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]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Windy]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77885269 Nicole's review of A Pair of Blue Eyes (Oxford World's Classics)
by Thomas Hardy

Oh, so you won't read Jude the Obscure, but you'll add this... ]]> <![CDATA[Windy added 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77805593 to: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling
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This was supposed to be better than the last two, but it seemed pretty much the same to me. Yawn.

And even if Rowling does try to incorporate a symbol or character foil into her writing, she makes it sooo blatantly obvious that it loses its ultimate effect. We get it. You don't have to explain it over and over throughout the 400+ pages! ]]>