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Summary: This Is More Than A Pitiful 5 Stars! MAXIMUM Talent Tapped!
Review: This book by far tops all the other three preceding it. The mixture of a warm, rich text and bold, mental imagery pull you right into the world of Harry Potter. This book has everything, comedic lines, intense mystery, and suspense. Joanne Rowling pulls all of her creative talents together and delivers the goods. One can only hope she can match this book. If your sceptical about reading a so called "children's book" think again, and go pick up a copy, 'cause it'll be years before you get it from the library. The only thing left to say after reading this book is, "Bravo!, Bravo, ENCORE!"
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Summary: of all of them, this is the best
Review: This book, the fourth in the HP series, is by far the best - not to mention the longest, at 734 pages. It is definitely much more mature than the first three books - and rightly so, for Harry is growing up. The students don't even get to Hogwarts until 150 pages into the book, because the plot is so detailed and intricate that you must first go through a month or so of events in Harry's summer. This book is a must for anyone who either A) likes to read, B) likes to be entertained, or C) is a human being. EVERYONE, no matter how old, would enjoy this book. Harry, Ron, and Hermione, although they are wizards, are still human teenagers and the perceive things and act accordingly - they act "real." This book is so amazingly creative that you'll be sad when you reach page 734. You will not want to pu it down.
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Summary: The very best book ever written!
Review: This book is so so wonderful , I could not put it down, this book will be a classic for sure!J.K.Rowling is an amazing writer I would give all her books 5 stars. I thought this book would be for little kids because it was about wizards ect. but when I started I realised that it wasn't babyish at all. If you are worrying about the length don't because even 7 yr olds could read it. Ithink they should make more books that length because it was such a good read . I would say it would be suitable for 7-14 yr olds!
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Summary: What a great book
Review: I loved this book. I just could not stop reading it from the time I got. I loved how nothing was how I thought it was when I read it the first time.
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Summary: Harry Potter is No Rotter! He's a big star by far!
Review: Harry Potter is of on another adventure! He finally goes to the Quidditch World Cup with Hermione and the Weasleys,the Weasley Twins (George&Fred) bet all their money on Ireland to win,but Viktor Krum from the other team to catch the snitch with Ludo Bagman. Indeed the twins were correct,but Bagman doesn't give them their money! The old Death Eaters come out again and parade aroud doing terrible things to muggles(non-magical folk). Someone (Crouch's son) steals Harry's wand and conjures the Death Mark.Everyone gets scared. Harry and Ron were getting annoyed at the fact that everyone kept saying it was going to be an exciting year at Hogwarts,but doesn't tell them! What it is is that everyone is talking about is the Tri-Wizard Tournament(a tournetment between the three biggest Wizard schools,Hogwarts,Drumstang,and Beauxbaton). One student from each school is chosen but you have to be older than 17 to do it. The tournament hasn't gone on for over a century because of casualties. Someone (Crouch's Son) has entered Harry's name as another school and there is four contestants insteed of three. Harry Potter (Hogwarts), Cedric Diggory (Hogwarts), Fleur Delacour (Beauxbaton),and Viktor Krum (Durmstrang) are to compete in the Tri-Wizard Tournament! To find out who wins after the three tasks read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! Warning: You must read all of the other 3 first or it will be very confusing and one of the contestants in the end will be killed by Lord Voldemort (also known as Tom Marvolo Riddle).:) It's a wonderful book! Magnificent! I'm a Harry Potter fan! I love Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley too! The whole Weasley family is loveable too! I wish Hogwarts was real so I could go there too!
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Summary: Why can't I read slower?
Review: I wrote a review for the first Harry Potter book, but after chomping through the entire series this past week I can do naught to resist writing another. I honestly am not sure how she does it. Her prose is nothing spectacular, but her characters draw me right in, and it's as if for a few hours at a time, I become Harry Potter and feel what he feels. J.K. Rowling is now officially the third of my very favorite fantasy authors ever - right up there with Orson Scott Card and Terry Goodkind (though be warned, Goodkind's series is adult only and a LOT darker). Let me just emphasize I am not a blind lover of all fantasy out there - many of the popular authors, especially Robert Jordan and David Eddings, make me want to retch. I honestly can't see how people can read one of their shallow books and have any desire to continue another page into the series. Rowling, however, is far from anything close to Shallow or trite. Now for my specific comments about this book - it was too short! Yes, yes I know...but those 734 pages went by about as quick as one page of Eddings. As usual, I enjoyed the surprise at the end, and am becoming especially intrigued at Harry and Ron's relationship to Hermione. I was honestly disappointed when Rowling started hinting at some potential for romance between Hermione and Ron(and isn't Victor Krum a bit old for her! We're talking statutory here!) - I was always kind of hoping she would end up with Harry in one of the last books in the series(and I hope he eventually forgets about that bimbo Cho Chang), but the ambiguous last page of this one gave me a bit of hope for that. But mostly, I'm disappointed that I'll have aged another year before the next book. Only Goodkind's next book can hope to keep me entertained for a short while longer. Yes, once again Harry Potter has become one of my all time favorite series'. Dear lord, I'm a twenty-two year old boy...but heck, I'm not ashamed at my decided lack of cynicism and banality. :)
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Summary: Constructive Criticism
Review: As a 50-year-old educator, I am thrilled with the excitement and enthusiasm J.K. Rowlings has created in reading. I waited all day Saturday July 8 for the FedEx truck to deliver HP IV to my anxious grandson. Having read all four HP books, I am marveled with Ms Rowling's wonderful imagination and cleaver use of new words. However, I am extremely disappointed with the use of use of hell and damm in "Goblet of Fire". Perhaps a Muggle would use these expressions but it is not necessary in a children's book. I don't claim to have Ms Rowlings talent for words but it seems that on page 43 Mr. Weasley might have said "Dungbomb " or "Curses" when he found the fireplace blocked. As for Bill Weasley on p62, I cannot believe Mrs. Weasley didn't wave her wand and have a bar of soap appear in Bill's mouth. More appropriate would have been, "Mum the bank doesn't give a blasted ended skrewt how I dress as long as I bring home plenty of treasure. Although Snape and Cedric may have had good reason to use damm and hell, I believe Ms Rowlings could have made up something else.
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Summary: Good for kids - how about adults?
Review: This a great book for children -- for adults, be sure to read Clyde Lewis' "Encounter with a Prophet." It's truly powerful and carries a message we all need to hear.
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Summary: A Step Above the Others
Review: I had read the first 3 novels In the Harry Potter series and had found them extremely enjoyable page turners, Rowling creates a complete, magical world and her characters are always perfectly developed: You cheer when Harry stands up to Snape, You scowl inside when Malfoy turns up and you feel safe and secure when Dumbledore's around. But quite simply, the extrodinary and sensational "Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire" leaves the previous books In the dust. From the opening chapter you realise this Isn't going to be your average Harry Potter book, a character suspected of murder Is himself murdered at the hands of Lord Voldemort. I had always felt a Harry potter novel didn't get exciting until the story reached Hogwarts, this time Harry, Ron and Hermione travel to see a Qudditch World Cup which doesen't leave you dosing off waiting for the Hogwarts Express. But from then on the pace becomes consistently quicker, Harry's name Is put In a "Goblet Of Fire" which chooses contestants for a tournament involving other schools of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry is helped throughout the tournament by a new teacher "Mad Eye Moody" someone who you begin to trust throughout the story. Harry makes his way through the tournament tasks and unexpectactly finds himself face to face with Lord Voldemort, resulting In the death of not a prominant, but significant character. By the end things have got so messy you can only cringe at the things which are no doubt to come. This Is by far the most compelling instalment In the series. I've read critics complain Rowling Is writing directly at a more adult audience, this Is definetely not the case; For a start, Rowling already holds a huge adult audience with these books, parents enjoy them just as much as their children, also (like Harry himself) Rowling's prime audience of 8 to 12 year olds are growing up as well, I think It's fitting that children can grow up with these stories as they themselves become more mature. Although for especially young children of anyone under seven, parents should defineteley read along, the last hundred or so pages can be frightning and sometimes shocking. And as Dumbledore explains the stories events to Harry (and readers) Rowling has you flipping back hundreds of pages to realise just how intricately intwined the plot really Is. Simply an amazing read from cover to cover, "The Goblet Of Fire" Is to the previous Instalments what "The Empire Strikes Back" was to "Star Wars", It gives the series deeper meaning and makes an already enjoying tale Into something better than you thought It could be.
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Summary: Holy moly...
Review: I think this book is great, as good as all the others. Clever plot, lots of variety, new characters and the story keeps moving. I was pleased that the book was so long as I read real quick and it was nice to have something I could enjoy for more than a morning. Rowling is letting the characters grow up without removing their appeal and she's letting puberty come in without it taking over the whole story. The only thing is that this book depresses me if I read it to the end as there is no reassurance that everything will be OK. Maybe some kids will find it a bit scary, I don't know. As to the people who say that magic in the books is bad...well I know the Bible doesn't like magic, but it doesn't like murder either and the paper has stuff on that all the time. We can't shut our eyes to things we think are bad forever. Rowling's plots are brilliant and never predictable. I can't wait for book 5.
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