kiracanread
Written on Apr 6, 2020
It is the summer holidays and soon Harry Potter will be starting his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is counting the days: there are new spells to be learnt, more Quidditch to be played, and Hogwarts castle to continue exploring. But Harry needs to be careful - there are unexpected dangers lurking . . .
J.K. Rowling continues to surprise and delight with the power of her rich, demanding and action-packed storytelling.
This audio CD edition is read by Stephen Fry and is comprised of seventeen CDs. The duration is approximately 20 hours 55 minutes.
- ISBN10 1408824108
- ISBN13 9781408824108
- Publish Date 4 July 2011 (first published 1 January 2000)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 October 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Imprint Bloomsbury Childrens Books
- Edition Unabridged edition
- Format Audiobook (CD)
- Pages 17
- Language English
Reviews
moraa
Written on Dec 20, 2019
It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.
12/20/19: Undoubtedly my favourite of the series. This is where things really picked up and where Harry was forced to grow up by the shadow of Voldermort. A shadow that I as a reader had ignored in the first 3 books due to the novelty of the world before me.
Hard-headed though these characters may be, I'm on my way to book 5 now.
Wish me luck.
sstaley
Written on Oct 12, 2019
Djilan
Written on Feb 14, 2018
ross91
Written on Jan 20, 2018
We were in the middle of nowhere for the majority of the time, so there was no signal and no internet at all.
We decided to listen to a book while driving and the only one I’ve got already downloaded on my phone was this one!
Just perfect, as always.
What I loved about it the most is that my sis has never read a HP book before, she just watched the movies but she fell in love with this one as well and now she wants to read them all!
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This is still one of my favorite books ever.
Rinn
Written on Jan 25, 2017
Jo
Written on Jul 25, 2016
I said in my re-read of The Prisoner of Azkaban that it was my favourite of the first three, but when it comes to the last four, I find it really difficult to choose. From The Goblet of Fire onwards, the excitement, danger and darkness levels are really upped. I love The Goblet of Fire, I love the whole Triwizard Tournament, I love Moody, and I love the climax when Voldemort returns.
I don't know if it's because I'm older or because different things are important to me now, but there were certain elements of this book that affected me differently. I was in completely awe of Hermione, her disgust at how House Elves are treated and her determination to do something about it. She doesn't actually make any difference in this book, but she won't let anyone sway her in her beliefs or put her off from standing up for what she thinks is right and trying to do something about it. And she's only 14. She is opinionated and she isn't afraid to use her voice to fight against injustice, and that's just so incredible and awe-inspiring. I suppose this has more of an impact on me now as I'm a feminist, but I wish her actions were inspiring to me when I was younger. At the time, I just thought she was annoying whenever S.P.E.W. came up.
I also really loved how Dobby was demanding wages and time off - he might not have accepted much money or time off, but he wasn't going to work for nothing any more. He was proud to be a free elf, proud to wear clothes and actually earn money, despite other House Elves thinking him a disgrace. Dobby and Hermione are two tiny ripples in a vast ocean, but they could lead to waves of change, eventually. They really are people to admire, and to emulate. And I think the issue of House Elves rights in this book and the way Lupin is treated as a werewolf in Prisoner of Azkaban say a lot about how we as society are prejudiced and discriminate against those we consider "other". I'm enjoying seeing these different sides to the books now that I'm older and more educated on such things.
I was also more deeply affected by hearing what happened to Neville's parents and by Cedric Diggory's death. I think because we never really know Neville's parents and we don't get a huge amount of Cedric in this book, I never really warmed to these characters, so what happened to them never used to affect me. But now... again, I don't know if I've become more emotional as I've got older, or if the horrific events that have been happening in the world lately are affecting how I read, but I just found it so horrific.
"Kill the spare." Cedric dismissed, not even considered a person, just an inconvenience who shouldn't be there, and killed without a second thought. It was so needless. He died because he was there, not because Voldemort had any real issue with him, like he did Harry. Not that murdering Harry would have been justified, but at least Voldemort hates Harry for a reason. There was no hate for Cedric. He was just there. And then he wasn't.
And when Dumbledore explained to Harry exactly what had happened to the Longbottom's, I felt sick. Tortured to the point where their minds broke, just because the Death Eaters thought they knew where Voldemort was after attempting to murder Harry. This happening when Neville was just a year old. his parents no longer knowing who he is. It's absolutely heartbreaking. I was really, really upset by what happened to the Longbottom's and Cedric, and felt Harry's sadness as the book came to a close. And poor Harry with his guilt - Cedric was only there because he suggested they take the Triwizard Cup together. To have to live with that... I was also completely dumbstruck with how Cornelius Fudge reacted to the news that Voldemort was back; his complete refusal to believe it and his denial leading him to doing nothing. I was so angry, and so scared for the future - even though I've read the books before. I don't know, it was just a completely different experience for me. I was really emotional on finishing The Goblet of Fire.
As I said at the start, I really love Moody (despite him not actually being Moody but Barty Crouch Jr, but we'll ignore that as he was imitating Moody and he fooled most people, so he must have been pretty spot on). However, there was a lot less of him in this book than I remember there being. I finished the book feeling like I actually hadn't seen that much of him. It was strange, I felt quite disappointed, yet there was no less than there has been in my other re-reads.
I also really enjoyed Voldemort's explanation to the Death Eaters about how his rebirth. I loved the hints about the Horcruxes; his experiments with magic to reach immortality, how he had gone further than any wizard has previously is his search for it. It was a little... unnerving, really.
I really feel that I'm going to find the rest of these books much more disturbing, upsetting, scary and emotional than I have previously. I'm reading with a different perspective, as a person with more experience, more education, and a greater awareness of what's happening in the world, and this is obviously affecting how my reading experience and how I feel about these books. We all say how we wish we could relive our first ever reading of certain books, but with how I've been reading the books recently, it almost feels like I am reading them for the first time. There's so much more I'm seeing now than I ever did before.
Have you ever re-read a book years after first reading it and found yourself more powerfully affected the second time round?
inlibrisveritas
Written on Jul 19, 2016
It's been a long time since I last read Goblet, and only my third time doing it. I remember having some pacing issues with this one before, but now that I know what to look for I found that I didn't have those problems anymore. I could see the moments of foreshadowing, the cute quips that hold a bit of truth in them, and how everything ties together. Moments in conversation that I never quite pulled together i my first read through now stand out.
It was interesting to see how much the tension fought with that light-hearted HP feel, and to see that change that's coming happen slowly over the course of this rather long novel.
Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews
Written on Feb 11, 2016
J.K. Rowling continues to draw toward two major themes, love and prejudice. Love, through Harry with those surrounding him with a strong desire to protect him. His mother giving her life to save him, Dumbledore through the stupidity of blind love consistently finds excuses to avoid telling him the true reason why Voldemort attacked thirteen years ago to spare him more pain to endure. A second being prejudice, the wizarding world has a myriad of races in the community and it appears that in every book Rowling chooses a new race to "pick on". In Goblet of Fire the choice is house elves, implying that they are slaves with one free elf, Dobby who was freed several years ago and while loving his new found freedom is finding it hard to make the transition. Strangely enough, I was also reminded of Susan B. Anthony or the Woman's Right movement, maybe it was Hermione's organization S.P.E.W. {Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare}. Lastly, and I believe this is more apparent in the movies due to the costumes but the Death Eaters, Voldemort's supporters have an uncanny resemblance to the KKK from the described garb to the groups torture and discrimination on certain races/species.
This is my favorite of the series probably because it is the climax of all seven books. The Goblet of Fire is kind of like Gone with the Wind, the first half of the book/movie shows the thriving comfortable land of the south, and in the second part war strikes demolishing everything they knew. I feel that this installment has similar features, the wizarding world working hard to maintain a peaceful secret life for the past thirteen years only to begin to crumble at Voldemort's return.
thepunktheory
Written on Aug 8, 2015
I didn't read this book, I devoured it. Rowling has a way of writing - you just can't put the book down. The story itself is woven cleverly, surprises await at every corner.
What I really enjoy is that Rowling allows the story to unfold properly. She also focuses on life outside Hogwarts. In this book for example, we get a detailed report on the Quidditch World Cup which was highly exciting to read.
The movie, however, did not wow me os much. I was especially annoyed that a huge part of the book was squeezed into only ten opening minutes. There were so many aspects and characters that never made it to the movie - very disappointing.
Moreover, due to the rather long novel, the film seems rushed. Although it's two and a half hours long, there is no time to let the story breathe. One event is chasing the next and the whole movie feels cramped. Due to that, many scenes - and characters - are lacking depth. As they are not giving enough time to unfold, some aspect remain shallow and therefore can't even be compared to the book.
But what needs to be mentioned is of course the strong side of the film: marvellous images. With every adaptation I am amazed to see the magical world come to life. Especially all those creatures - dragons etc - look extraordinary.
Moving on the cast I want to highlight once again that no better actors could ever have been found to play Harry, Hermione and Ron. Daniel Radcliff, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint fit absolutely perfectly - just like Alan Rickman as Snape. One of his best roles ever!
What didn't fit that well was David Tennant as Barty Crouch Jr. Although his acting was more than intense, he didn't feel right for the role - not when I consider how Barty was depicted in the book.
Although Michael Gambon was a great choice for Dubmledore, they never got him right (in any of the films). The movie Dumbledore isn't as funny, as witty, and most of all: as heart warming as the one in the novel. This disappoints me every time.
Summing up you can say that The Goblet of Fire is an outstanding book. But due to its length it was turned into a rather hectic movie that is only saved by strong images and great actors.