Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

I am continuing to find that the Harry Potter works are extremely well written and enjoyable stories, but I am not yet finding reason to be as utterly obsessed with them as much of the rest of the world seems to be. The lasting thought at the end of this book for me was, all of this could have been avoided if you had just told a trusted adult when strange things started happening. This was particularly true for me when Dumbledore directly asked Harry if he had anything to tell him, and Harry just said no. Tell Dumbledore! I realize this is the trope in a lot of children's and young adult books, and there wouldn't have been a book without it, but I personally find that frustrating. I also really found the unpleasantness in the book to be unpleasant, such as the overall existence of the Dursley family and Professor Lockhart. My favorite aspects are the friendship between Harry, Ron, and Hermione and particularly the humor that comes through Ron.