how).  He already knew the -why-.       

(2) Plot development.  Each book pushes the story along.  CoS seems 
to push it the least of all the canon.  If the book was dropped, 
would we really miss its unique plot points that much?  Most of them 
are covered in later books.  We would miss Lockhart, but he was just 
a one-off joke anyway.

Marcus