Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (2000)

This is a great book and I had to buy it to complete my collection. I would recommend this series to anyone.

This book is new and I wanted to start a collection of the Harry Potter books, ebay was the best place to buy them.

I was looking for first print first edition, with printed in usa number 56, print number 56 is original print, with the company who publised and bounded this book.

Thanks for sending the book so quickly! It made moving along one book after the other so easy. I love to read a series after all the books are out!

Excellent book and a great value to boot.

I purchased this book for my girlfriend to complete her collection of Harry Potter books in hard cover. the price was great the shipping was fast and reasonable. The only problem there was no jacket for the book and it was showen with one.

Finally decided to give in and read the HP books - have loved them all. I thought they would be more for children but they are foe everyone. Fun and easy to read - and fast reading too!

Book was just as described. Fast shipping.
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The book was purchased to add to my daughter's collection of Harry Potter books. It was in like new condition and the price I ended up paying was reasonable. Future books in this series I would check the bookstore first because after my purchase I found the other books in the series cheaper in a bookstore than I could get them for on Ebay.

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

And astonishing sequence of books! The movies are wonderful I have them all and watch them endlessly... but are NOTHING compared to the books and you get SOOOOOOOOOO much more details, history, bonus material, etc. in the books than the movies! It helped me to understand a lot of the happenings in the movies! Even if you have watched the movies... read the books! And then reread them! I have!

I'M A TEACHER AND I ORDERED IT TO READ TO MY STUDENTS. I'VE ENJOYED THE OTHER HARRY POTTER BOOKS AND HAVE COLLECTED THEM ALL. THERE'S NOTHING TO DISLIKE IN THIS BOOK. LOTS OF EXCITEMENT AND FUN. MAKES YOU WANT TO BE A STUDENT AT HOGSWARTS INSTEAD OF A MUGGLE.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth installment in the popular book series. And what a surprise to see how large it is, compared to the first 3 books! They averaged 300 pages and this one tops in at over 600!

Harry and his friends are beginning their 4th year of magical instruction at Hogwarts school. Although the school year starts with an ominous sign (a terrorist attack by Death Eaters at a huge international sporting event), Harry is sure that this year will be a good one for him. He is starting this year on a "high note"...after discovering who ther real snitch was who "ratted" on his parents to Lord Voldemort (which led to their deaths), and saving his godfather from being wrongfully re-imprisoned. Even school seems really neat this year, as they have a new Professor who is teaching them some amazing stuff in Harry's favorite class (Defence Against the Dark Arts).

But alas for poor Harry, a happy and carefree school year is not in the cards. Under very unusual circumstances, his name is drawn to compete in a magical tournament...one that he is underage, underskilled and underprepared to compete in. Everyone is mad at Harry for "cheating" to get his name in the competition...even his best friend Ron. Like in his second year, (when many Hogwarts students feared harry was the Heir of Slytherin) Harry faces months of being shunned, rejected, friendless and alone. Luckily things pick up for Harry when he starts winning in the competitions and at least most people are not mad at him anymore...but he has other problems...such as the very awkward position of having to ask the girl he has a crush on, to the school dance.

Even though Harry is in the middle of a literally life-and-death competition, the book still takes time-out from the action to include humor, and bits of teenage experiences to be thrown in for greater realism and empathy. We may not be able to relate to the experience of dragon-battling, but we all know the sting of rejection from a teenage crush, or worries about not being able to dance.

I found this book to be easy reading, and generally, not "scary" until the end...when Voldemort returns. The end of this book marks the 'end of innocence' in Harry's world...the war that was brewing has begun and the series takes a darker turn from here as the main characters find themselves growing up in a ever more dangerous world.

Please do yourselves a favor and read this series from the beginning, and also be sure to READ the book, not just see the movie. The movies are fine, but the books are spectacular.

I bought this book, but I still didn't receive the book. I tried to contact with seller, but they didn't give me any answer! So I'm very angry!

12 year old loves every minute...compares the book with the movie...and everything the movie got wrong or left out....The binding came unglued, so may not buy excellent used ever again.

I've never read a bad Harry Potter book, and every one is better than the last. This was no exception. Harry truly grows up in this book, and the story just keeps getting more interesting and deepening as we go on.

I can't wait for the seventh book. I love the series. I bought this because I wanted to complete the hard back collections that I had already bought.

I needed the fourth harry potter book. Really good price, so i bought it. The book came in pretty good condition. The only think that i didnt like was the cover was taped down. So the tape kind of ruined the condition of the book, i guess. But other than that. The book is excellent.

Mine had been 5 fingered and I did not want a new book in my collection. However, the book I bought outdid the description.The person that had the book listed was very promt in replies and truthful. That sold me as much as the book did itself. Thank you!

I bought this for my third grade grandson. I assume he will like it a lot, as he has the first two books in the series.

great book great condition, but I dont know why the book was smaller than the usual harry potter books its look all weird in my collection cause its the smallest one of all

Someone once told me that when reading "Junk in is junk out" and referred to the multi-award winning Harry Potter series as junk. So I decided to see what this junk was all about. For a series of books written for children they grabbed hold of me and kept me glued to the pages. This book, the forth in the series, continues with new challenges at Hogwarts's School for Harry, Ron and Hermione in addition to the creation of new and characters. Dislikes none. I'm looking forward to reading these books with my grandchildren for many years to come.

I loved this Harry Potter book. I have all of the books and all of the movies. J.K. Rowling has managed to keep me interested so that I want the next book/movie before it hits the stores.

In this book Harry enters the Triwizard tournament though not through his own doings. This tournament pits Harry again another Hogwart's classmate as well as two others from rival Wizarding Academies. The storyline is good and keeps you on your toes. The ending is sad but real.

A good read that is worth the money.

Seller was very quick in shipment. A very good buying experience. I would defiantly purcchase from this seller again.

This is the fourth installment of the 7 book series by J.K Rowling. And let me say, this is a good one! Harry is sensing Voldemort more and more, Sirius sends Harry letters, and the Tri-Wizard cup with Harry as champion #4! The thing is, only three champions are allowed and there was a age restriction of 17 years. What will happen to Harry this time?