Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego (20 Aniv. Gryffindor) / Harry Potter and the Go blet of Fire (Gryffindor) (Harry Potter, #4)

by J.K. Rowling

Celebra el 20º aniversario de Harry Potter con esta edición especial de Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego.

«Habrá tres pruebas, espaciadas en el curso escolar, que medirán a los campeones en muchos aspectos diferentes: sus habilidades mágicas, su osadía, sus dotes de deducción y, por supuesto, su capacidad para sortear el peligro.»

Se va a celebrar en Hogwarts el Torneo de los Tres Magos. Sólo los alumnos mayores de diecisiete años pueden participar en esta competición, pero, aun así, Harry sueña con ganarla. En Halloween, cuando el cáliz de fuego elige a los campeones, Harry se lleva una sorpresa al ver que su nombre es uno de los escogidos por el cáliz mágico. Durante el torneo deberá enfrentarse a desafíos mortales, dragones y magos tenebrosos, pero con la ayuda de Ron y Hermione, sus mejores amigos, ¡quizá logre salir con vida!

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Celebrate Harry Potter’s 20th anniversary with this special edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
 
“There will be three tests, spaced throughout the school year, that will test the champions in many different ways: their magical abilities, their daring, their deduction skills, and of course, their ability to overcome danger.”
 
The Triwizard Tournament is going to be held at Hogwarts. Only students over the age of seventeen are allowed to enter the competition, but even so, Harry dreams of winning it. On Halloween, when the Goblet of Fire chooses the champions, Harry is shocked to see that his name is one of those chosen by the Magic Goblet. During the tournament he will have to face deadly challenges, dragons, and dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends Ron and Hermione, he may just be able to get out alive!
 

• ISBN10: 8418174366
• ISBN13: 9788418174360
• Publish Date: 7 December 2021 (first published 1 January 2000)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: ES
• Publisher: PRH Grupo Editorial
• Imprint: Salamandra Infantil y Juvenil
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 720
• Language: Spanish
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9788418174360

Reviews

[thepunktheory]

Book vs. Movie:
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.

[Liz (Bent Bookworm)]

Funny how many things you forget when you've only read the book once, but seen the movie a million times.
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Re-reading on audiobook!

[alisoninbookland]

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So many good things in this book! Let’s see if I can address them all… I loved that this book was a bit different in terms of the story. I would absolutely go back to school if I could go to Hogwarts but it can make for a pretty repetitive story. This book shakes up the format a bit by adding the World Cup as well as the Tri-Wizard Tournament. [Sidenote: I’m not a sports person at all but I would totally be into Quidditch.]

This book marks the shifting point in the series. We’ve definitely matured. The biggest maturing fact is the deaths in the book. I think these are the first deaths to be witnessed in the series. Other deaths happen but they’ve been “off screen”. In the first chapter of the book readers witness the death of a muggle. Cedric’s death is definitely a bit shocking. You’ve spent the book growing fond of him. He is one of Harry’s opponents but he really is a great guy. So to have him murdered right in front of the readers is pretty gutsy. Many kid’s books have death in them but they aren’t witnessed by the reader. I know Goblet of Fire was one of the first books I read to have a character murdered in front of me. Then there’s the obvious darkness of the book, Voldemort is back. He’s not longer just a threat from the past. He is back in the physical form and he’s angrier and meaner than ever. You know bad stuff is going to go down.

Hermione stands out in this book! I like that she got to have a love interest outside their group. It’s a great change to see a guy falling for a girl’s intellect rather than her looks. I loved that she was able to be pretty levelheaded about the situation (aside from her arguments with Ron). She didn’t let the attention Krum was giving her go to her head nor did she drop her friends simply because a guy showed an interest in her. I had a love/hate relationship with Hermione and S.P.E.W.. I loved that she was so excited about it and really put everything into it. I didn’t like how annoying she came off though. I was a bit annoyed that she was shoving her own cultural ideas on the the house elves. She’s a smart girl, I would think she would have been a bit more cautious about that.

This book brings the focus back on racism. Chamber of Secrets focuses on blood purity and Goblet of Fire continues that idea with species purity and species racism. It is an interesting idea that different “species” (Veela and Giants) can mix with wizards. I can definitely see how it’s problematic though. Equality is a good thing but I think we sometimes forget that the different “species” can be very dangerous. We all know Hagrid is a great guy. There’s no doubting that. Unfortunately giants are incredibly dangerous (which we discover in later books). I can see how people who don’t know him would be scared of him. It’s such a tricky subject. I do love that it adds so much depth to the series. Rowling created a history and political system to this world. It’s never fully laid out in front of the reader but is spread out through the books (and in interviews with her). It’s really fascinating.

Normally I’m not a fan of infodumping but Rowling is fantastic about it. The last 4 books in the series have HUGE infodumping sessions in them. I always looked forward to them. The endings of the books always tie up the story. You see how EVERYTHING comes together. All the little details have their place. Rereading the books is so much fun. I know how things end so I’m able to pick up on little things that I missed the first time because I didn’t know how it fit in. Brilliantly done.

The bottom line? Fantastic.

[adastra]

What a roller-coaster ride of a book.

(I only wished I wouldn't keep noticing silly plot-holes)...

[bumblingbookworm]

This review was originally posted on The Bumbling Bookworm

WHEN I First Read

I begged my parents to buy this for me, after I devoured the first three books. I first read it in 2001, but I've read it countless times since - my copy is looking particularly battered...
Check out the rest of my review here!

[KitsuneBae]

reread

For a complete review,please visit: Thoughts and Pens
Plot

HP is like an endless flame, burning better and better with each succeeding book. The Goblet of Fire (GoF) is darker than the previous books but still contains the ingredients that endeared us to Harry and his world.
GoF is a stunning book of sinister plot, a trigger of adrenaline rush and a storage of gruesome truths and betrayals. It was jaw dropping till the end with a lot of twists and turns. Furthermore, GoF is immersing us deeper into the world of HP as we get to know the other wizarding schools in Europe and their cultures.
And who would ever forget this book after it just treated us to the gory Rebirth of Lord Voldemort?


Characters

If there’s one thing I found so amazing with HP is that it has well-developed characters. And unlike from the other books which suffer from introducing a lot of characters that everyone and everything gets mixed up, Harry Potter becomes more enjoyable as Rowling introduces new characters. And by golly, I always look forward to the new faces in the book because they become more and more interesting.
Of course, after years and years of waiting, we finally meet the Darkest Wizard of all time, Lord Voldemort. And boy, he was scary as hell, a perfect villain worthy to be called as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.


Dialogues and Interactions

Being the darkest book out of the first four, GoF evolved into having a more serious tone compared to the others. Although it still has the funny side of things, it was generally dark. Perhaps, this is to emphasize that the world of HP is in transition due to Lord Voldemort’s rebirth.
Overall, JK had been consistent with the dialogues and interactions making us fall in love once more with the characters.

[Berls]

Loved it again :) it's been too long! So many details I had forgotten.... More tears than I remembered. This is the book things get REAL, in my opinion. Audio is amazing!

[clementine]

As the middle book, GoF is the ultimate transitional book. I don't mean that in the same sense that PoA was; PoA is more about transition of plot (with not too much happening, as we're still building up to the more urgent fight to kill Voldemort), while GoF is all about transition of tone. The first three books are, in varying degrees, quite light, and instill a sense of delight in the reader at discovering, and becoming immersed in, this detailed, believable world. The end of GoF marks the point where things become much darker; OotP is tangibly heavier than any of the previous four books, with a real sense of desperation permeating the plot, and this flows seamlessly from where we're left at the end of GoF.

Reading the books so rapidly like I'm doing right now (which I've never done before - last time I reread them it spanned a year!) makes the growth in Jo's writing all the more obvious. It's hard to believe that this is the same woman who wrote the books I read only a week or so ago. Not that they weren't excellent books (as I think I've been over a million times), but the complexity of GoF really makes them pale in comparison. This is where her ability to plant clues that you would never, ever notice if you weren't specifically looking for them really begins to shine.

For example, right at the beginning, Voldemort says to Wormtail: "I will allow you to perform an essential task for me, one that many of my followers would give their right hands to perform..." Of course, this is a common expression, but masked in it lies the absolute truth: on page 15 of this 636-page text, we are told explicitly what is to happen somewhere around page 500. (I also love some of the other common figurative expressions that contain truths - Bagman saying that Crouch speaks about 150 languages and Percy hotly saying that it's actually at least two hundred; someone (Bagman again, maybe?) remarking on how the goblins speak Gobbledegook, which is literally their language.)

There are so many little hints like this that I didn't make note of, but another example comes when Harry is trying to solve the riddle, specifically the lines "First think of the person who lives in disguise / Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies." The answer to this is "spy" - but the first word Harry thinks of is "impostor". Of course, this is foreshadowing Barty Crouch, Jr.'s appearance, and the lines of the riddle do, in fact, completely apply to him.

Masterfully plotted, as always, with little hints as to conflicted, fully realized characters. As is common in these books, many of the hints we get about characters don't become important enough to even register until we have information contained in later books, but it is a testament to Rowling's genius and meticulous plotting that they are, in fact present. She never, ever waits to introduce something until it becomes important, and I'm not just talking about characters or character traits here. An excellent example of this within GoF is the Veritaserum, which becomes crucial to the ending as it's the vehicle which allows pages of expository dialogue from Crouch. This is introduced much, much earlier on, when Snape threatens to feed Harry three drops of it (and, indeed, Crouch is given three drops when it comes time for him to confess to his crimes). This is introduced as merely another way of showing the hostile dynamic between Harry and Snape, and not as an important plot point, showing once again how well Jo masks important clues and details.

I'm rambling here. I'm not talking about this book on general terms, but giving specific examples. However, these examples highlight exactly the sorts of things I love about the series, and that blow me away, and that leave me truly in awe of all that JK Rowling is capable of. GoF is without a doubt one of the best books of the series, and essentially perfect.

[mbtc]

My favorite Harry Potter book so far! A great addition to the story!

[Jyc]

★★★★★ // my favorite Harry Potter book. what can i say? i’m a girl in love with reading about all kinds of adventure.