A review by wanderlustlover
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, J.K. Rowling

5.0

Jim Dale Audio's 2011:

Three and four have been in my head much lately, in relation to each other (even though I'm in the middle of listening to five). If three was 'the distant darkness,' four is the first time we're plunged into present darkness.

Oh the first three books hold of 'distant darkness growing' holds, fighting to keep obliviousness, even after the name is called, even through the first two challenges. Distracting us with school and Elves, and childhood rows, but the end of the book tells us better.

This time there is no miracle to take back the death, or the birth. No magical way to make people understand or unafraid. And yet in this book, even through those sudden plunges of darkness we see true courage and depth of characters shown, too.

This is the first one I teared up in several places through the last fourth or fifth of it. I'm certain as we plunge further and further into the darkness it will become quite normal.