[BWF] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling (5 stars)

[KateNZ]

Year #4 at Hogwarts.

In which someone (not Harry) puts his name into the Goblet of Fire and he gets picked as a fourth school champion in the legendary - and occasionally lethal - Triwizard Tournament.

I like the much greater sense that you get in this book of the international wizarding community, both with the way it starts at the Quidditch World Cup and then with the Triwizard Tournament itself. Not that the international elements are anything but stereotypes, but at least there’s a slightly broader view. The political elements of the Ministry also start to build up. It’s a clever plot, though it has quite a lot of holes (view spoiler)[ - for instance, how can Moody be such an excellent teacher all the way through the year (hide spoiler)].

This is also where the books really start to blow out in length though, and start to need better editing. Still a five star book for me for sheer inventiveness and immersion in this amazing world, but it’s not faultless.

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