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Summary: Wow! This series only gets better!
Review: If you look closely at the Harry Potter series of books, you will see that books 1-4 get progressively thicker. That's because, in my opinion, they're getting better and better!Once again, Jo Rowling weaves a spell-binding tale of Harry, Hermoine and Ron's 4th year at Hogwarts. Just when you think her characters can't get any more original, she introduces more oddities. Furthermore, I can honestly say that Rowling's plot twists are very unpredictable. I am 22 years old, and was held just as intrigued by this book as I was by the first three - actually, more so. Definitely a book worth buying. Entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, original...and as I said, the series just keeps getting better and better! If you liked the first three books, then you are going to LOVE Goblet of Fire! So what are you waiting for? Go buy it already!
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Summary: EXCITING!
Review: My husband and I have read all the Harry Potter books together--we have to read them at the same time so that we can talk about what's happening. Before we started reading the books, we thought there was no way they could live up to the hype, but J.K. Rowling has proven has wrong 4 times now. At least this time we had high expectations, and they were met. I enjoyed the characters even more in this book, as they matured a little more. I love the interaction between Ron and Hermione! I also felt this book was even more exciting than the previous three. Starting out with a spooky Lord Voldemort chapter really got us into the book and anxious to find out what would happen to Harry this year. I would obviously recommend this book to any Harry Potter fans--and any other readers who have not yet read the series should start now!
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Summary: WOW!
Review: JK Rowling has done it again. This book is great and is even better than the first three. It keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time and you don't want to put it down. At first, when I found out there would be no Quidditch (my fav. part) I was kind of leery heading into it. However there was so much going on in the book like the Triwizard Tournament and Harry's troubles with girls I never noticed it. Ms. Rowling did an exceptional job of leaving you at the end and I can't wait for book five to come out and see what Harry does next. It's great to see Harry, Ron, and Hermione grow up and become even closer friends. Here's to book 5!
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Summary: Who IS Harry Potter?
Review: Let me make it perfectly clear - I thoroughly enjoyed book 4 ofthe Harry Potter books. My favorite so far is "Harry Potter andthe Sorcerer's Stone." I think that is because everything was so new and foreign in Potter's world, that I delighted in everything. "The Goblet of Fire" held me rapted from beginning to end. I could hardly wait for the Triwizard Tournament to begin. Rowling is great at keeping the suspense line going as well as wonderful at wrapping up all the loose ends of her stories. She has a marvelous way of creating the most special of worlds. So why do I ask who IS Harry Potter? Because at the age of fourteen I have been waiting for him to mature. At the beginning of the book he seemed to me to be quite a child yet. Then there were times he acted more adult than most adults (which is normal for many teens :)) but I never really get of sense of who Potter is anymore. Is he a geek, a jock, a nerd, an academic, a mystic or spiritualist? He is almost bland, perhaps that's the point and I'm too thick to get it. I wouldn't mind him being bland, but then he does this marvelous stuff - how? Anyway, I would love to see him developed further, preoccupied with girls/boys - whichever . . . hangin' with the guys . . . out doing some flying just for the fun of it . . . really getting hooked into something (spells, charms, transfigurations) and have him cry. This would have been the year to do it . . . but instead he wasn't allowed - poor Harry, not allowed to enjoy the mothering he seeks. Ah well. Still all in all, I wolfed down the book in a few days and enjoyed myself immmencely. Signed, an ardent fan.
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Summary: Wild About Harry!
Review: As a librarian, I spend my life searching for the best books, especially for children. But Harry Potter isn't just for them. I've heard 9 to 90-year-olds describe the same sense of wonder at Harry's parallel universe at Hogwarts. Characters in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire grows in complexity as Harry gets older. And unlike many sequels, the prose does not seem to have lost any of the initial sparkle. Maybe it's all those magic wands! To describe it in detail would be to give away the pleasure of curling up with this marvelous book. If you're wondering what to get your kids this summer, consider it seriously.
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Summary: Sleep? What's that?
Review: I wound up reading this book 'till the wee hours of themorning. And still, the only thing I can say is: wow. And wow. Andwow again. In another year or so, I should be able to scrape my wits together and write a whole book praising this one. For now, however, command of the English language has completely deserted me. I can, however say something to the author: Well done. Well done indeed. Now hurry up and write the next one!
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Summary: The best adventure yet
Review: I finished The Goblet of Fire this evening, having cried my eyes out - to tell you why would give away plot details. I admit when I first started reading this book, I was a little wary of the way it started off. I didn't really enjoy Harry and his friends at the Quidditch World Cup; I missed Hogwarts. But I trusted Joanne Rowling and knew her writing well enough by now to know that the build up at the beginning had an important role, dropping hints that would later crop up in the book. And boy, did they! Such a thrilling adventure - but very dark. Harry suffers more in this book then any other, and at times it is painful to read. But life, like fiction, is not all smiles and happiness, and Miss Rowling must be praised for not patronising the readers of that fact. On a more personal note - and forgive me for indulging in this for a moment - I can honestly say Harry Potter is helping make my life better. I do get depressed quite a lot and this is when I turn to childhood things like Disney and musicals to cheer me up, but nothing has helped bring the magic back like the Harry Potter books. I am 21 years old, a University student and have read hundreds of books in my time, but never have I longed for a books' release as I have Harry Potter. This is a fantastic, sumptious story; romantic (yes, love is in the air!) exciting, touching and terribly sad; you won't be able to put it down. The best book out this year. Un-put-downable.
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Summary: Be careful with younger readers
Review: The Goblet of Fire arrived 2:01 pm Saturday. My son was halfway done by bedtime. Out-of-town guests arrived 7 am Sunday. 5 out of 7 people in the house read the entire book by the following Sunday. (My deranged husband is into Abe Lincoln, and the 5 yr old can't read yet.) The house is littered with bookmarks. On a serious note, if your children are younger than 10, you may want to screen this book and #5-7 of the series before you let them read it. It does look like things are getting darker. Injuries and deaths to main characters can be very upsetting. Also, although some people may like all the reminders, my son and I have read all the books at least 3 times, and we'd rather have a little less repetition. Just read the books in order.
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Summary: Amazing tale of suspense and intrigue
Review: J.K. Rowling does it again. The way she so masterfully weaves fantasy, adventure, and humor leaves the reader breathless and asking for more. Simply put, before you finish the first page, you are pulled into a world where boundries are left behind and your not just an ordinary "Muggle" anymore. :)
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Summary: This Is A Great Book!
Review: I only have book:3 and book:4, and I love the Harry Potter books. They're long, creative, and fun to read. I'm 13, and I like to take the books everyhere I go, in the car, long/short trips, and even to the library! Ithink they're great for kids and adults, we need more books like Harry Potter!
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