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Summary: The best book I ever read
Review: They are the best books ever! I can't stop my self and can't even image what I am going to do after I finish this one (Harry Potter IV). I have read Chinese edition before but I want to tell you. If you can, please don't read any translated edition, they are absolutely not so good as the original one. There might be some vocabulary there but after one or two chapters you must find you don't need dictionary any more. It is easy and full of fun. I don't feel I was reading a giant foreign-language book. I highly recommend this one for any one still believes in magic and anyone wants to start you first English book. I couldn't even write an English letter, now I can.
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Summary: I was horrified at the amount of violence in this story.
Review: This book seemed to be a good sequel at first - until I read a certain section in the back which had gory violence that I, a fourteen year old! could barely handle. I mean, I went to the bathroom after reading the end and just stood there crying because it scared me so badly. Now, I'm not expecting everyone to have the same reaction - I'm sure many people my age could easily handle it, no doubt - but this is just a warning to eager kids who haven't read it and parents who want to read it aloud to their kids - it is definitely not for all who enjoyed the first book.
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Summary: Masterful work!!
Review: The moment I saw "Goblet of Fire", I knew there was something different about this book than the others in the series. First off, I noticed it's size: over 700 pages in hardback (12 cassettes in audio). Second, the dark reds and purples of the other three jacket covers were replaced with greens and jades. Clearly, this book would be different than the first three in the series."Goblet of Fire" IS different, though the same cast of characters still find themselves at Hogwarts for Harry's 4th year of magical education. Ron, Herminone, Harry, Fred, George and the lot are all back for yet more adventures in the wizarding world. The book begins with the Quiddich World Cup taking place on a "nice, abandon moor" in England between the opposing teams of Bulgaria and Ireland. Harry, who plays Seeker for the Griffindor team, is awestruck by seeing the best of the best professional Quiddich teams play, and it's clear that he intends to try to make himself the best player possible. However, the best laid plans oft go awry, and Quiddich is unexpectedly cancelled for the school year due to another upcoming tournament. To say any more about the plot would be to tell too much about this fantastic, fast-paced story where the plot twists fly as quick and twisted as the path of the zooming golden snitch. True to form, Rowling keeps her readers guessing as to what could possibly happen next, and when you think you've got it all figured out, the story-- rather like life itself--changes dramatically on you. Rowling also introduces a bevy of new and delightful characters, including a house elf who is scared of heights, a Bulgarian Quiddich Seeker who is perhaps most famous for his glowering, grim expression, and an evil wizard catcher with a wooden leg and enchanted, wandering eye. Hagrid is back teaching classes again, this time with a whole new lot of strange and semi-dangerous creatures, including some called Blast-Ended Skroots. I listened to the book on audio, read by Mr. Jim Dale, who is a masterful reader. Using a potpourri of different voices for each character, major or minor, he brings the book to vivid life in the ear and mind of the reader. From the greasy, sly voice of Snape the potions master threatening Harry, to the amusing voice of Professor Sprout the herbology professor waxing eloquent about bubo tuber pus, Mr. Dale never once confused his voices or lost my interest for a second. I have done some semi-professional reading myself for the blind and print handicapped, and I know how grueling it can be to be constantly reading aloud, hour after hour, into a microphone in a cramped, often stuffy recording booth. Mr. Dale, however, sounds as if he's sitting next to you in the Griffindor common room by the fire on a long, quiet evening. His telling of the story is masterful and engaging, never missing a beat. My hat is off to such a fine performance, and I hope and trust that he will lend his talents to the NEXT Potter book, and the next and the next... Finally, let me echo the opinions of some other reviewers that "Goblet of Fire" is much darker and scarier than the previous three in the series. The ending of the book is somewhat bloody and terrifying, which could prove to be too much for very young readers, say under 10 years of age. The book is much heavier on dialogue and description, and contains far more subplots than any other Potter book, though these subplots have a way of combining and intermixing with each other in the must surprising of ways. If you have a young Potter fan in your family, I would encourage you to read/listen to "Goblet" YOURSELF first before giving it as a present: you want to evaluate how appropriate it would be as a gift. It's a masterful story and jolly brilliant, but it might prove to be too frightening for young audiences. If so, it's best to shelf the book until the recipient is perhaps a bit older. I read a lot of young adult books, far more than I have reviewed, and this series rivals that of the Earthsea saga by LeGuin. It is masterful storytelling and certainly deserving of its praise and reputation. I personally would recommend hearing it read by Mr. Dale, but whether you read or listen to this book, you should definitely experience it. There is really nothing like it being published today. Thank you, Ms. Rowling, thank you Mr. Dale, for such a wonderful work!!
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter is a wizard, a famous wizard. This is his fourth year at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardy, and he is in for a big adventure. In this book, the Triwizard Tournament is taking place, and The Goblet of Fire decides which wizard from each house should enter. The Triwizard Tournament includes a series of tests a wizard has to pass in order to win the Triwizard Cup. However, Harry's name mysteriously pops out of the goblet without him putting it in. Worst of all, someone is waiting for Harry-someone evil.
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Summary: Harry Potter and The Goblet of fire
Review: The goblet of fire is an excellent book . It is very exciting book and has a lot of interesting pieces of information about a lot of different animals and things that have been made up.Some of the chapters are quite scary . The author has briliantly thought up all the characters .The best part in the book is the part when he takes the cup and he gets taken away to where Voldemort and the Harry duels with Voldemort and he beats him.It is quite sad because the person that took the cup with Harry is killed by Voldemort.WHen Harry beats Voldemort he gets taken back with the body in his arms and the boys parents are waiting for them and then they see him they burst out in tears. It is an excelent book and I would reccommend it to anybody that reads books.
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Summary: Finally a book that doesn't underestimate children!
Review: When J.K. Rowling first tried to publish Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, publishers told her that it was to long for children. Children read the book and loved it! The second (longer) book was just as popular. The third (longer!) was JUST as popular as the preceeding. And then, after a long wait, the fourth book appeared and broke records here and there and was amazingly popular! Not only are the storylines in the Harry Potter series, wonderfully creative and interesting, but they are funny, clever and enticing. They allow children to feel important, and the length themselves prove that Ms. Rowling does not look down upon children. Below average children, average and children who have an IQ of 200 have no way of looking down on this book, because it is spectacular. This book is very different and has started its own genre. Three cheers for Harry Potter.
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Review: I think that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was an exemplary book. J.K Rowling has outdone herself. She uses such a great variety of words to describe and name things in the wizardry world. She describes everything so distinctly that you would think that you were actually there. If you are an aficionado of Rowling's Harry Potter series then, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a must-read. The story starts off with Harry going back to Hogwart's school of wizardry. There, he finds out that his favorite sport, Quiditch, has been cancelled for the Tri-Wizard tournament. The Tri-Wizard tournament is a tournament where a student in his/her 6th or 7th year at Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons; the three wizardry schools compete to prove which wizard is the best. The students put their name in a goblet, which will randomly select the students that will compete in the tournament. Somehow, Harry's name was drawn from the goblet. Not knowing who placed his name in the goblet, Harry must now put up his experience as a 4th year against the 6th and 7th years. To top it all of, Harry must also worry about the coming and resurrection of the greatly feared Lord Voldemort. If you are a fan of mystery, action, wizardry, and fantasy books then I recommend this book to you.
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Summary: Not as good as #3.
Review: In order of preference of the Harry Potter stories, I would have to order them like this: 3,1,4,2. With #3 being the best. There is action, but its rather repetitive with Harry using the same spell over and over and over hoping it will do something new. And, compared to "Expecto-Patronum" (think thats right) his spells are weak. Its not the best one..like all the hype says. Its only a big deal because its the sequel to 3. The adventure of the kids is not as addictive as in the others.
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Summary: love it!!
Review: this is just too good for words. i just love it!
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Summary: One of the greatest books of all time!
Review: I thought this book was so great . I could not stop Reading this book. For hours I would sit down and read all day.
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