Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this full-colour edition will captivate fans and new readers alike as Harry, now in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, finds himself competing in the legendary Triwizard Tournament and facing death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards … Making magic in paint, pencil and pixels, this is the Wizarding World as we have never seen it before. With over 150 illustrations, Jim Kay's unique vision delivers breathtaking scenes and unforgettable characters – including fan favourites Cedric Diggory, Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum illustrated by Jim Kay for the first time. ![]() Rowling's classic series has captured a devoted following worldwide, and the drama just gets bigger as the series progresses. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a marvelous book.Dragons! Daring! Danger! The first fully illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is an extraordinary creative achievement by two extraordinary talents. This book (all 734 pages of it) is a rich, rewarding novel - funny and sad, exciting and heroic. ![]() Booklist, starred review Another grand tale of magic and mystery, of wheels within wheels oiled in equal measure by terror and comedy, featuring an engaging young hero-in-training who's not above the occasional snit, and clicking along so smoothly that it seems shorter than it is. the carefully created world of magic becomes more embellished and layered, while the amazing plotting ties up loose ends, even as it sets in motion more entanglements. ![]() Publishers Weekly, Best Books of 2000\\ Harry's fourth challenging experience will more than live up to his myriad fans' expectations. A spectacular climax will leave readers breathless. Surely catching readers off-guard must get more difficult with each successive volume, but somewhow Rowling plants the red herrings, the artful clues and tricky surprises that disarm the most attentive audience. The Boston Sunday Globe\\ The fourth Harry Potter adventure, centering on an inter-school competition, boasts details that are as ingenious and original as ever. Rowling has the rare ability to take children's fantasy worlds and their workaday worlds with equal seriousness, and she speak to both in Goblet of Fire. Janet Maslin, The New York Times An engaging novel that is compelling, accessible, and impressively even in quality. This time Rowling offers her clearest proof yet of what should have been wonderfully obvious: What makes the Potter books so popular is the radically simple fact that they're so good. The Philadelphia Inquirer As the midpoint in a projected seven-book series, Goblet of Fire is exactly the big, clever, vibrant, tremendously assured installment that gives shape and direction to the whole undertaking and still somehow preserves the material's enchanting innocence. the kind of reading experience that has you charging headlong through the book, oblivious to the outside world. Rowling proves once again that she is a riveting storyteller. Stephen King, The New York Times Book ReviewJ.K. This is a feat of which only a superior imagination in capable, and Rowling posses such equipment. The fantasy writer'' job is to conduct the willing reader from mundanity to magic. Review Quotes I'm relieved to report that Potter 4 is every bit as good as Potters 1 through 3. And in his case, different can be deadly. But unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal - even by wizarding standards. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. ![]() Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup. Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. About the Book A teenager pitching headfirst into the world of near-adulthood, Harry returns to Hogwarts for his fourth year.īook Synopsis The paperback edition of the legendary, record-breaking, best-selling fourth Harry Potter novel.
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