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By MissionPk (Cupertino, CA United States)
The plot here is the weakest of the entire series. The baseline "life at Hogwarts" stuff is still fun, but the rest is a bit forced. As the central book of the series, though, it can almost be taken as a metaphor for the series itself:
The 3 tasks of the Triwizard tournament are effectively a recapitulation of the first 3 books. However, in those books Dumbledore was the one pulling the strings and making sure everything worked out. Here Voldemort is doing the string-pulling, though we don't find that out until the final pages. That reveal is when the world of the series changes from a place where a happy safe ending is guaranteed to something more dangerous and real. It is also a bit of foreshadowing towards book 7 when we understand that even Dumbledore doesn't necessarily have a happy ending in mind for Harry.
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In J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter a young wizard doesn't want what everyone else does. He has always been the of attention and now that he is entered in the Triwizard Tournament, he gets even more attention! He didn't enter himself and whoever did is not his friend. He must compete in three tasks to achieve a thousand galleons which he doesn't need. This is such a great story and it's one of the longest books in the series, but it seems so short and I couldn't put it down.
By S. Humphrey (St. Louis, Mo United States)
This book gets a 3 from me becuse it seems like a whole bunch of unnecessary things happen just for the sake of who knows what. It's like we get a tiny glimpse of the wizarding world outside of Hogwarts, and then we never hear about it again. We never learn of anything substantial about the other two schools. We don't learn anything about the Salem Witches institute. Why even bring these things up if we never really hear about them?
Also, couldn't the fake Mad Eye Moody have turned anything into a Portkey like the first day? Wouldn't that have been way easier than rigging 3 super hard contest? I think this book was just an attempt put in useless action.
By Sean Klinger
I was worried about buying a book for 5 cents. Yet the only thing was the cover had a diagonal crease. Who cares?! I am definitely buying more books from thriftbooks
By S. P. Walker IV
If you have read the first three books in the Harry Potter series you have probably for the most part found the books enjoyable - otherwise why would you be looking at a review of the fourth book? But if you are like me you might have been wondering how this installment holds up after the disappointing Prisoner of Azkaban (which I gave only 2 stars). Is the series in decline?
Fortunately the answer appears to be "no". That isn't to say that this is the best in the series to date, but it is closer in quality to the excellent first two novels and (mostly) avoided the pitfalls of the previous work. Let's get the drawbacks out of the way first, then on the positives...
Drawbacks: Unfortunately this novel does suffer to a degree the same fate as Azkaban - it is overly long and could have used additional editing to tighten up the story and improve the pace in the middle section of the book. A specific example of this are the side stories (such as Hermione's attempts to free the house elves) that attempt add a bit more flavor/character development, however they seem forced and are not well integrated into the main story. Instead they mainly serve to bog down the main story as they don't have any impact on the outcome of events.
Positives: For the most part the balance of humor, wisdom, camaraderie and darkness that was so well done in the first two novels (but lacking in Azkaban) is back. Structurally the book is the same as its predecessors but this time the intro portion covering the Quiddich World Cup was a welcome change from the usual overdone browbeating Harry receives at the Dursleys. And finally, the "confrontation" section of the book (essentially the last third) has excellent pacing and has equal parts of excitement and impending doom - the confrontation in Chamber of Secrets is still my favorite but this one is a very close second.
I was tempted to knock this down to a 3-star rating due to the distractions and slow pace of the middle of the book, but the strong ending convinced me this deserves 4 stars. Hardcore fans of the series will no doubt find even a four-star rating to be harsh, but for me 4 stars indicates a solid work worthy of recommendation. In the end, I'm just glad to see the series seems to be back on track.
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