Goblet of Fire delivered a jumping around, yet highly memorable plot which would make a truly violent movie.

Skippable parts include disgusting first visit to Professor Sprout and insufferable Winky.
Dobby redeems himself, but this elf was boring and creepy.

Character interactions saved the plot! ( )

(4.5 / 5)

This was my favorite in the series so far! I feel like I'm finally starting to understand the draw of this series in general. I was really into the story and characters and enjoyed trying to figure out who was behind everything this time (besides the obvious who was actually pulling the strings). I had my theories, but was definitely surprised more than once near the end.

I don't want to go too far before mentioning one of my favorite things of the whole book. It was a short scene, and near the beginning of the book, but I had to silently cheer when Arthur Weasley pushed the Dursleys to say goodbye to Harry. Though Harry is used to the way they treated him (and, by extension, so are we), Arthur couldn't understand why they would be okay with letting him leave for the summer without saying goodbye. That's just a glimpse into why he is such a good father, and a good man in general. Then later, when Molly & Bill Weasley showed up to be Harry's surrogate family, I cheered again. I love that family!

I was very happy to see Sirius playing such a large role in this book. I had assumed that he would disappear after the previous book, or at least just turn up in tiny bits. I like that Harry has a familial connection (even if it is not by blood) in this surrogate father/uncle.

Many of the issues I had with previous books with writing and style either weren't present in this book, or I just didn't notice. I was pretty engrossed in the story. I thought it would take me weeks to get through this one that was a large jump up in page length, but a combination of having some extra time over the weekend and just really wanting to keep coming back to it got me through it in less time than I expected. I'm looking forward to the next one! ( )

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Reread 2023: That ending gets me every time. Such a turning point in the series! The aftermath of Cedric's death hit me right in the feels. I enjoyed meeting wizards from other countries, loved the Tournament in general and now that element of horror has been added, setting up the rest of the books to come. Good thing Harry has Ron and Hermione as friends. He's going to need friends badly. The movie really did not do this book justice at all. ( )

Ame cada momento de la historia. Excelente libro, si el prisionero de Azkaban estuvo oscuro, este lo estuvo mucho mas sobre todo porque acá cambia por completo el balance con el que venían los otros tres libros, un antes y un después, me encanto! ( )