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Summary: changing and not in a good way
Review: J.K. Rowling should have made this book shorter and should have revised at least one more time before delivering it. It's good, and if it weren't Harry Potter I would have rated it with four stars, but because it's HP I rate it three stars, because it doesn't measure up to the previous three books. Hope for the fifth book (which we've been expecting for almost three years) to be better than this one...
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Summary: Hoping for Better
Review: I have read all the Harry Potter books, and have loved them! They were easy to read, and held such a great story. However, this last attempt was horrible. It seemds like the author was distracted while writing it which made the book suffer with a convuluted (sp) story line. Horrible. I couldn't wait to finish it. It just didn't flow, didn't keep my attention, and didn't really seem to have anywhere to go. When Harry becomes predictable the magic is gone. I can only hope the author finds her wand to cast a spell on the fifth year and bring back the wonder of Harry Potter and his friends.
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Summary: The storm gathers
Review: After the phenomenal success of Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling was faced with a choice. Should the subsequent books in her series appeal to a new batch of young readers or change to appeal to her original fans as they grew older? Rowling has chosen the latter course. So each book in the series as grown darker in tone (and longer!) as Harry Potter and the targeted readers have grown and matured.
The Goblet of Fire starts slow, but picks up after Harry, Ron & Hermione return to Hogwarts, and hurtles to an 'edge of the seat' climax. The ending is a somber one, and it seems certain that the storm will break in the next book (which i hope will not be long in coming).
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Review: harry potter 4 was so neat and dramatized! it's the best i've read for sure!
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Summary: I would give it zero stars
Review: This book is so bad,i felt like burning it up when i finnished it.It is the same as the last three books and there is nothing new about it.The same villians,characters and story is in this book. It may seem like a big and fat book but it will take you 2 days to finish it.Simply horrible.
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Summary: Death eaters beware!
Review: After the first pages of The Sorcerer's Stone I was truly obsessed with the magical backgrounds of Hogwarts, and the thrilling adventures that await Harry, Ron, and Hermione. After finishing Azkaban, I bought The Goblet of Fire and I stared at it. Though this book is extremely long it is much more easier and thrilling than The Chamber of Secrets (in my oppinion) So don't be struck by lightning at the sight of this book because of its width, but enjoy it. I know that when I started reading it I did not have a clue about what was happening. After about 200 pages you will feel as if you fell into a dream. This book takes you from number four priver drive, to the deadly location where Voldemort was reborn from blood. EW!!!!! You will find Death eaters, phoenix's, and veela. Though this book is very long, you may find it more exciting than the others. I enjoyed page 1 of The Sorcerer's Stone, and the last page of The Goblet of Fire.
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Summary: Here's my voice of dissent, for what it's worth
Review: During a recovery period from a minor surgery, I borrowed all four Harry Potter books from the library and read through them all. All in all, they were all very entertaining. I did have one problem with Goblet of Fire, though.First, the good: J.K. Rowling's imagination is wonderful, and her ability to share that imagination with her readers through her writing is a treasure. I love her ability to scatter random amusing traits among colorful descriptions of things and events. Most impressive is how she is able to weave important details into her telling of her tale without the reader even noticing they're important until those minutiae show up later and turn out to have tremendous significance. Now, the not-so-good: The book begins with a gloomy scene foreshadowing the return of Voldemort, the height of all evil whose very name is scarcely uttered by wizard-folk. We've known throughout the first three books that Harry is Voldemort's sworn enemy, and the fear of Voldemort's return has been undergirding all of Harry's problems up until now. I'm not going to reveal too much of the ending, I hope, but all I can say is, I'm not the kind of person who enjoys investing the time to read a book of 700+ pages only to have a pretty glaring "loose end" deliberately *not* tied up. I finished the book feeling robbed, frankly. I can understand television shows ending their series with a "cliffhanger," but when I read a book I expect it to be more than a driving force calculated to suck you in to buy the next in the series because now you've got to find out what happens. Worse yet, the next book doesn't even appear to be soon forthcoming. At least on TV, you have a sense that the cliffhanger will be resolved once the fall season starts back up again. No doubt J.K. Rowling's work is exciting, energetic, and entertaining. I do only wish that this particular installment had not left me feeling like the victim of a marketing ploy meant to force its readers to buy the next in the series.
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Summary: Dark as it is, still a page turner.
Review: Upon hearing that Goblet of Fire was over 700 pages long, many people exclaimed that children would not read it. It's too long, they said. But read it they have. Perhaps because it was no different than reading two of the first three books. Whatever the reason, volume 4 in the Harry Potter series is as much of a page turner as the preceding 3. This tale opens, as usual, with the bane of Harry's existence: the Riddle house. It moves to the Quidditch World Cup where ominous events occur, then as is usual, to Hogwarts. Just when the reader is ready to settle into the familiar world of witch and wizard schooling, Rowling disrupts everything with the Triwizard Tournament. Thus, enter a host of new characters and new information on what it means to be a wizard. By far the darkest of the series, Goblet of Fire moves the story of Harry's growing up and education along. And at 14, the normal human side of him is maturing, too. Along with the fantasy elements, coming of age, and traditional English school boy story line, a new element has been added: young romance. Some readers may be put off by the darkness of this installment of the Harry Potter saga. Others might find the book over long; some more detailed editing would have solved that. Still, this is a satisfying continuation of the saga. The book also continues the wonderful task of getting America's young people to read. There are so many books out there that children and young adults might enjoy, such as "Storm Warriors" by Elisa Carbone, and the Catwings stories by Ursula LeGuin.
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Summary: Best of the series
Review: When I first set my eyes upon this book, I was daunted by the size. I soon set aside my unbelief and opened up the book. From the very first page, I was already hooked. J.K Rowling displays amazing writing skills targetting young adults as well as children. However, if you are an adult, do not fear, this book will surely also entertain you. Although at first the story seems simple, it becomes very deep and complex. With so many twists and turns, Harry Potter 4 will surely keep you on the edge of your seat. The idea behind Harry Potter 4 and the Goblet of Fire is very original. A story about wizardy & witchcraft, this book just flourishes with originality. J.K Rowling deserves much praise for this. So dig in your pockets, go to your nearby bookstore, and purchase this extravagant book. I assure you, you will not be dissapointed.
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Summary: Harry is cool
Review: this book was really great! I read it in 2 days! it got a little scary at the end though. I would recommend it to anybody who isn't afraid of the dark!
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