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Summary: awsome
Review: This book is one of the best book out of the Harry potter series! It is definitly a book for a person who enjoys magic and adventure trust me read this book
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Summary: I¿d rather be a muggle!
Review: I enjoyed HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, but the book really brought into stark relief how glad we all should be that we're not wizards: Fighting each other:
The most potent spell the wizards have is the Avada Kedavra spell, which kills and supposedly has no defense. It is cast through a device (a wand) and can kill one victim at a time. Muggles have machine guns, nuclear weapons, and poison gas. Muggles are better in this regard. Advantage: Muggles. Transportation:
Wizards have flying brooms, floo powder, port keys, flying carpets, the aparate teleportation spell, a flying car, and the Hogwarts Express. Muggles have airplanes, cars, and trains. As far as I can tell, muggles are much better at transporting groups of people. The Hogwarts Express does not seem to be any more efficient than a muggle train, except in that it leaves on time. Airplanes seem safer and easier than port keys, which require elaborate preparation to essentially be used once or twice. Flying carpets are essentially off-limits to the wizards of England, leaving family transportation options limited to floo powder and brooms, both of which are shown to be dangerous in the Potter books (Harry uses floo powder incorrectly and ends up in a dark wizard shop, while Quiddich players are frequently falling off their broom sticks and getting hurt). The wizards have a clear advantage with the aparate teleportation spell, but it too is of limited use (for instance, it can't be used to get in or out of Hogwarts). Advantage: draw. Medicine:
This is the one area in which wizards have an undisputed advantage. Injuries can be healed almost immediately and nobody ever seems to get sick. However, just as diseases become more resistant and harder to treat in the muggle world, so too with wizards. Lycanthropy cannot be cured, and the use of unicorn blood to stave off death creates a weakness and addiction of sorts. Voldemort's self-medication usually involves hurting someone else to stay alive, the Sorcerer's Stone artificially prolongs life but also had negative social consequences. We don't know about wizard public health, although British muggles have access to universal health coverage. Still, the wizards seem to have the upper hand here. Advantage: wizards. Education:
Wizards go to school for seven years and learn about magic. Muggles go to school for upwards of 20 years or more and learn about their world. Potions and chemistry are about on par. After four years of transfiguration, physics seems more useful. Most of the other wizard topics may or may not be more useful than their muggle equivalent, but the way they are taught dwarf the problems with the muggle education system. The history of magic is taught by a boring ghost and seems to be absorbed by only one student (Hermoin). divination is acknowledged by most of the faculty to be a sham topic. The rotating defense against dark arts teachers are either ineffectual, dangerous in themselves, or chased out of Hogwarts due to prejudice and hatred. Teaching handling of magical animals is entrusted to Hagrid, apparently out of sympathy, who doesn't know how to teach (a year is wasted on bloberworms, another on blast-ended skewts). Exams are cancelled as a "reward" for good behavior. It is not clear where "pure blood" wizards learn how to read or learn about math, but it is clear that they don't learn much about the muggle world, its science, history, or culture. They seem to have more fun, but so what? The product of their education system is a society is dominated by dark wizards and oblivious bureaucrats. All of this is at what is supposed to be the very best wizard school. Advantage: muggles. Government & criminal justice:
The Potter books do not present enough information to render a definitive judgment, but it appears that the wizard world, at least in Britain, is ruled by a totalitarian government. The Minister of Magic is appointed, not elected. There is no separation of powers between the bureaucracy and the judiciary and there is no evidence of a legislative branch. The Ministry regulates nearly all facets of life, including the press (although the lack of press freedom becomes more clear in the 5th book). Harry is watched by Big Brother so closely that he cannot escape the eye if magic is illegally used in his house. Prisoners are unceasingly tortured by dementors. Corruption and inefficiency is also prominent - death eaters hold key positions because, although fingered as such were never convicted, while innocents like Sirus Black were condemned. Discrimination is openly practiced against giants and werewolves, and house elves are actually enslaved. Certainly some muggle countries are just as bad, but most industrial nations including Britian seem better off. Advantage: muggles. Result? Muggles zap wizards, 3-1-1.
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Summary: Fifty Points From Rowling House
Review: I enjoyed the first three Potter books, but with this fourth book, it's gone seriously downhill. The plot is disjointed and not believeable. The school and the kids' parents allow them to compete in a tournament where death or serious injury is apparently likely? And the prize isn't a scholarship or a donation to a charity, or new books for the school's library, or anything noble; nope, it's cash (well ok, gold coins). There's a bunch of distracting bits that just should have been left out, such as Hermione's crusade on behalf of the house elves. Everyone in the world, including the house elf community, seems to think it's a lousy idea, yet we get chapters and chapters about it, and nothing ever comes of it. What bugged me the most is the ridiculously complex way the evil wizards went about getting Harry into the inevitable final confrontation. Anyone with half a brain and a wand could think of several dozen easier, more sure, ways to accomplish it. Strangely (and unfortunately), Harry himself is the most boring of all the characters in these books. His dialogue often consists of witty lines like "Fine.", "Yeah, ok.", and "Errrr...". Not only is he boring, but he rarely comes up with an original idea himself, or exhibits any ingenious wizarding skills for that matter. In this book there's a competetion and on one of the tasks Harry cheats FOUR times, and guess what...gets rewarded for it afterwards. He's constantly breaking every rule this school has, yet never is he punished more than "Go back to your dorm now Harry, and don't come out again tonight.", or "Ten points from Gryffindor, Potter." It's just not very realistic OR a good model for children in my opinion. Hermione, Ron, Fred, George, and some others have more personality and are more entertaining, but even they don't live up to their former selves in this book. These characters, while sometimes still endearing, are growing more and more one-dimensional as time passes. These people ALWAYS act exactly the way you think they will: entirely predictable. Voldemort and the other villains could be right out of any Scooby Doo episode. I used to be willing to overlook that Ms. Rowling had lifted so much from other fantasy literature and spun it a bit to create her world, but now it's become tiresome. The sense of wonder and freshness is no longer there for the most part. The walls of Hogwarts that once seemed as cold and thick and heavy as real stone, now seem paper-thin and transparent. This isn't the worst book in the world, and despite it's problems, it's still worth a read. I just hope Rowling can recapture the sense of magic, and the promise of the first three, when the next books come around.
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Summary: Spectacular!!!
Review: Once again, for the fourth time in a row, i've been wowed by Rowling's verve and skill at crafting a story that actually made me emote...made me want to reach in, lend a hand, tell certain characters to watch out or to think carefully....not often does that happen. And i read a hellova lot. A little more mature than the last three novels, with the possible exception of the previous book, Harry Potter & The Prisinor Of Azkaban,(of course, these all were extraordinarilly well written, damned good novels, all of them!!!)this book picks up on a very mysterious note, allowing the readers to get a taste of the past, as well as the future. As the novel goes on, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, Maggonigal, Hagrid, Cedric, Sirius, Snape, Crabb, Malfoy and Goyle, Sprout,Fred, George, Mrs. Weasly, Ginny, Dobby, even Moaning Mirtle, these characters still shine as brightly as ever and are even allowed to grow more in quite a few cases. New characters are introduced, the molevolently horrid Reeta Skeeter, Wormtail returns, alongside his dark master, Lord Voldemort, who has quite the chilling plan in mind for Harry, and several others. Once again, Rowling manages to capture the imagination and hearts of readers everywhere...this tale goes deeper than ever before, more intricate, more mysterious, more chilling, and downright more heartstoppingly sad. There are deaths, of main characters, there are shocking realizations, there is everything for everyone, anything that's expected, it is all there, and a lot of unexpected occurs, too. I won't reveal one single plot element, but i will go out on a limb and say this much....if you've followed this story up to this point, be prepared to be shocked and horrfied beyond belief, as Harry Potter and Co. have just crossed the point of no return, out of psuedo-children's literature, and into the wide, uncaring, matter of fact world of adult storytelling, and what's more, Rowling makes the transition seamlessly, and doesn't stumble one bit. This tale has really just become...dangerous. Cheers, mate.
Hawksmoor..From The Bleed
All Things Serve The Beam
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Summary: harry potter and the goblet of fire
Review: J.k Rowling makes her book exciting and thrilling. Once you start reading it's hard to put the book down. The author is very creative she makes long and gripping books it's like magic!!! Harry potter is mo normal boy he is a wizard!! how attends Hogwarts school of witch craft and wizardry, Harry is mysteriously entered in to the twizard cup Harry has to dodge dragons fight trolls and solve and riddles this is Harry hardest year yet
"come seek us where our voices sound, we cannot sing above the ground, and while you're searching, ponder this we've taken what you'll sorely miss, and hour long you'll have to look and to recover what we took but past and hour the prospects black too late, its gone it wont come back"
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Summary: Another Home Run for J.K. Rowling
Review: For years I balked at reading the Harry Potter series. In my thirties, with a lifelong distaste for Star Wars and The Hobbitt, and a preference for non-fiction reading, I knew there was no way I'd enjoy these stories which were obviously for children only. Was I ever wrong! When Order of the Phoenix came out this summer, I finally gave in and decided to give all the Harry books a try. And now I'm completely hooked. When Rowling says she never consciously set out to write a children's book, she's not kidding. She sure knows how to tell a story that captivates people at any age! Although it's hard to choose a favorite, Goblet of Fire is mine. The intricate plot never lets up through all 700 plus pages, and the characters are more vibrant, mature, witty and sympathetic than ever. The nail-biting ending does not disappoint, and you'll practically tear the pages just to get to it faster. If you appreciate an excellent story that captivates as well as Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind ever did, then pick up Goblet of Fire and read the rest of the Potter series as well. It doesn't matter what age you are either - Goblet will blissfully (and sometimes painfully) bring you back to age 14, with an added dose of magic to spicen things up.
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Review: Harry Potter is a good book because you never know what would happen next.Like when he is in the Tiwizard tournament the twizard cup was turned into a port key.Harry and Cedric was transported to a grave yard, and where Lord Voldemort was waiting.My faivorite character was the twin Weasley Fred and George because they are funny and invent weird stuff like Ton-Tongue Toffe that makes your tong long like a python.Ithink the best moment was when they tried to get theirnames in but in stead they grew a beard when they croosed the age line.
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Summary: harry potter and the goblet of fire
Review: this book is really exciting. It is quick reading and you never want to put it down. this is just simly a good book. fred and Goerge are the funny trouble making charactersin this book. they are the brothers of ron weasley and are my favorite characters in this book. the moment that grabbed me the most was when harry and cedric flying thrug the sky when it is so dark that you would think you were blind. If you liked the harry potter series so far. then i would definitly recomend buying it soon.
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire
Review: This nail bitting, shivering book is about a young wizard by the name of Harry Potter. His parents died from a evil wizard which his name can not be named. He is kept at his mean aunt and uncles house for 11 horrific years. There he lives in a cupboard and it gets really dreadful. Then one mysterious day he gets a letter from a wizard school. There he takes many journey through the wizarding school called hogwarts. There he atttend there for four years of adventure mystery and through out the school. But this book is about the fouth year of an adventure when he enters a compation. You have to be older than a certain age but Harry mysteriously got enterd in the compation by some older man and he was too young to enter. He does two satisfing tasks which he allmost dies. But on the last task he gets freaked out by...
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Summary: Great Book
Review: The copy I just bought is the second one we own, the first fell apart from everybody re-reading it. Good characters, lovely use of language, good plot.
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