Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Author: J. K. Rowling
Series: Harry Potter
Pages: 636
Release Date: August 6th 2000
Series: Harry Potter
Pages: 636
Release Date: August 6th 2000
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Source: Mums bookshelf
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Source: Mums bookshelf
Format: Paperback
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Synopsis: Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup. He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. But unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal - even by Wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly.
Synopsis: Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup. He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. But unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal - even by Wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly.
My Review: Best in the series so far! It starts off with Harry waiting
for the Weasley’s to come and get him to take him to watch the International
Quidditch cup and when they do turn up they ruin the Dursley’s living room and
Harry’s uncle is outraged.
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After watching
the game Harry, Hermione and the Weasley’s are celebrating in their tent when
chaos outside starts. When Mr Weasley leaves with the older boys to go and help
out the Ministry sort the chaos which is being caused by Death Eaters the twins
are told to look after Ginny and while all the children are trying to get to
safety Ron, Harry and Hermione get separated from the twins and Ginny ending up
in the woods, while standing in the woods the Dark Lord’s mark appears in the
sky while his followers – the Death Eaters - are causing trouble.
When they get
to Hogwarts Dumbledore announces that Hogwarts plus two rival schools will be
competing in the Triwizard Tournament but rules have been put in place to make
it safer for students. One of the new rules means that the younger students
cannot enter the tournament but somehow Harry’s name gets put into the cup (you
have to read the book to see who does it).
Harry has to
battle a dragon and merfolk to get to the final round, the maze. While in the
maze Harry and his fellow Hogwarts competitor Cedric make it to the centre of
the maze and decide to grab the cup at the same time so that they both win, not
knowing that the cup is a portkey that transports them away from Hogwarts and
into a cemetery where Wormtail who kills Cedric before bringing back the Dark
Lord, Lord Voldemort.
Once
Voldemort is back to full strength he tries to kill Harry who somehow manages
to escape him taking Cedric’s body back with him.
I enjoyed
this book as this one seems to be the only one where Harry realistically can
get through the challenges.
The best
thing about this book is Hermione acted like a regular teenage girl with a
crush rather than the annoying know-it-all like in all the other books.
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