Advantages: Vivid characters, exciting plot, unpredictable right to the end Disadvantages: Huge book! Makes it difficult to hold, and the story is slow at times
...Many readers of the other Harry Potter books will have noticed how different this book is from the others. Being so untypical it gives JK Rowling greater freedom for creativity in order to break the previous pattern of her other books. But it also leads to a distinct change in style that I'm not sure all fans have reacted well to. The beginning is eerily different, the middle unlike any of the books so far, and the end is hauntingly memorable.
When ... ...over quantity. I love the Harry Potter books, don't get me wrong, but I can't help feeling critical. At times I've noticed that JK Rowling chokes parts of her plot with irrelevancies, and the action is sometimes watered-down to make it stretch a whole year. But it is a good story, and being different makes it memorable.
The Hype
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Fans waiting for each new installment of the Harry Potter installment will recall months and months of waiting ...
e_coleuk 13.07.2005
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Advantages: Action packed, tackles supposedly "adult" issues. Disadvantages: Little in the way of characterisation. Too many plot twists.
I hate the Harry Potter phenomenon. I hate the merchandise, toys, films and spaghetti. However, I have to concede Rowling has succeeded in doing something many authors can't do. Make my son read and for that I am truly thankful. Being the Worlds Greatest Dad (that’s what the mug says anyway) I have recently made the great effort to read this book to see why my ten year old son is so enthralled with the whole Harry Potter experience. I have chosen ... ...The book centres on Harry Potter and unsurprisingly is told through his eyes. This particularly novel is peculiar as it is almost like a murder/mystery novel. Following the Quidditch World Cup (kind of like water polo on broomsticks) the wizard's see an ominous symbol known as "The Dark Mark". This symbol heralds the return of the most evil and powerful wizard whom has ever existed, Lord Voldemort. He was responsible for the death of Harry's parents ...
dididave 30.08.2004
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Advantages: Great story, gripping, Disadvantages: none
...relevant to the story of Harry Potter?! For the members of the wizarding world this book starts with high excitement. It is the Quidditch World Cup, and wizards from far and wide are meeting up to celebrate the best Quidditch players in the world. It is the final between Bugaria and Ireland and their fans are out in force, hidden from the Muggle world in a very large field surrounded by many spells and enchantments the wizards are all celebrating ... ...of troubles this year with Harry and Ron trying to secure dates for the Yule Ball a dance traditionally part of the tri-wizard tournament, and Hermione trying to fight off the rumours that she is cheating on her boyfriend Harry with another very famous wizard. A rumour helped along by none other than the acid quilled Daily Prophet Reporter Rita Skeeter, who is sneaking around spreading as many vicious rumours as she can conjuer up with the help of ...
emsi 20.01.2008
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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 about ... ...Hogwarts, Beauxbaton and Durmstrang Schools. Harry gets involved and is subject to some horrifying situations as he battles with the other contestants for the Triwizard Cup. I won’t say any more than that as there is so much going on in this book that I would not be able to do it justice unless I gave away too much of the plot.
His old friends Hermionie and Ron are both there to help him as is Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts and ...
SusanLesley 10.04.2002
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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 ... ...the Quidditch World Cup!
Soon Harry is reunited with Ron and Hermione and gasping at the thrills of an international Quidditch match. But then something horrible happens which casts a shadow over everybody, and Harry in particular... “
**Plot** (minor spoilers)
The book opens – curiously – outside of Harry’s PoV, as we follow an old caretaker through a creepy house, overhearing things that he is not supposed to. This is an interesting way to open ...
amytheduck 25.06.2007
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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 ... ...of Azkaban) took the whole Harry Potter story up a few gears. Suddenly, Rowling seemed to be adding more complicity to her plots, which certainly made sense since most of her audience would be getting older and the Potter phenomenon had really taken off and the books needed more twists, turns and intriguing new pieces of information being added. However, I somehow found it a bit duller than the previous books, although Professor Lupin was a fantastic ...
Guru-On-A-Mountain 10.10.2004
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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, ... ...the favorite sport for wizards. Harry manages to get seats to the World Cup final between Ireland and Bulgaria. Harry, an able player himself is awed by the power and speed of some of the players.
During the World Cup we are introduced to the Deatheaters, a sinister group of wizards intent on destroying muggles (non magicians) and those wizards that are muggle born. They are similar to the Klu-Klux-Klan. Harry and his friends become caught up with ...
Simoncook1 04.04.2001
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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 ... ...of 7 books in the Harry Potter series – it has a RRP of £6.99 but you should be able to pick it up for less than £4 in Asda or Tesco. You’ll be pleased to know that I have no intention of reviewing all the books in the series, I will limit it to just one! While it is possible to read Goblet of Fire without having read the previous 3 books, I would definitely recommend starting with the Philosopher’s Stone, as the other books will ...
jonathancowley 04.10.2001
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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 ... ...wizard school, and, as usual, Harry and his chums are right in the thick of the action.
A new “Professor of the Dark Arts” makes his appearance, causing a lot of upset in the process, and an ancient tournament is reinstated to add further to Harry’s woes.
THE AUTHOR
~ ~ The author, J.K. Rowling, has an unusual method of writing, in that she always does her “first drafts” of a book on paper and in longhand, then edits ...
the_mad_cabbie 06.12.2000 (16.01.2001)
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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 ... ...fact, it's page 19 before Harry makes his first appearance... similarly, we get more expansive descriptions than usual of some of the standard cast: "Then two girls appeared in the kitchen doorway behind Mrs Weasley. One, with very bushy brown hair and rather large front teeth, was Harry and Ron's friend, Hermione Granger. The other who was small and red-haired, was Ron's younger sister, Ginny." Now, I'll admit it's not overly extensive, but it's ...
dave27 07.12.2001
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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 is ... ...the tournament (2 from Hogwarts) Harry is too young to enter this competition and so someone else must have done this for him, but why?
Also we know from various sources that the Dark Lord is gaining his powers back and has already killed a couple of people right at the beginning of the book. The main thing that keeps happening is Harry's scar keeps getting very painful and this can only mean that either Voldemort is close by or getting stronger.
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princesssoapy 13.10.2001
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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 ... ...the time).
We were Harry Potter crazy. We bought the 'Goblet of Fire' on the day it came out, paid nearly £15 for it, carried it home, removed it from the baby sling with a delicacy only normally displayed by the curator of the museum, took the baby out of the carrier bag, and promptly gave it to Darlingest to read. I waited, and waited, and waited.
The Story
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Harry Potter, boy wizard, unsuspecting heart-throb and hero of the free wizarding ...
Nolly 15.01.2003
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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, a special ... ...Things took off in 1998, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was published in the United States leading to wide spread Harry-mania in a book sense, of course. Thus the dynasty was established leading to further volumes in the epic tale. ***The plot***
With little if any logic, I decided to embark on my HP adventure by choosing the fourth in the series "Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire". This volume sees Harry and friends in their fourth year ...
Marandina 03.10.2003 (04.10.2003)
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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, ... ...fact it continues to follow Harry through school, this time he is in his forth year. First in the series was ‘The Philosophers Stone’, which has now been made to the film currently out, then the second ‘Chamber of Secrets’ and thirdly the ‘Prisoner of Azkahban’ However it is not necessary to have read all the other books, I found that there are some notes relating to the other books that help yon in some parts, ...
Chris_Padden 27.11.2001
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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 ... ...follows a school year for Harry Potter and his friends, so this book follows him as he starts his 4th year at Hogwarts school, lead by headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
As this may be the first of my Harry Potter reviews you have read, or in case you are a Harry Potter virgin, I will give you a little bit of Harry history. Harry Potter is an orphan, as his parents Lily and James were killed when he was a baby. He was sent to live with his mother's sister ...
nicanddarrell 10.09.2003
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire CD Set, Part 1tells the first half of Harry's fourth ... more
year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in nine CDs. Part 2, also containing nine CDs, tells the second half, or you can get the complete story on 18 CD...
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