Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (2002)

It's a thriller! Read it before or after the movie. Movie leaves out a lot of stuff that you really NEED to know. book is better than its predecessors if thats even possible.

THis is one of my favorites in the series. Lots of action and adventure, plus plenty of interaction with the characters.

A student in my classroom lost this book and the replacement cost for the library was 28.00 so I thought we could do better. I bidded one off ebay and bought for less that 5.00. It was excellent condition and the library was happy with it. Deal settled. It was an easy transaction.

This book was in great condition; almost like new. I would definitely by from this seller again... arrived promptly as well.

I bought it because I borrowed the book from a friend and enjoyed it, thought I would probably want to read it again, and found it here for $0.75. It came quickly through the mail and was exactly as described.

This book was a great read. It paints wonderful mental pictures through it discriptions and leaves the reader wanting more.

this book was exactly what i wanted. it looked just the way that it was described. the book was also in perfect conditions

I wanted all the Harry Potters. As a mother & grandmother, I recommend the series to anyone that loves a book that keeps you wanting more! Even at my age!

I love all the Harry Potter books. They are all great you don't want to put them down. This one was far better than the movie. They all are. If you a fan you'll love it. You can't get enough of the story. You get involved in each persons life.
I hope anyone considering buying these books does get them. They make reading so much fun. Also you don't have to be a kid to enjoy them. I am 41 and I love them all.

my son really loved this book he has read it over and over again.. I bought the book for my son and as I said he just loves it.. I have two other boys too who are just getting into reading it.. They love for me to just sit and read chapter after chaper.

The main plot centers around the Tri-Wizard Tournament, where the three most prestigious schools of witchcraft and wizardry select a champion to compete. The tournaments are extremely dangerous and this year's is no exception. The events include stealing an egg from a dragon, rescuing a loved one from the bottom of the lake and the guardian mer-folk and finding the winner's cup in a maze made up of carnivorous hedges.

Harry wants no part of it, but the Goblet of Fire, which chooses a champion from each school, spat his name out. The tournament is supposed to be only for sixth and seventh years, but Harry is forced to participate anyway.

I said in my review of Prisoner of Azkaban that Harry comes of age at the end, when he decides to bring his parent's betrayer to justice rather than kill him out of revenge. In Goblet of Fire, Rowling has the world treat him like an adult as well, despite his age.

The new teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts shows the class the three most horrible curses known to the wizarding world, which is pretty mature stuff. It is also the last real lesson a teacher gives Harry for the rest of the series. Never again does Harry learn a new spell in school, at least not one that is specifically mentioned in the books. He either uses spells he already knows, learns on his own or gets from his peers. There is only one more effort for a professor to teach him something (Snape teaching Occlumancy in Order of the Phoenix) and it fails.

The theme of adults no longer being able to help Harry does not end in the classroom. In the earlier books, tough questions could usually be answered by adults, or at least enough information as to form a helpful clue. Although Harry does continue to receive advice from adults in this book and the rest of the series, it is no longer very helpful. Much advice turns out to be wrong and often the adult admits to not knowing. When anything useful is received, it is of very marginal value.

The final demonstration of manhood comes when Harry must face off with Voldermort one on one. When it is over, he has completed his rite of manhood, regardless of what the Ministry says about his age.

But more than just Harry is developing. Although a mega-plot has been hinted at in previous books, this is the first time we see more than just shadows or vague references. Voldermort is alive, he has a plan and he is able to get his minions to execute his wishes. The attack on Harry wasn't a target of opportunity like the three times before, it was pre-meditated.

And Voldermore has an unwitting ally in The Ministry. The Ministry unwittingly joins the side of Voldermort when they force Harry to compete. One law says that the goblet chooses the champions, but another law says the underage should be protected. Any judge with a sense of fairness and decency would choose to protect the young over a rule to a game, no matter how important the game was. This should especially be true when it was clear that the goblet was tampered with.

Yet the Ministry didn't. It made a conscious decision to pervert the intent of a tradition for the sake of preserving the past and, in doing so, ignore the perils of the future. Like many decisions made in life, this choice has far reaching and disastrous consequences for wizards and muggles alike, but we don't see them right away. You have to read the final three books for that.

John Holland-author of The Necklace of Terrersylvanous

The transaction was great- fast delivery and was delivered as described. No problems, great E-bayer. Everything was excellent.

The book is awesome. Gives many details and cleans up loose ends. If the movie director would have followed the book, his film would have been so much better. The film COMPLETELY changed some facts about the story. I hate to think that the films are Loosely based on J.K.'s books. I can't beleive she "OK'd" the film for release. Sorry to rant on the movie, but I watch the films before I read the books, this way I have a visual of the characters while I'm reading. I much prefer J.K.'s books to the films. Goblet of Fire is no exception. I hope J.K. either continues the H.P story or allows other writers to continue the adventures. H.P. ranks right up there with Star Wars story wise. I only wish the films could touch that level also.

I LOVE THE HARRY POTTER SERIES I HAVE READ ALL 6 AND ANXIOUSLY AWAIT 7 THE CONDITION OF THE BOOK AND ITS CONTENTS WERE PERFECT EXCELLENT BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS