Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Author: J. K. Rowling
Narrator: Jim Dale
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2000-07
ISBN: 0807286036
Publisher: Listening Library (Lib)

Book Reviews of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Book Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Summary: 5 Stars

I think that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was an exemplary book. J.K Rowling has outdone herself. She uses such a great variety of words to describe and name things in the wizardry world. She describes everything so distinctly that you would think that you were actually there. If you are an aficionado of Rowling's Harry Potter series then, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a must-read. The story starts off with Harry going back to Hogwart's school of wizardry. There, he finds out that his favorite sport, Quiditch, has been cancelled for the Tri-Wizard tournament. The Tri-Wizard tournament is a tournament where a student in his/her 6th or 7th year at Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons; the three wizardry schools compete to prove which wizard is the best. The students put their name in a goblet, which will randomly select the students that will compete in the tournament. Somehow, Harry's name was drawn from the goblet. Not knowing who placed his name in the goblet, Harry must now put up his experience as a 4th year against the 6th and 7th years. To top it all of, Harry must also worry about the coming and resurrection of the greatly feared Lord Voldemort. If you are a fan of mystery, action, wizardry, and fantasy books then I recommend this book to you.

Summary of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Read by Jim Dale

Running time:  20 hrs., 30 mins. 17 CDs.

Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his fourth year of magical adventures in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.  This year Harry turns 14 and becomes interested in girls -- one in particular.  And with Dark Magic comes danger, as someone close to Harry dies.  You'll have to listen to learn more!  The audio is available on July 8th.
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?

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' tents, for instance, are entirely unquotidian. One is a minipalace, complete with live peacocks; another has three floors and multiple turrets. And the sports paraphernalia on offer includes rosettes "squealing the names of the players" as well as "tiny models of Firebolts that really flew, and collectible figures of famous players, which strolled across the palm of your hand, preening themselves." Needless to say, the two teams are decidedly different, down to their mascots. Bulgaria is supported by the beautiful veela, who instantly enchant everyone--including Ireland's supporters--over to their side. Until, that is, thousands of tiny cheerleaders engage in some pyrotechnics of their own: "The leprechauns had risen into the air again, and this time, they formed a giant hand, which was making a very rude sign indeed at the veela across the field."

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. (Ages 9 and older) --Kerry Fried

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