Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
£4.70
‘There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways … their magical prowess – their daring – their powers of deduction – and, of course, their ability to cope with danger.’
The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter – but that doesn’t stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe’en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through – alive!
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Additional information
| Publisher | Pottermore Publishing (8 Dec. 2015) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 4634 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 633 pages |
by Martyn Stanley
First of all. A point. I’m aware of the recent controversy surrounding JK Rowling’s opinions. This review is NOT about the moral debate over how she feels about the validity of LGBT identities. This is about the book, and the book only.
My daughter has ALL the Harry Potter Illustrated books. She loves them, and I can see why. The print quality is excellent, the cover art beautiful and the package as a whole is a high quality item that gives the reader a different experience to the paperbacks. The artist has done a fantastic job of bringing Rowling’s characters and settings to life. It all looks good and fits well with the story. One thing I should warn you about is that this is a large, heavy book and will probably be reserved for reading at home. It’s NOT the sort of thing you could take on the train and read. It’s also worth noting that bringing out the next edition of the illustrated books takes a LONG time. This one took much longer than the last one and ‘Order of the Phoenix’ is an even longer book. If you’re hoping to collect the whole Harry Potter series in illustrated form you are probably in for a long wait. I’d estimate you’ll have to wait until at least 2028, probably 2030 before you can complete the set. There’s also the risk that at some point the financial value of printing these won’t be there. So you could try and collect them, but find at the end you only have half an illustrated set. The book on it’s own merit though, will be loved by kids and adult Potter fans alike. It’d make a great Christmas or birthday present, and might encourage a fan who read the paperback to read the story again.
by Donna311
Bought it for my son to get him into Harry Potter, nice looking book.
by kat
The book is about a character called Harry Potter who attends a school called Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry with his two best friends Ron Weasly an Hermione Granger. In this book Harry faces the 3 death defying tasks of the Triwizard Tournament which is to be held at Hogwarts. I think that this book is an amazing story for all ages and I really enjoyed reading it.
by David P.
This is the fourth book in the Harry Potter series, and also the first Harry Potter book I ever read. I remember recieving this book for Christmas a few years back (when I was 12 or 13). I had heard of Harry Potter, but I knew f*ck all about it, except that Harry is a wizard who attends a wizards school. I never got round to reading it, because I wasn’t in a reading mood. I was too busy with computer games at the time.
A while later, a friend of mine was reading the third book of the Harry Potter series (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). I asked him if it was good, and he said it was excellent. This funny enough motivated me into reading book 4. By the end of the first chapter, I was already too interested in the book to stop. A couple of chapters later, I was hooked on the book, and couldn’t believe I hadn’t read it sooner. As soon as I read it, I read the first three (the first film was released in the cinema shortly afterwards), then I had to wait a couple of years for the release of book 5.
The book starts of with an old muggle named Frank Bryce, who 50 years earlier had been blamed for the mysterious murder of the Riddle family. He was eventually set free, as their wasn’t enough evidence to convict him.
In the present time, Frank (who is now in his 70s) wakes up in the middle of the night and sees a flicker of light from one of the upstairs rooms in the old Riddle house, which has been empty for many years. In there he finds Peter Pettigrew, who at the end of the previous book turned out to be a traitor to Harry’s parents and framed Sirius Black for murder. For some reason he’s refered to by his nickname Wormtail in this book and the later ones. Peter is talking to what’s left of his master Lord Voldemort and are disgussing plans. Frank’s presence eventually comes to Voldemort’s attention who then murders him.
Harry then wakes up, having dreamed about that event with his scar burning (this by the way is an important part in the book). Harry then spends the rest of the summer holidays with the Weasleys and comes along with them to see the final match in the Quiditch world cup (Ireland wins it). That evening some of Voldemort’s supporters (the Death Eaters) cause mayhem at the campsite, and in the woods a mysterious person conjures Voldemort’s dark mark into the sky.
Shortly afterwards Harry returns to Hogwarts to begin his 4th year, which is going to be completely different from his previous 3 years. This year Hogwarts is hosting the legendary Tri-wizard tournament; an event when one three students (one from from Hogwarts, one from the French school Beauxbatons and one from the Bulgarian school Durmstrang) participate in three tasks throughout the year. The winner will recieve prize money (I can’t remember if it was 1000 or 10,000 galleons).
This year changes have been made. The age of the champions has been restricted to 17 and the tasks are much safer. Anyone who wished to particpate must write their name and the school they attend onto a piece of parchment and put it in the goblet of fire, which on Halloween night will choose the champions.
The Beauxbatons champion is called Fleaur Delacour, the Durmstrang champion is called Victor Krum (also a famous Quiditch player) and the Hogwarts champion is Hufflepuff Quiditch captain and seeker Cedric Diggory, then the goblet for some reason selects a 4th champion. No doubt that you would’ve guessed who that champion might be.
Harry is as confused about this as anybody, though he loses a lot of respect (especially with the Hufflepuffs). Even Ron has a fall out with him, having concluded that Harry intended to become a champion and didn’t bother telling him. Hermoine luckily believes Harry 100%. Meanwhile Harry is forced to particpate, and although the whole thing is a mystery one thing are crystal clear; him becoming a Tri-wizard champion is linked with the recent events.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is an excellent book, twice as long as the previous and definately much better than the first three. This book is filled with great mysteries and twists, and brings in more new characters from the wizarding world. A book not to be missed by any Harry Potter fan.
by Katie C
I cannot even begin to explain to you how much Harry Potter means to me, every single time I read these books I’m transported back to my childhood reading them for the first time again ❤️ honestly it’s my go to comfort read series! Absolutely adore Harry Potter, the story and characters and will 100% live on with me forever!
by Peter Jones
It was great, to get a hardback version of this part of HP journey, and great to see the map of Hogwarts and it’s surroundings. Timeless story by a talented woman, 10/10.
by Mollyp
So easy to find the exact book my grandson wanted, and the next day it arrived at his house in perfect condition. Happy Grandmother.
by Kindle Customer
Great addition to the series with the return of Voldemort and his army of supporters,fantastically written and crafted throughout the novel