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| Categories | Growing Up & Facts of Life |
| Author | J.K. Rowling |
| Publisher | Arthur A. Levine Books; 20th Anniversary ed. edition (June 26, 2018) |
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 768 pages |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Dimensions |
5.2 x 1.5 x 7.8 inches |
I. Book introduction
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a fantasy novel written by the British author J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series. It follows Harry Potter, a wizard in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the mystery surrounding the entry of Harry’s name into the Triwizard Tournament, in which he is forced to compete.
The book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury and in the United States by Scholastic. In both countries, the release date was 8 July 2000. This was the first time a book in the series was published in both countries at the same time. The novel won a Hugo Award, the only Harry Potter novel to do so, in 2001. The book was adapted into a film, released worldwide on 18 November 2005, and a video game by Electronic Arts.
Plot
During the summer, there is an attack at the Quidditch World Cup. The cloaked assailants resemble Death Eaters, the followers of Voldemort. When the school term begins at Hogwarts, Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody is introduced as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Dumbledore announces that students from the foreign wizarding schools Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving at Hogwarts to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. An artefact called the Goblet of Fire is placed in the main hall, and students are invited to nominate themselves for the tournament by putting their name into it. Although Harry does not nominate himself, he is mysteriously selected to compete against the older students Cedric Diggory, Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum.
Harry is interviewed by the Daily Prophet reporter Rita Skeeter, who writes a scathing article portraying him as a disturbed attention-seeker. Using the Hogwarts Floo Network, Harry speaks with his godfather, Sirius Black, who warns him about the Durmstrang principal, Igor Karkaroff, who is a former Death Eater. Sirius believes Harry’s selection for the dangerous tournament is somehow connected to the attack at the World Cup. Hagrid alerts Harry that the First Task involves a dragon. After Moody reminds Harry that he is an expert flyer, Harry uses his broomstick to fly past the dragon and accomplish the task.
As Christmas approaches, Harry asks a girl named Cho Chang to the Yule Ball, but she is already going with Cedric. Harry and Ron end up going to the ball with the twin sisters Parvati and Padma Patil. Ron is sullen as he observes Hermione dancing with Krum. As the Second Task nears, Harry learns that he will need to rescue someone from the lake. The house-elf Dobby gives him Gillyweed, which allows him to breathe underwater long enough to rescue both Ron and Fleur’s sister Gabrielle. He is awarded extra points for his bravery and is tied for first place.
In the Third Task, Harry and his competitors must navigate a maze of obstacles to reach the Triwizard Cup. Harry and Cedric reach the Cup at the same time and decide to grab it together. They are immediately transported to a graveyard, where Peter Pettigrew kills Cedric and subdues Harry. Using Harry’s blood, he performs a ritual that returns Voldemort to bodily form. As Voldemort and Harry duel, their wands magically connect. This distraction allows Harry the chance to escape back to Hogwarts with the Cup and Cedric’s body.
Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape discover that Moody is actually the Death Eater Barty Crouch Jr. When they administer him a truth potion, he reveals that he placed Harry’s name in the Goblet, supported him through the Tasks, and ensured he was transported to the graveyard for the ritual. Crouch Jr is handed over to the Dementors, who render him soulless with the Dementor’s Kiss. Recovering in the hospital wing, Harry narrates the events to Cedric’s parents. He offers them his tournament winnings, but they refuse it, so he gives the gold to Fred and George Weasley so they can open their joke shop. During a memorial service for Cedric, Dumbledore tells the students at Hogwarts that Voldemort has returned.
About the Author (J.K. Rowling)
Joanne Rowling (born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name J.K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She is the author of Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy novel series published from 1997 to 2007. The series has sold over 600 million copies, been translated into 84 languages, and spawned a global media franchise including films and video games. The Casual Vacancy (2012) was her first novel for adults. She writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, under the alias Robert Galbraith.
Born in Yate, Gloucestershire, Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International in 1990 when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother, the birth of her first child, divorce from her first husband, and relative poverty until the first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was published in 1997. Six sequels followed, concluding with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007). By 2008, Forbes had named her the world’s highest-paid author.
The novels follow a boy called Harry Potter as he attends Hogwarts (a school for wizards), and battles Lord Voldemort. Death and the divide between good and evil are the central themes of the series. Its influences include Bildungsroman (the coming-of-age genre), school stories, fairy tales, and Christian allegory. The series revived fantasy as a genre in the children’s market, spawned a host of imitators, and inspired an active fandom. Critical reception has been more mixed. Many reviewers see Rowling’s writing as conventional; some regard her portrayal of gender and social division as regressive. There were also religious debates over the Harry Potter series.
J.K. Rowling has won many accolades for her work. She has received an OBE and made a Companion of Honour for services to literature and philanthropy. Harry Potter brought her wealth and recognition, which she has used to advance philanthropic endeavours and political causes. She established the Volant Charitable Trust in 2000, and co-founded the charity Lumos in 2005. Rowling’s philanthropy centres on medical causes and supporting at-risk women and children. In 2012, Forbes estimated that Rowling’s charitable giving totaled US$160 million. She has also donated to Britain’s Labour Party, and opposed Scottish independence and Brexit. Since 2017, Rowling has been vocal about her opinions on transgender people and related civil rights. Her comments, described as transphobic by critics and LGBT rights organisations, have divided feminists, fuelled debates on freedom of speech and cancel culture, and prompted declarations of support for transgender people from the culture sector.
II. Reviewer: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
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1. ZOE reviews Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Don’t mind me, just crying my eyes out.
This was WAY better than I remember it being, and I remember it being pretty darn good. J.K. Rowling is a writing goddess and I can’t believe how much foresight and planning went into this series. She already hints at the horcruxes and many other things in this book that don’t show up until much later. Definitely one of my favorites in the series (but I say that about all of them)!
2. NILUFER OZMEKIK reviews Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I know what you think: Don’t I have anything to do instead of rereading 750 paged long book on my weekend. Of course I am: I could try to cook breads, cakes, muffins or any other carbs involved project and share at my social media account to risk myself turn into Thor’s big bellied image at last Avengers movie for consuming them incessantly like my most friends do till the quarantine ends (it will end eventually, right?) Wait a minute, I cannot do that! I can only pose with burned or overcooked things if I insist to cook.
I can also resume home soccer matches with my husband dearest but there is nothing left called glass at our place and I am still stressed walking barefoot because there may be still a tiny threatening glass piece hid somewhere waiting for me!
And of course: After Ozark, La Casa Da Papel, Tiger King and Unorthodox, I couldn’t find any appropriate content match with my taste.
I’m already working on three books but on weekends: I’m suffering from melancholy and I prefer to do something make me happy in the past. ( Like keep watching Shaun of the Dead, Big Lebowski and Fight Club. Interestingly at your each rewatching séance, you’re catching another detail!) I already told third book is my favorite because it was the last piece that my three musketeers keep their innocence till they take their first steps to the dark side.
And this book is the beginning of the dark side. This is the middle part of long installment. A big death will shake them to the cores and everything about their life will change forever. This is one of the darkest, more action packed, gripping, thrilling but also heartbreaking book of the series. When I first read it nearly 20 years ago, I didn’t get intimidated when I see the page numbers. On contrary I felt blessed because normally I have been finishing a Harry Potter novel in a day (At least I finished the first three books in one day! Correction: First book took me only half day. Thanks to my fast reading technique I improved at college years!)Book’s longevity was great news. I could spend more time in Harry Potter’s world!
After reading the whirlwind Quidditch Cup competition parts, I adored blooming creativity and visionary scenes written by JKR. I went back to my younger, dumber self and remembered the times how I cherished the chapters, how I thrilled when Harry succeeded and how I flabbergasted after reading the shocking ending.
I adored it again and I promised myself to read it another 20 years later. ( I hope I won’t be at quarantine next time)
I recommend you to read the books give you time travel to your happy times at the past so you can handle the daily terrors and find the strength to carry hope into your near future. That’s why JKR is one of my all time favorite authors!
3. CHELSEA HUMPHREY reviews Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
There is an incredibly somber mood that descends on me every time I finish this book in the series, and reading it with the illustrations did nothing to change that. I felt the drawings were impeccable, and I loved how some of the characters were reimagined to look a different way than portrayed in the movies, my favorite being Mad Eye Moody. Now, the long wait for the remainder of the illustrated editions. 🙁
4. THARINDU DISSANAYAKE reviews Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“I is a good elf”
It’s been proven three times now, that I always get ahead of myself when reviewing Harry Potter, incorrectly concluding the last one (out of the ones I’ve read so far) to be the best, but it cannot be helped. The standards are moved up – again. It’s like Rowling just had a look at the first books, found them to be way too short, and came up with this one, which is much longer than the previous ones – combined! And the writing style keeps on improving, while plot getting more and more thrilling, making it oh so delightful to read.
“Will you please inform zis ‘Agrid zat ze ‘orses drink only single-malt whiskey?”
It’s great to have that feeling of ‘how easy it is to read everything is’ still being part of the author’s narration. Though the events are being described in much more detail, it does not take away anything in terms of interest. On the contrary, the reader is kept well in suspense, with a number of twists, without making anything too unreal (relative to the world of magic that is). I don’t recall ever being more immersed in a book than this one (again, I’m probably getting ahead of myself).
“Alf-giant? Moi? I’ave – I’ave big bone!”
As far as the environs go, I think it’s safe to say that we’ve arrived at darker times, toward which the third book made way for. Though I loved the first three ‘relatively-trouble-free’ years, this one is certainly more interesting with so much happening, while introducing a whole new set of interesting characters. And the occasional humor complements nicely without distracting the reader too much.
I don’t think I’ll be able to rest well until I’m done with the series. I kind of feel sad about the readers during original release years, who had to wait year after year for the next book. Must’ve felt being under ‘Crucio’.
“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
5. SHYLA reviews Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry was ready for another year at Hogswart but the Weasleys decided to take him to the Guiddich World Cup before term starts. The World Cup was amazing until the Death Eaters hurt some Muggles. Went to Hogswart and finds out they are doing the Triwizard Tournament with two other schools. Only one person per school can be chosen, however; 3 other’s were chosen along with Harry Potter. Now he must get through the challenges and survive, can he do it? Highly recommend this book and series
6. JENNIFER MORRIS reviews Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Reading with Tequila
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the book that sets the tone for the rest of the series. We’ve always known that Harry and friends were in almost constant danger, but Goblet of Fire crosses the line between knowing mortal peril and actually experiencing it. This book is the first in the series to allow someone Harry had known to die in the present time. Sure, his parents died, but he was a baby and barely remembers. What’s more is that the death is of someone close to Harry’s age, breaking the illusion most kids and teens have that “things like that don’t happen to people like me.” From this point forward, no one is safe in the world of Harry Potter.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire showcases some of Rowling’s best writing. The actual match of the Quidditch World Cup was writing at such a frenzied yet explanatory pace that once the game was over, I almost asked Facebook if anyone else had seen that match. It was so excitingly wonderful, that I actually forget that Quidditch isn’t a real sport and I hadn’t actually seen anything at all. If someone could manage to explain football to me as Rowling has done with Quidditch, I might actually care about the Super Bowl.
The world of Harry Potter is full of characters we readers love to hate. Voldemort, Draco Malfoy and Snape are two that pop immediately to mind at this point in the series. Goblet of Fire features a character that pushed all my buttons in such a way that I couldn’t they immediately shot to the top of my character hate list. Rita Skeeter. That horrible woman. She and her Quick Quotes Quill embody everything evil about sensationalistic journalism.
The thing I had completely forgotten since my first reading of Goblet of Fire was the importance of Dobby as a friend to Harry. Now that he isn’t trying to protect Harry by potentially killing him, he presents himself to be a real asset and ally to Harry on multiple occasions. He can offer information (freely now) about himself, other house elves and anything else he comes across. I loved that Harry and friends treated Dobby as a friend, remembering to pick up gifts for him. Hermoine and S.P.E.W. were well-intentioned but the one major dragging factor of the whole book. But even that went to show how saving peoples from their own cultures just because you disagree with it may not be in the people you are trying to help’s best interests.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire shows the teens are really starting to grow up. The dance sets the stage for the characters to have to put themselves out there into the dating scene, if even only slightly. Romantic relationships are new territory in the world of Harry Potter and something to definitely get excited about. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire starts the ball rolling of all of the future love and loss in the series. These books truly do get even better as the series progresses.
7. BECCA reviews Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
What a riveting story
This was such a fun read! It was more thrilling and exciting with unsuspecting twists than previous books. It’s also darker and more emotional. I loved seeing the character growth and the friendships deepen. The characters really come to life. It’s exciting learning more about other characters in the story. I could not put this book down.
8. BARBARA reviews Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I think my favorite part of this book is when Harry is in the Triwizard tournament in the third task. First, he has to go against a blast-ended skrewet. Blast-ended skrewets are creatures that are large when adults and have a stinger, sucker, and you don’t really know where it’s head is. Next, he has to go against a dementor, but it’s actually a boggart. Boggarts are creatures that go into dark, tight places. You never know what a boggart looks like in it’s original form. It’s a shape shifter. It appears to be whatever you most fear. When he gets to the Triwizard cup he meets Cedric. They want to share their victory so they touch it at the same time. The Triwizard cup got turned into a portkey and they traveled to… You will have to read the book to find out.
The thing that is most important in this book is that Harry and Lord Voldemort are connected because a part of Voldemort is inside Harry because of the curse Voldemort put on Harry. The authors purpose of this book was to entertain adults and children with this fantasy novel and to teach us that you need to stick with your friends and keep moving forward.
In this book, it is Harry’s point of view because it says what says what Harry is doing. It is also Harry’s point of view because it talks about Harry’s feelings. I think J.K. Rowling decided to have this book be in Harry’s point of view because he is a curios and helpful kid.
If I could change anything I would change how Cedric dies in the third task by the “Avada Kedavra” curse that Wormtail put on him. I wanted Harry and Cedric to battle Voldemort, escape with the triwizard cup, and split the thousand galleons. It was really sad when Cedric died.
The character traits that describe Harry are brave, courageous, kind, helpful, smart, friendly, and a troublemaker. The details that I used are Harry has a lot of friends, he does a lot of brave things, and he gets out of bed when he’s not supposed to.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to finish the series or enjoys witches, wizards, or fantasy novels.
9. WARDA reviews Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The reread of this series is never going to get boring. The nostalgia will forever remain.
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“He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everything he had seen that night seemed to fall in upon him as Mrs Weasley held him to her. His mother’s face, his father’s voice, the sight of Cedric, dead on the ground, all started spinning in his head until he could hardly bear it, until he was screwing up his face against the howl of misery fighting to get out of him.”
* My heart broke for Harry several times. The childhood traumas he’s suffered are too much, too unfair.
* Dumbledore will always remain the baddest son of a bitch. The end of these books remain pure gold because of him.
* Cornelius Fudge represents Trump nicely in this book.
* Am I the only one that still doesn’t hate Snape? My guy has been living a double life his whole life. Still a dick, but you know, a redeemable one.
* Hermoine figuring out Rita Skeeter’s secret was a proud moment.
* I love that Harry gave the Weasley Twins his winnings!
* I also adore the moment when Mrs. Weasley and the family came to support Harry during the last tournament.
And Sirius, ya’ll. 🥹
My love for this series just knows no bounds.
5 glorious stars.
Always.
10. SEAN BARRS reviews Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I remember the first time I read this……
I’d just started a real crappy job that I came to hate. I’d dropped out of university after my first year because my degree in psychology was a terrible choice, I seemed to be making more enemies than friends through life, but none of that mattered because I was reading a great series of books. I had something to look forward to every day when I really needed it.
The point is books are escapism and fantasy books particularly so. As I got my shit together, this book helped me move on and get through life as so many other books have since.
As Harry, Ron and Hermione entered their fourth year of Hogwarts, arguably their most challenging and intense year yet, I checked my mail box to see if my invite had finally arrived.
It hadn’t.
It still hasn’t.
Maybe one day.
III. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Quotes by J.K. Rowling
The best book quotes from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
“Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
“You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!”
“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
“Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.”
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
“Percy wouldn’t notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby’s hats.”
“Don’t talk to me.”
“Why not?”
“Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret…”“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”
“It is my belief… that the truth is generally preferable to lies.”
“Just because it’s taken you three years to notice, Ron, doesn’t mean no one else has spotted I’m a girl!”
“Time will not slow down when something unpleasant lies ahead.”
“It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.”
“What would come, would come…and you would have to meet it, when it did.”
“Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt.”
“I’m never wearing them,” Ron was saying stubbornly. “Never.”
“Fine,” snapped Mrs. Weasley. “Go naked. And, Harry, make sure you get a picture of him. Goodness knows I could do with a laugh.”“Just then Neville caused a slight diversion by turning into a large canary.”
“Curiosity is not a sin…. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity… yes, indeed.”
“I took a wrong turn on the way to the bathroom and found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I had never seen before, containing a really rather magnificent collection of chamberpots. When I went back to investigate more closely, I discovered that the room had vanished. But I must keep an eye out for it. Possibly it is only accessible at five thirty in the morning. Or it may only appear at the quarter moon – or when the seeker has an exceptionally full bladder.”
“Twitchy little ferret, aren’t you, Malfoy?”
“What’s comin’ will come, an’ we’ll meet it when it does.”
“Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.
-Albus Dumbledore”“Well, I can certainly see why we’re trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn’t want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once?”
“I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed. ‘Never be ashamed,’ my ol’ dad used ter say, ‘there’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth botherin’ with.”
“I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing… maybe you’ve got to attack him while he’s in the shower, Harry.”
“I have gone temporarily deaf and haven’t any idea what you said, Harry.”
“I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.”
“Ron’s indignation on his behalf was worth about a hundred points to him.”
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