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

61 reviews

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Goblet of Fire was the longest book I’ve ever read and it was worth it. A lot of stuff happened and most of them broke me, especially the passing of Cedric Diggory. RIP, my guy. Reading this book made me realize that I can’t just trust what my eyes see, I have to think well and use my gut, especially when things go crazy. This book may be fiction, but it sure taught me life lessons about friends, families, colleagues, and the other side. I adore Harry, Hermoine, and Ron. They are brave kids, especially Harry. I also learned about not judging other people so easily just by how they look like what people around Hagrid, Snape, and Moody did. This is my first time reading this book and I enjoyed it. Oh, my heart broke for Dobby, Winky, and all the unpaid house elves like what Hermoine was fighting for with S. P. E. W., it made me sad that humans thought that house elves were below them. Good thing, Doby stood up for his rights. This was highly entertaining! I love how it was written. Plus Jim Dale did an excellent job narrating the audiobook companion. No wonder this series was now considered one of the classics. Well-deserved! This might only look like magic and wizards, but this was also about the people. Thank you, Ms. Rowling, 💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gaslighting, Cursing, Death, and Grief

axel_p's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Torture, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Vomit, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Classism, War, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Blood, Body shaming, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Violence

a_alves00's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Murder, Death, and Kidnapping

meganders22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Bullying, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Torture and Slavery

amaramorgenstern's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Torture, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Alcoholism and War

sunnycollins_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Rating: 4.5

This book is the best in the series so far, with a few caveats.

First, there were a few chapters that could have been cut. I feel like the middle of this book is really dragged out.

Second, I feel like the trio fight way too often throughout the course of the book. The friend discourse on top of the other sub-plots felt really heavy handed and drawn out.

 

As for some things I enjoyed:

the addition of new magic schools was a fun touch, I loved hearing about how each differed from Hogwarts. I also really enjoyed the first part of the book and felt that the bit about the Quidditch World Cup had great visuals.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book more than the previous one and am excited to continue the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

linnylionheart's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Self harm, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Death, Body horror, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Stalking, Bullying, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Excrement

myaphrodiite's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this is my favourite harry potter book by far. with the addition of the tri-wizard tournament a whole new level of fear and tension is added to the storyline. when harry’s name is pulled out of the goblet chaos ensues, one he is too young to be able to put his name down and two no one else did?? this major event points at a dark force returning, one with no nose (hehe). 

with the introduction of sunny cedric diggory i loved this book even more, to this day he is still one of my favourite characters from this series. a gentleman and kind soul cedric helps harry throughout the tournament. (guys i couldn’t stop bawling my eyes out).

the addition of the yule ball in this book was breathtaking. the beauty of the winter theme and the sweet romance that surrounded it made my heart warm. i just wanted to teleport there and join in, i mean come on who wouldn’t want to attend the yule ball??

overall this is an amazing book and a part of a series everyone should read at least once in their lifetime.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Torture, Body shaming, and Abandonment

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child abuse

Minor: Confinement, Racism, War, Kidnapping, Body horror, and Cursing

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Sexism, and Bullying