Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling > Reviews

Advantages: Everything!
Disadvantages: Nothing!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the series, and has perhaps the most ‘epic’ plotline. This book is definitely where the series grows up, and in my own personal ‘hit list’ of Harry Potter books, it is rated as number three. **Blurb** (from the back of the book) “It is the summer holidays, and one night Harry Potter wakes up with his scar burning. He has had a strange dream, one that he can't help worrying about...until ... Read review

Advantages: Another excellent book
Disadvantages: Not as good as number three!

...– when is the fifth Harry Potter book coming out? I shall be queuing outside the bookshop when it does! Well maybe not, but I shall certainly be buying it as soon as possible. As you must have guessed by now I have just finished reading the fourth book in the series, which is entitled Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It is by far the thickest of all the volumes so far being about twice the size of any one of the other three. This book is ... Read review

Advantages: Great story
Disadvantages: Takes a bit to get going

...a similar way, the latest Harry Potter book, HP and the Goblet of Fire (HP4 from now on), is a quite distant cousin from its predecessors, HP and the Philosopher's Stone, HP and the Chamber of Secrets and HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban. HP3 covered the most pages of the three, at 317. HP4, as well as initially only being released in paperback (at £14.99), trots in at an immense 636 pages, more than twice as many. However, it's only indirectly that ... Read review

Advantages: Gripping read where the whole Harry Potter world really starts to gel together.
Disadvantages: Possibly a little too complex and long for little ones.

I've just had Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire peeled from my trembling hands, and I'm now slowly coming back to my senses. Really, now I'm beginning to realise that Harry Potter is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine and I shouldn't be enjoying reading it quite this much, but I guess a book having this effect on me is just a testament to the skill of Joanne Rowling. I must say, I wasn't expecting a great deal from this book. I'd read the first ... Read review

Advantages: Very detailed and complicated plot
Disadvantages: Too many adult themes, may not be suitable for young children

...(and latest) book in the Harry Potter series. At over seven hundred pages it is the longest book and perhaps the most interesting. Introduction For those who don’t know: Harry Potter is an orphan child who has grown up with his Uncle and Aunty (The Dursley’s) and due to their hatred of magic he does not know of his magical heritage. Perhaps the most famous wizard in the world, Harry is famed for surviving an attack by Lord Voldermort, ... Read review

Advantages: funny, dramatic, great story-telling
Disadvantages: if it's not your thang, it's not your thang!

...thinking: “Thank God, another Harry Potter op, we don’t get enough of them on Ciao!” In fact this is the 90th opinion to be written on the Goblet of Fire alone. Weighing in at a whopping 636 pages, this is more like a doorstop than a work of fiction. If you are a Harry Potter novice, you may as well get involved before the hype-machine goes into overdrive with the launch of the first Harry Potter film later this year. Otherwise ... Read review

Advantages: A fascinating glimpse into the world of wizards
Disadvantages: Details, details

...miserable, to the extent that Harry is actually relieved to finally end up at the local “wizard” school, called Hogwart’s. (sounds like a nasty disease!) ~ ~ It is here that he meets up with his two friends Ron and Hermione. As well as learning all the multifarious and weird skills that make a good wizard, Harry also starts to learn and get insights into his own personality. It is in the various scrapes and adventures that he ... Read review

Advantages: See opinion
Disadvantages: None at all.

...of the much talked about Harry Potter series, it was released over a year ago and now I, along with all millions of other fans, eagerly await the 5th book! This book follows the same story line as the first three, with harry starting a new year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, but is slightly longer because before the end of the summer holidays he gets invited along with the Weasley family to the Quidditch world cup. This book ... Read review

Advantages: a good story, well written
Disadvantages: does size matter, is it really a children's book

...and that hasn't heard of Harry Potter. I must admit now that I had heard of the boy wizard (originally I thought the term boy wizard applied to Roy Wood in his youth- Jill Murphy is old enough to understand that one!), but for a while I was inclined to read the first book, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', about as much as I am inclined to inspect a lion's tonsils by sticking my head inside its mouth. But that all changed on March 15th ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to read, Great characters
Disadvantages: May not be substantial enough for older readers

...of succumbing and buying a Harry Potter book. So it was that I recently joined the enraptured millions who have tried and tasted the schoolboy adventures of the be-spectacled phenomenon that is Harry Potter. ***J K Rowling*** I guess it's worth touching on a bit of background about the writer, Ms J K Rowling. In terms of awards, the megastar author has won the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Whitbread Award for Best Children's Book, ... Read review

Advantages: Storyline, charachters
Disadvantages: Big and heavy

...of the books in the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling, so I decided to read the fourth book in the series, without reading the other three. One of the first things that struck me was the size of the book. It is over 600 pages long, very thick and very big. It is hard to hold, I imagine that it could be too big for some small hands to hold, and hope parents will read it for them. Not that the kind adult will be too happy with the size of the book, ... Read review

Advantages: The story continues
Disadvantages: Too much narrative for some

Yes, another Harry Potter review, and I promise not to get mixed up this time! 'Goblet Of Fire' is the 4th Book in the series of 5, and when it was released it was the lengthiest book to date, coming in at 636 pages in the hardback version. I think there is such a big jump in the length of the book, because JK Rowling has realised that the books are no longer just for children, and even so the children still manage a book of this length as they become ... Read review