Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego (Harry Potter, #4)

by J.K. Rowling, Adolfo Munoz Garcia, Nieves Martin Azofra

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February 28th 2001 by Salamandra (first published 2000)

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Paperback, 635 pages

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United Kingdom

literary awards

Hugo Award for Best Novel (2001), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adolescent Literature (2008), Golden Archer Award for Middle/Junior High (2002) …more

Hugo Award for Best Novel (2001), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adolescent Literature (2008), Golden Archer Award for Middle/Junior High (2002), Indian Paintbrush Book Award (2002) …less

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847888646X (isbn13: 9788478886463)

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You have in your hands the pivotal fourth novel in the seven-part tale of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to ge…more

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Sep 01, 2007

Susan rated it:

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Now THAT'S a book! The groove that J.K. Rowling starts to find in HP 3 is fully realized in 4. Partly it's that the kids (and therefore the readers) are getting older so she can delve into more adult, complex themes and situations, and partly it's that I think she's really finding her voice. We finally got our very own HP's, I am happy to report, and it's so funny to look at them all side by side b/c of the HUGE leap in size between 3 and 4. Then they get a little tricky b/c while 4 and 5 lo...more Now THAT'S a book! The groove that J.K. Rowling starts to find in HP 3 is fully realized in 4. Partly it's that the kids (and therefore the readers) are getting older so she can delve into more adult, complex themes and situations, and partly it's that I think she's really finding her voice. We finally got our very own HP's, I am happy to report, and it's so funny to look at them all side by side b/c of the HUGE leap in size between 3 and 4. Then they get a little tricky b/c while 4 and 5 look to be about the same length, the font in Order of the Phoenix is much smaller, hence a longer book. I just started that one and it honestly feels longer already. More of a book book and less of a fun afternoon's diversion. But I like these books as they get both darker and longer.

But to focus on Goblet of Fire specifically for a moment...again, not that I think I can bring anything new to the table in discussing these books. Nevertheless, I'll throw a few ideas out there just for your reading pleasure. One thing that struck me, as I mentioned before, was the increasing maturity and complexity of situations and themes. Clearly having someone die is a huge deal and I found that whole series of events really moving this time around. I may have last time as well, but I don't remember. In a way, though, some of the more complex issues feel jarring next to the goofy concepts she originally created. Calling non-magical people "Muggles," for instance. It's just a stupid word and yes, it sounds funny and makes kids laugh, but sometimes it's hard to take all these people seriously. "Mud-bloods" on the other hand is vicious and definitely drives the point home. I just wonder if she was to do it over again if some of those terms or ideas would change a bit. Yes, we'd all like to revisit what we did/wrote when we were less sure of ourselves and our voices and ideas, but of course we can't and neither can she. And what do I know? She claims she always knew what would happen to Harry, so maybe for her "Muggle" is the ideal word.

Since, as usual, I find it impossible to discuss the books without referencing the films, let me just say that although I hated Dobby in the movie (2?) and was glad to see him mostly cut from subsequent screen incarnations, I really loved him in this one. The dialogue is actually quite funny and Hermione's whole S.P.E.W. thing just cracks me up. Yes, I know a lot of people hate it and find it annoying and whatever, but I love it. Of course she would have a cause like that. That's who she is! And poor Winky. They're weird creatures (and OH how I love Kreacher in the next one!) and I can't decide whether I am with Hermione or everyone else on their "plight." Either way, I like that they exist; they provide a bit of moral ambiguity in a world that is mostly cleanly divided between good and evil. You might wonder about people, but for the most part they end up squarely one or the other. Other than Snape - another great piece of moral ambiguity whose complexity grows from book to book.

I also continue to marvel at Rowling's ability to write about the teenage mind. Ron and Harry's fight is spot on, as are Hermione's various reactions to it. And oh these poor boys having to ask the girls to the feast. I wish I had known when I was in middle school how truly hard it was for boys to talk to girls like that. Although I probably wouldn't have cared, being the good self-involved teenger that I was.

I still want to go to Hogwarts.(less)

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Jul 14, 2008

Amelia Good rated it:

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Brilliant! Loved it! But, I fear that I am reading these too quickly and in rapid succession, because my dreams are laden with Potter-isms and when I close my eyes I see things like Quiddich and Wizard Chess. It reminds me of the time I played WAY too much Tetris and when I closed my eyes I would see the little cubes dropping and would mentally try to put them in the right spot!

As far as watching the film afterward...holy axe job! Now, don't get me wrong Shell, I liked the film v...more

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Mar 17, 2009

Liza Martin rated it:

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Read in March, 2009

So after suffering through the first three books of this series, I vowed never to carry on and finish it. That is, until I was at a party and two of my friends gave the Harry Potter saga such a ringing endorsement that I was convinced I was missing out. I picked up the fourth book and was determined to read it, to reconsider my stance on the series.

I quickly got through 200 pages, but it was then that I came to the same crisis I always do when reading a Harry Potter book: Do I really...more

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Oct 22, 2007

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Read in January, 2001

recommends it for: Everyone

What stands out in book 4:

* Hermione's disgust at the reception for the veela (Bulgarian National Team Mascots) at the Quidditch World Cup. Rowling's fourth book addresses issues about growing up--the dynamic between the boys and girls at Hogwarts starts to change. Nowhere is this more plain than the hilarious scene in which magical cheerleaders nearly convince Harry and Ron to jump from the stands to impress them.
* Viktor Krum's crush on Hermione--and Ron's objection to it. ...more What stands out in book 4:

* Hermione's disgust at the reception for the veela (Bulgarian National Team Mascots) at the Quidditch World Cup. Rowling's fourth book addresses issues about growing up--the dynamic between the boys and girls at Hogwarts starts to change. Nowhere is this more plain than the hilarious scene in which magical cheerleaders nearly convince Harry and Ron to jump from the stands to impress them.
* Viktor Krum's crush on Hermione--and Ron's objection to it.
* Malfoy's "Potter Stinks" badge.
* Hermione's creation of S.P.E.W., the intolerant bigotry of the Death Eaters, and the danger of the Triwizard Tournament. Add in the changing dynamics between girls and boys at Hogwarts, and suddenly Rowling's fourth book has a weight and seriousness not as present in early books in the series. Candy and tickle spells are left behind as the students tackle darker, more serious issues and take on larger responsibilities, including the knowledge of illegal curses.
* We encounter death in this book the likes we haven't seen before (R.I.P. Cedric Diggory)
* We get a glimpse of the friendship and absolute loyalty that is shown to Harry by Ron and Hermione (after Ron throws his little hissy fit of course and comes to his senses)

Amazon Review
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling offers up equal parts danger and delight--and any number of dragons, house-elves, and death-defying challenges. Now 14, her orphan hero has only two more weeks with his Muggle relatives before returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Yet one night a vision harrowing enough to make his lightning-bolt-shaped scar burn has Harry on edge and contacting his godfather-in-hiding, Sirius Black. Happily, the prospect of attending the season's premier sporting event, the Quidditch World Cup, is enough to make Harry momentarily forget that Lord Voldemort and his sinister familiars--the Death Eaters--are out for murder.
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?

Long before her fourth installment appeared, Rowling warned that it would be darker, and it's true that every exhilaration is equaled by a moment that has us fearing for Harry's life, the book's emotions running as deep as its dangers. Along the way, though, she conjures up such new characters as Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, a Dark Wizard catcher who may or may not be getting paranoid in his old age, and Rita Skeeter, who beetles around Hogwarts in search of stories. (This Daily Prophet scoop artist has a Quick-Quotes Quill that turns even the most innocent assertion into tabloid innuendo.) And at her bedazzling close, Rowling leaves several plot strands open, awaiting book 5. This fan is ready to wager that the author herself is part veela--her pen her wand, her commitment to her world complete.
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Oct 10, 2007

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Sep 09, 2007

Desi Anita rated it:

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Read in January, 2003

Cerita buku yg ke-4 ini, Desi agak2 lupa. Walau udah di fresh-in sih sama film-nya. He..he.. maklum aja, soalnya dr buku hp 1-4, Desi minjem sih he..he..

Tapi ada sih yg Desi inget dr buku ini, dan bikin sebel abees yaitu Harry-nya naksir Choi.. ihhhh sebel. Soalnya Desi termasuk orang yg lebih suka klau Harry jadinya sama Hermione. Hikss.. hiks.. he..he.. segitunya

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Jun 15, 2008

Bell rated it:

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Still as humorous and thrilling as J.K. Rowling's last three--but adding a mixure of an intense anxiety to it makes me want to go and pick the 5th one up immediately. (Which is what I did)

I read this series when I was younger and I did not really get any of it. I just read it because the movies were so intriguing. But now only a few years' difference has given me a new love for Rowling's books. It draws me in, it is so intense, the humor makes sense to me and I know the characters be...more Still as humorous and thrilling as J.K. Rowling's last three--but adding a mixure of an intense anxiety to it makes me want to go and pick the 5th one up immediately. (Which is what I did)

I read this series when I was younger and I did not really get any of it. I just read it because the movies were so intriguing. But now only a few years' difference has given me a new love for Rowling's books. It draws me in, it is so intense, the humor makes sense to me and I know the characters better. My feelings for this amazing book is really hard to explain.

The story went along really well and I wish they could've fit it all into the movie and I found myself shaking with excitement even though I knew the ending to the story and how it was all going to turn out. Because I've read it before. So that shows that it can still draw you in just as intently as if it were your first time. (Even though, as of reading all of the books, I know even more and I know what exactly is happening because I know all of the stuff about the horcruxes and things)

But I never really truly understood just how horrifying it was to have Voldemort rise again. Actually, I never really understood how truly frightening it was before he even lost all power. J.K. Rowling never really went into full detail about him. I kind of had to force myself into realizing that he was really awful. Having Harry face Voldemort every year except one just kind of abused the fact that Voldemort was really terrifying, and made my expections of his greatness reduce. So this meeting didn't feel too different from the last two. The build up could have been better within the last three books.

But Rowling's books still absorb me completely. Her ideas and plots are all so brilliant! I still loved it a lot! And I'm torn between loving it and then realizing that I could have enjoyed it more. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that...It was really good, but the build up could have been better.

Has this review even made any sense? But all the same, it was simply wonderful.(less)

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May 04, 2008

Stephanie rated it:

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Read in June, 2008

Great volume of the Harry Potter series. They definitely do keep getting better and better. The plot was much more intricate and complex and less obvious than the other three books before it. I loved the whole Tri-wizard tournament was a welcome change to the setting. I really enjoyed the new characters and learning more about the magical world (port keys, forbidden curses, etc.). I also appreciate how Harry, Ron and Hermione are coming of age. They and their relationships are changing and...more Great volume of the Harry Potter series. They definitely do keep getting better and better. The plot was much more intricate and complex and less obvious than the other three books before it. I loved the whole Tri-wizard tournament was a welcome change to the setting. I really enjoyed the new characters and learning more about the magical world (port keys, forbidden curses, etc.). I also appreciate how Harry, Ron and Hermione are coming of age. They and their relationships are changing and maturing very well.

I really liked how all the books are coming together and referencing each other (i.e. return of the polyjuice, Wormtail, unregistered animagi, Harry's crush on Cho (which was completely left out of movie 3)). As I said before, one great thing about the series is that it keeps getting better! Even with all the complexity, the story-line wove together and revealed itself nicely -- a big improvement from the last installment.

Now on to my points of criticism:
1) The beginning was SLOW. In all my Harry Potter experience, I have never had the problem of drudging through the text until this book. The Quidditch World Cup and all the action that occurred pre-Hogwarts was too long and slow (170 pages before they set foot on the grounds, that's almost a quarter of the book, and over half the length of the first book). Once I got past that part -- and don't get me wrong, some important stuff happened there, it just wasn't a good read-- the book really took off.

2) Now my issues with the tournament itself -- some inconsistencies if you will:
a) First task: Why -- instead of summoning his Firebolt-- didn't Harry just summon the golden egg itself instead?
b) Second task: Why was Harry permitted to have gillyweed in addition to his wand? I thought it was wands only -- which was why he had to summon the Firebolt for the first task. Wouldn't it be more consistent if he had to summon the gillyweed too?

3) How did Lord Voldemort keep a hold of his same wand all those years without a body?

4) Also, not criticism so much as commentary: All the innocent death! Yikes! I understand that it's all evil and Voldemort's doing -- but it is kind of dark and shocking. I couldn't believe when Cedric died! Up until now, deaths had been merely referenced from a prior time (of Voldemort's reign), or they have been deaths of villains which is much easier to stomach in a fairy tale book. I think these books are more of a teenage read, but maybe I'm just soft-hearted.

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Feb 08, 2008

Jason Hughes rated it:

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Read in July, 2000

recommends it for: Any Harry Potter fan

The fourth book opens as Frank Bryce,the Riddle manor's elderly caretaker,sees lights inside the abandoned house. Investigating, he overhears Lord Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) plotting Harry Potter's death. Frank is discovered and killed; at that same moment, Harry awakes with his scar hurting and having seen the murder in his dream.

Soon after, Harry departs for the Quidditch World Cup with Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, the Weasley family and Minor Ministry officials, an...more The fourth book opens as Frank Bryce,the Riddle manor's elderly caretaker,sees lights inside the abandoned house. Investigating, he overhears Lord Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) plotting Harry Potter's death. Frank is discovered and killed; at that same moment, Harry awakes with his scar hurting and having seen the murder in his dream.

Soon after, Harry departs for the Quidditch World Cup with Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, the Weasley family and Minor Ministry officials, and Cedric Diggory. Following the match, Death Eaters, Lord Voldemort's servants, storm the camp, creating panic and mayhem. The trio flee into the forest where they see the Dark Mark, Lord Voldemort's sign, shot into the night sky. The head of the Department Of International Magical Co-operation, Barty Crouch Sr., arrives and accuses the trio of Ron, Harry and Hermione of conjuring it, but upon investigating, Crouch's house elf Winky, is found clutching Harry's stolen wand. Crouch is furious and fires Winky.
Professor Dumbledore announces during the Welcoming Feast that Hogwarts will host the Triwizard Tournament. The centuries old inter-school competition was discontinued because it became too dangerous, but has been recently revived. The tournament includes three difficult tasks, one held during each school term.

The Goblet of Fire chooses one student from each competing school. Because the tournament is so dangerous, students must be at least 17 years old to enter. Cedric Diggory is chosen as Hogwarts' champion, Fleur Delacour is selected for Beauxbatons Academy and Viktor Krum represents Durmstrang Institute. The Goblet unexpectedly selects a fourth champion, Harry Potter, even though Harry never entered and is underage. This leads to a falling out with Ron, who thinks Harry cheated to enter.

Harry is guided through the tournament by Professor Alastor Moody, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and a former Auror. In the first task, the champions must retrieve a golden egg from a dragon. With advice from Hagrid, Moody, and Hermione, Harry uses his broom to fly past the dragon and capture the egg, earning high marks. Seeing how dangerous the task was, Ron realises Harry would not have cheated, and they reconcile. Meanwhile, Hermione begins the Society For the Protection of Elfish Welfare (S.P.E.W).

The champions are required to attend the Yule Ball, a tradition associated with the Triwizard Tournament. Harry wants to invite Cho Chang, but when he learns she is attending with Cedric Diggory, he agrees to take Parvati Patil, while her twin sister, Padma, goes with Ron. Hermione Granger attends with Viktor Krum ? sparking Ron's jealousy, made worse by Hermione's unexpectedly beautiful appearance at the Ball.

The second task requires retrieving something important to each champion that is hidden in Hogwarts' lake. Harry has delayed in finding a way to stay submerged for an hour. As the event is about to begin, Dobby gives Harry gillyweed so he can breathe underwater (In the movie version, it is Neville that gives the gillyweed to Harry). Harry stays by Ron, watching as Cedric and Krum rescue Cho and Hermione, respectively. He waits for Fleur to show up and save her little sister Gabrielle, but when she does not, Harry rescues Gabrielle, losing time but awarding him additional points for "moral fiber". This ties him for first place with Cedric Diggory.

For the third task, the champions must navigate through a large maze filled with dangerous obstacles. Shortly before the event, Harry and Viktor Krum are startled when a dishevelled Mr. Crouch emerges from the forest, mumbling incoherently and demanding to see Dumbledore. Harry makes his way through the forest, running for help, but when he returns with Dumbledore, they find Krum unconscious and Crouch missing. While waiting in Dumbledore's office for Dumbledore to search for Mr. Crouch, Harry peers inside a Pensieve containing the professor's memories. In one, Harry sees a wizarding trial in which Barty Crouch, Jr., a Death Eater, was sentenced to Azkaban by Crouch Sr, his father. Harry also hears testimony that Severus Snape was once a Death Eater.

During the third task, Harry and Cedric successfully navigate the maze and, because they helped each other, agree to grab the Cup simultaneously. Unknown to them, the Cup is actually a portkey that transports them to an old cemetery in Little Hangleton. Awaiting them is Peter Pettigrew carrying what appears to be a deformed infant, but is actually Lord Voldemort who orders Pettigrew to "kill the spare". Pettigrew kills Diggory with the Avada Kedavra curse and then ties Harry to a tombstone. He then uses Harry's blood, a bone from Voldemort's long-dead father, and his own severed hand in a bizarre ritual that restores Lord Voldemort to his full body and power. Voldemort now carries Harry's blood within him and is no longer affected by the magic that has protected the boy since infancy.

Voldemort then summons his Death Eaters, then reveals that his servant at Hogwarts helped him ensure that Harry would participate in the tournament, win it and be brought to the graveyard. Voldemort then challenges Harry to a duel. he first punishes Harry with the "" curse. Harry then, through determination tried to subdew Voldemort, while Voldemort tries to kill him. As the two curses simultaneously meet, Voldemort and Harry's wands interlock and a special magical effect takes place. Voldemort and Harry's wands are "twins", each containing the same magical core (a tail feather from Dumbledore's phoenix, Fawkes). This bond causes the spirit echoes of Voldemort's victims, including Cedric Diggory, Bertha Jorkins, James and Lily Potter, and even the Muggle Frank Bryce, to spill out from his wand. The echoes shortly protect Harry by distracting Voldemort, allowing him to grab the portkey and escape to Hogwarts with Diggory's body.
After Harry returns to the school grounds through the portkey, Moody takes Harry to his office immediately. He reveals that he has been helping Harry throughout all of the tournament's events including helping Harry pass some obstacles in the maze from the exterior. He tells Harry that he did this so that Harry would reach the portkey, and thus send him to the cemetery so that Voldemort could be restored. After the explanation, Mad-Eye attempts to attack Harry but is stopped by Dumbledore, Snape and Minerva McGonagall. Dumbledore states that when he saw Moody take Harry out of sight after returning from the maze, he knew instantly that something was not right, and thus he followed. When Dumbledore feeds Moody 3 drops of Veritaserum obtained from Snape's private store, Moody is exposed as Barty Crouch, Jr. who escaped Azkaban and used a Polyjuice Potion to impersonate the real Alastor Moody, who is trapped in a magical trunk. Crouch Jr. murdered his father and entered Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire, covertly ensuring that Harry completed each difficult task. Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, arrives at Hogwarts accompanied by a Dementor. Fudge denies Dumbledore's claim that Voldemort has returned and before Crouch can repeat his confession, his soul is sucked out when the Dementor performs the Dementor's Kiss on him (on Fudge's orders to silence him).

Dumbledore swiftly and urgently revives the Order of the Phoenix and against the Ministry's orders, tells students the truth about Cedric's death and that Voldemort has returned, stating "It would be an insult to his memory" to claim otherwise. As for Harry, he is crowned the Triwizard Tournament champion and is awarded one-thousand Galleons, which he gives to Ron's twin brothers, Fred and George, telling them to use it to open their own joke shop, their life-long ambition.

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Sep 21, 2007

Jackie "the Librarian" rated it:

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Read in January, 2000

recommends it for: if you like funny fantasy

There's way too much packed into this book - the Quidditch tournament, the Death-Eaters, giant politics!, the Yule ball, and the Triwizard tournament all make this one overstuffed year for Harry. I guess Rowling was determined to stick to her one school year per book plan. I get exhausted just holding this doorstop of a book over the course of reading it.
But on the bright side, it's all good. I loved the Veelas, Mad-Eyed Moody, Harry being obtuse about solving the challenges (okay, he's v...more

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Sep 03, 2007

Cynthia rated it:

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Read in March, 2007

In this book Harry, is entered in the triwizard tournament (see below of that.) Ron gets very jealous, but Harry faces dragons,mer people, a freaky maze, and asking a girl out to the christmas ball.

Main Characters

Cedric Digory- Was chosen to participate in the triwizard tournament the problem is that he and Harry are both in Hogwarts. He gets first place with Harry and he is killed, by worm tail.

Flour Decour- Was chosen to participate in the triwizard tournam...more

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Jul 20, 2007

Jonathan rated it:

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Read in August, 2007

Okay, now it's getting good. In this fourth installment, the reader starts to discern that Rowling is taking the series ultimately to a gratifying, climactic head that will be worth having read the first three volumes.

And these are just that - volumes. HP4 here clocks at 734 pages, and I see already that HP5 is 870. Guh! In this age of ADD-riddled adolescents, who has the time and patience to read a book that long? (This ADD-addled one doesn't.) But, well, this isn't the heavy stuff ...more

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Jul 07, 2007

Jeff rated it:

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Read in May, 2007

recommends it for: Harry Potter Fans

I haven't been as avid a reader of the Harry Potter books as most Harry Potter fans have been. I have to say though that they are getting better. The best part about Book Four is the character Mad Eye Moody. He is by far one of the most interesting and dynamic characters so far in the series. Also, there is a nice twist to this character later on in the novel. This additon to the series also displays how truly evil the Lord Voldemort character is in a way the other books had not done, which made...more

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Jun 17, 2007

Mary-Beth rated it:

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Well, what can I say, Rowling clearly fired her editor. Why else have, what have been consistently tightly woven 300 page novels suddenly sprouted into a 700 page monstrosity?

Still this book manages to remain readable, barely, because of the interesting competition at the school. Then again, I find it tiresome that there was an age restriction for the tournament and Harry magically got put into it. Yes, yes he's special, we know, okay.

Honestly I don't consider the charac...more

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Jun 11, 2007

Amanda rated it:

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Read in June, 2007

This is my favorite book because it is so packed full of action that there is literally never a dull moment. From the Quidditch World Cup to the Tri-Wizard Tournament, everything moves along so fast that you get through this 700 page book in a flash. The introduction of the Death Eaters at the World Cup and then the Dark Mark really set up the return of Voldemort perfectly. The first chapter is great, learning more about the Riddles and who they are. Ron and Hermione sexual tension? Yes please! ...more

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Nov 21, 2008

Svitlana rated it:

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Read in January, 2007

recommended to Svitlana by: My friend
recommends it for: Twilight FANS

This fourth novel kept me at the edge of the seat all the time!!!!!!!! Once the tournament was announced I was craving to figure out what would Harry do at least to survive during that dangerous battle for the grand prize… I always thought Karkarof was the one to put Harry’s name in the goblet or maybe Snape, just like Sirius predicted. The end of the novel was unbelievable!!!!!!! All that time during such important event, Voldemort’s messenger was at school all the time: messing with Dumb...more

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Oct 01, 2007

Sherellyn rated it:

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Read in January, 2002

recommends it for: everyone

All the Harry Potter books are fantastic. Out of the series though, I cannot even rank them, I thought I could, but it's impossible, I know my favorite though. You'll have to check out all of the reviews to find which one that is. I suggest reading the books in order, all at once, especially now that all seven are out. This allows you to retain detail better, and you'll absorb everything. Then, once you finish, do it again and really take advantage of all of imagry, symbolism and hints that you ...more

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Mar 11, 2009

Sherzad rated it:

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This is an exclusive book to the 7 book series as the no longer young boy but teenager Harry Potter is faced with going to school again, at Hogwarts. This year isn't as pleasent as he thought it would be. This year is a very special year as 2 other schools come to compete in "The Goblet of Fire" Harry and Cedric Diggory are picked to represent Hogwarts. Harry has problems going through all the tasks, but the last one is deathly where he encounters Voldemort again.

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Jan 06, 2008

Marnie rated it:

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Nov 04, 2009

Mary rated it:

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I WANT THIS BOOK TO COUNT AS TWO!!!!!

Here is my reveiw: Harry is worried about many things, his scar hurting, and the fears of every day life. But when he finds he has been chosen to compete in a riggerous cometition to prove strength and skill, he is horrified. Problems with friends and with not being killed become hard. It seems cheating is the only way that he shall provail.

I did not enjoy reading this book. I give it 1 star. I foun...more