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Summary: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth installment in the wonderful Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. This book is very interesting, exciting, and has many great plot twists. Although with 734 pages it is kind of lengthy, the magic of this book is well worth the time invested to read it.
As in all Harry Potter books the first chapter gives a background to what has happened to Harry over the summer with his Aunt, Uncle and cousin. Then the story follows Harry's experiences going to the Quittich World Cup and on to Hogwarts a couple weeks after. When Harry and his friends get to school they find out and event called the Triwizard Tournament will take place that year. Harry Potter books are always interesting and unique due to the book revolving around a school of witchcraft and wizardry, and this one is no different. It chronicles the Triwizard Tournament and the Dark Lord Voldimort's activities.
All of the characters are down-to-earth and believable. The memorable characters include Harry, his friends Ron and Hermoine, Dumbledore the headmaster, Hagrid the gamekeeper, and many others. The author really makes you care about Harry and his close friends by describing all their struggles and emotions in depth.
The theme of the novel would have to deal with determination and the will to succeed. Throughout the entire book Harry is exposed to taunts and jeers daily, he even loses his best friend for a couple months. Many would just give up but Harry pressed on and accomplished his goal, in the face of danger and almost certain death. This message is pretty straight forward if someone were to really understand how Harry felt throughout the book.
This book is easy for anyone to read even if they haven't read a Harry Potter book before because the book gives background information on almost everyone that is introduced, even characters who have been in the entire series, like the Dursleys.
Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and Dudley were Harry's only living relatives. They were Muggles who hated and despised magic in any form, which meant that Harry was about as welcome in their house as dry rot (Rowling, 19).Even though the Dursley's have been in every Harry Potter book, Rowling always gives their background story of their relationship with Harry. The characters' speech are also very unique, the author writes exactly how the words would sound, for instance, this character is from France.
Zis is nothing, at ze Palace of Beauxbatons, we 'ave ice sculptures all around ze dining chamber at Chreestmas. Zey do not melt, of course....zey are like 'uge statues of diamond, glittering around ze place. And ze food is seemply superb. And we 'ave choirs of wood nymphs, 'oo serenade us as we eat (Rowling, 419). The author comes up with very odd and also exceptionally descriptive situations for the characters, and writes them in such a way you can almost feel exactly like the character.
He took a deep breath and ran through the enchanted mist. The world turned upside down. Harry was hanging from the ground, with his hair on end, his glasses dangling off his nose, threatening to fall into the bottomless sky. He clutched them to the end of his nose and hung there terrified. It felt as though his feet were glued to the grass, which had now become the ceiling. Below him the dark, star-spangled heavens stretched endlessly. He felt as though if he tried to move one of his feet, he would fall away from the earth completely (Rowling, 624).
J.K. Rowling uses imagery throughout the book, especially when she is describing a person that is as infamous and scary as Voldemort. The description of his grotesque features is more than enough to put a picture in your head.
Voldemort looked away from Harry and began examining his own body. His hands were like large, pale spiders; his long white fingers caressed his own chest, his arms, his face; the red eyes, whose pupils were slits, like a cat's, gleamed still more brightly through the darkness (Rowling, 644). Anyone would really like this book, it is easy to read and the plot isn't terribly complicated. People who fancy adventure and fantasy books would get into this book without a problem. This book isn't that far-fetched so many people who are into non-fiction books would also get a kick out of it.
J.K. Rowling was a struggling single mother when she first started writing Harry Potter adventures in coffee shops and Laundromats. She now has written five Potter books so far, her books have been honored with the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and many others, now she lives in Scotland with her husband and two children.
Amazon.com likes the danger included in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, even though it is darker and leaves the reader fearing for Harry's life, not only his well being. Even though it is a scarier book than it's predecessors, the editor and Amazon.com thouroughly enjoyed this novel.
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Summary: A dramatic improvement on the earlier novels
Review: I really enjoyed this book, far more than I had expected to. I am going to make a confession and acknowledge publicly that I did not care for the first three Harry Potter books, and have delayed reading the fourth or fifth because I was so disappointed in those. After all the hype and having resisted reading the first three, I finally broke down in 1999 and read the first three. I was astonished at how average they were. Compared to other children's books like ALICE IN WONDERLAND or THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, they were positively mediocre in comparison. They are not memorably written, I felt the three stories were terribly formulaic, and nothing really stood out about them. Worst of all, there seemed to be no real evil in them. Lord Voldemort was wretchedly lame in all three (though less so in the third novel) that Harry and his friends seemed to be facing up to a cardboard bogeyman. One only has to contrast the forces of evil in the first three Harry Potter books with Tolkein to see what I mean. And on top of everything else, not only did quidditch never sound like "the greatest game in the world" as Harry was supposed to have opined, it seems positively boring and silly. I think this fourth novel (and I now very much want to read the fifth) is a huge leap forward. As a whole, the characters were all more interestingly written than in the other books, the story as a whole a lot more immersive, and the threat of evil from Voldemort considerably more tangible and real. On the last point, as the novel ends, you really do have a sense of dread about what the future holds. You do feel that many will be in mortal danger. The novel is still too formulaic for my taste, but that bothered me far less in this book than in the others. The book still isn't on the level of Lewis Carroll or C. S. Lewis or J. R. R. Tolkein, but it very definitely one of the best children's novels of recent decades. I also have to express tremendous admiration for J. K. Rowling for being so enormously respectful of her readers. I think it is clearly true of the first four novels that each one is a considerable improvement over the ones that came before. Her books have engendered a huge response from a very large number of readers, both young and old, and she could have responded by turning out a quickly written book that would have approximated the earlier ones and that would have possibly satisfied her fans. Instead, she has clearly worked very hard at making each book not merely longer but better. I respect her enormously for taking the pains to turn out the very best book that she can. Fans of Harry Potter need no urging to read this book, but I can strongly recommend this to other nonfans (as I used to be). I think most readers will find it to be rather delightful.
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Summary: A Trip Through Your Imagination
Review: I simply love the first three books in the Harry Potter series. It in a way, takes me away to a place where I can imagine that I'm in the book. It makes you wish that this were true; that you could really become a wizard. The forth book in the series; Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, was a very exciting book about Harry Potter being in his forth year at Hogwarts and has been entered in the Triwizard tournament. Overall I would give this book a perfect score and consider it the most interesting book of the four that I have read so far.
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Summary: IT BOGGLES THE MIND
Review: Those who believs this book to be less than 5 stars are kidding themselves and are probably on drugs. This is one of the most addicting books i have ever read; it is hard to put down and easy to read more than once. This book is as closest to perfect as possible and I recommend this book to anyone who can read.
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Summary: This book is capdivating!
Review: Lets just say, i'm not much of a reader but with these books it's different.This book left me wanting more for at least a full week. It's a very hmmmm heartpounding kind of book. You will be very pleased witht the length and the qualitie i reccomend it to people of all ages.
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Summary: Great Harry!
Review: Once again, the reader is thrown into the life and times of Harry Potter. His arch-enemy swears to find Harry Potter from the beginning and the twists and turns of Goblet of Fire takes the reader on a constant and delightful roller coaster ride. Once again, surrounded by his friends, Harry comes face-to-face with his opponents. A must read! Well done!
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Summary: AMAZING BOOK
Review: Harry Potter and the goblet of fire is a great book. If you were a fan of the other three books, i would highly recommend this one. It picks up right where Harry and his friends left off. In this book, there are even more adventures that Harry, Ron, and Hermione get to experience. The new tournament, The Triwizard Tournament, adds even more spice to the book. I would recommend it to anyone, and all ages.
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Summary: The Goblet of Fire is on Fire! by: A.H.
Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is on fire! The fourth of seven books in the Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This fictional fantasy book is full of twists, turns and many magical creatures and objects. Harry Potter is a wizard that annually attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry lives with his muggle (or mortal) relatives the Dursleys on account that, Harry's parents were killed by Lord Voldemort, a very evil powerful wizard, when Harry was only a year old. Lord Voldemort had also tried to kill Harry, but Lord Voldemort's spell rebounded off Harry, leaving Harry with just a small lightening bold shaped scar on his forehead. Because of this, Harry is extremely famous.
Harry is attending his fourth of seven years at Hogwarts with his friends Ron, Fred, and George Weasley, as well as his friend Hermione Granger. Before school started, Harry, the Weasleys, and Hermione went to the Quiddich World Cup. When school finally started Harry was looking forward to playing his favorite sport Quiddich. For some strange reason though, all the house teams were canceled. Strange things start to happen at Hogwarts, and many dangerous obstacles get in Harry's way. What caused Hogwarts to stop the Quiddich Teams? And what dangerous obstacles got in Harry's way? Remember that history always repeats itself. You can find all this out by reading J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire.
This book is extremely enjoyable and addicting. Once you pick the book up, you won't be able to put it down. J.K. Rowling's way of writing makes you feels as if you were actually following Harry around in the book, and were one of his peers. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire goes into all the situations teenagers get into. The attraction to another person, the jealousy that your crush likes somebody else, this book goes into all of that. J.K. Rowling also touches on the issue of slavery in a different way. In the book, instead having housemaids, wizards and witches have house elves enslaved to care for them. Many wizards believe this is fine and a way of life, while others think it is totally wrong, and it should be stopped.
The Fourth book n the Harry Potter Series is a wonderful book for teenagers to read, and people of all ages to read. This book makes teens feel like they are not the only ones' going through the growing pains in life. I give Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 5 stars!
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Summary: A movie in the making
Review: I felt like this book was made for a movie more than the previous ones .. although it is more challenging .. it keeps you on the edge waiting for something to happen and a lot of things happen in this book .. I didn't see the ending coming at all .. kept thinking with Dumbledore around Harry.. nothing will happen but traitors are always waiting for a chance .. I thought that now I have the experience with Rowling's style.. I tried to pay attention to all the nifty things that would become major changes in the story nevertheless I was completely surprised and felt really scared flipping the pages and reading so quickly to find out what's going to happen .. I suppose the story will have to take another course now.. can't wait to start reading the 5th!!
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Summary: GREAT
Review: This is: great! Not just good, but great. It has so many different twists and turns that you feel like your on a roller coaster. No one is this good a writer; it is unhuman it is so good. If you've never read this book or any of the others in the series, you have got to have your head under a rock. I think it is a great book to curl up to the fire and just read for hours and hours. You'll find its size undaunting once you start reading. Her plot twists are amazing. I read a ton, and I know how to infer certain details in a book, but this just threw me off a limb thinking how this woman does it. READ IT!
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