Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

@ the second re-read:

★★★★ ½
I honestly didn't enjoy the last 20 pages or so like the rest of the book. I don't know, they seemed to be written in a too fast paced way, especially the fight with the Basilisk.
Anyway, it's been literally YEARS since I started to ask myself a simple question: Ginny, why do you even exist??
She's so.. Useless and stupid. I know that she's only 11 in this book, but (having previously read all the books) I already know that she doesn't improve at all, so I can't help myself but to despise her right from the very beginning of the series.