Friday, January 25, 2013

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (JK Rowling)


Back to Potter.  Now, it's year 4 at Hogwarts for Harry, and this year will be like no other.  For the first time in decades, the Tri-wizard tournament will be held.  Harry's too young to participate- or is he?  The goblet of fire spits out the names of the three students who will represent each of the participating schools, but then selects a fourth name: Harry Potter.  Thus thrust into the tournament, Potter struggles through those challenges while balancing his schoolwork and the ever-present drama concerning Voldemort.  Will Harry win?  And, more importantly, who cares?

This book marked a shift in length- Rowling's first three Potter novels were all in the 300-400 page range; Goblet of Fire came in at over 700.  Still an entertaining and immensely fast read, this one started having some boy-girl hormone-induced drama, which I supposed appealed to some, but I found a little annoying.  I'm also starting to get bugged by most of the characters' reluctance to say "Voldemort," instead saying "you-know-who" or other nonsense.  But, those things aside, there was a lot of action, plot twists, and shocking events that kept this one going. Overall, I enjoyed this one- a lot.  I think I enjoyed the previous book a tad more, but this is still top-notch.

Rating: A+

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