This book came out within an year of the first book the Philosophers stone.
By that time the potter craze had just started to build up.
The book has more or less the same base How harry poter goes through a year in hogwarts with the unexpected things happening
Well there is the snag isnt it the unexpected things are really unexpected and start off withing harrys own house. He gets warned by the ministry for a crime done by a house elf but this has high relevance in the next volumes.
Harrys year is marked by Accidents and exitement. There is ofcourse the humour about Gilderoy and his usual nonsense although it becomes too clear within the first few chapters what a crazy git he is.
the story thwarts the human limits as Harry Ron and Hermione Fight through their second year and the dangers included. By now they seem to have got the nack of going after the wrong person whome they suspect.
The book is varient from the first one but is ore exiting and yeah I wouldnt recomend it to heart patience lolz This books is worth a reading
I would strongly ask you to read the first volume first though and make sure you are ready to buy another 6 cause once you read one youll surely wanna continue.