Volume 1 made me want to read the 2 but I found it less bouncy than the 1st. I had to come to the half of the book to find out where it was going. Nevertheless it is a must volume in the saga of Harry Potter. In short it is less stressful and less suspense than the other 3 but it's probably the problem with the numbers 2 ... we wait too ... It should be read anyway because everything comes together in this "saga" ...