The fourth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
< read all 76 reviews I felt many emotions as I read this book, from excitement, to sadness. It was very upsetting when Cedric Diggery died, but the whole competition was very exciting.
I would recommend anyone who can read to read this book because it is a great story, and it is just one in many books about Harry Potter. Anyone who loves adventure and wizards and sorcery would love this book.
Set in the School called Hogwarts, Harry encounters the evil Wizard Lord Voldemort once again, this time in person and Voldemort is alive and has his own body. Imagine Harry's fear as he watched the dark lord come to life. He faces his own bravery as he fights his way through the competition for the Goblet of Fire. Readers, we will cast a giant invisibility cloak over any more plot and reveal only that You-Know-Who is very much after Harry and that this year there will be no Quidditch matches between Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. Instead, Hogwarts will vie with two other magicians' schools, the stylish Beauxbatons and the icy Durmstrang, in a Triwizard Tournament. Those chosen to compete will undergo three supreme tests. Could Harry be one of the lucky contenders?
Filled with adventure, dragons, and of course, magic, this book is written with great passion. This is a very long book. There are over 600 pages. The first 400 are little more than an account of everyday life in a magical landscape. The story wanders gently on. That's fine if you like your Harry Potter books to be a way of life, but if you like a tightly-told story you may feel a little impatient with it. On the other hand, when you finally get to the dramatic climax of the story, it is brilliantly told. Voldemort is revoltingly evil. Harry is pathetically vulnerable. And when their two wands link together in a surge of magical energy during the final duel, I was spellbound myself:
I give this book 5 stars and 2 thumbs up.
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Readers, we will cast a giant invisibility cloak over any more plot and reveal only that You-Know-Who is very much after Harry and that this year there will be no Quidditch matches between Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. Instead, Hogwarts will vie with two other magicians' schools, the stylish Beauxbatons and the icy Durmstrang, in a Triwizard Tournament. Those chosen to compete will undergo three supreme tests. Could Harry be one of the lucky contenders?
But Quidditch buffs need not go into mourning: we get our share of this great game at the World Cup. Attempting to go incognito as Muggles, 100,000 witches and wizards converge on a "nice deserted moor." As ever, Rowling magicks up the details that make her world so vivid, and so comic. Several spectators' ...