I remember the first time I read this……

I’d just started a real crappy job that I came to hate. I’d dropped out of university after my first year because my degree in psychology was a terrible choice, I seemed to be making more enemies than friends through life, but none of that mattered because I was reading a great series of books. I had something to look forward to every day when I really needed it.

The point is books are escapism and fantasy books particularly so. As I got my shit together, this book helped me move on and get through life as so many other books have since.

As Harry, Ron and Hermione entered their fourth year of Hogwarts, arguably their most challenging and intense year yet, I checked my mail box to see if my invite had finally arrived.

It hadn’t.

It still hasn't.

Maybe one day.

Complete 5 Golden Stars

one of my favourites

all the thrills, mysteries, the competition, more lovely characters. (some more jerks too that I wanted to hit their heads at the wall)
THAT ENDING!

Now I'm writing this, after many times re-read, I exactly remembered my first reaction after finishing this book, after that horror in the end of the book, I was awestruck; "WHY THIS BOOK IS OVER!? give me more!" & then there was no book 5, you see the pain? after the biggest plot twists of the series (which I was looking forward to it so much) I had to wait!
Harry Potter series was my first in many things; my first novel, my first fantasy, my first book crush, & one of them was my first Cliffhanger!


this book is the point that the world started to getting Darker & a little out of mere-middle-grade-ish part. not that previous books were childish, but they're fun & cute & the protagonists are younger; suitable for both kids & young readers, but now things getting more serious & dark.
I love how Rowling's slowly revealing the wizarding world's secrets to us, each book has something new about the world. we have time to process the interesting new info & remember it later. (the complete opposite of info-dump) & I believe it's a talent.
& here it's about the first war & You know who's followers & rituals.
We're also about to see the Quidditch World Cup (Fudge was so funny here!) & getting more information about the magical educations around the world.

the plot; we knew something were off, but we can't exactly pinpointed it until the end when the truth revealed. Rowling knows how to reveal a plot twist in the most shocking way. (she actually proved it a few times in book 1, 2 & 3! but still surprising how brilliant it is.)

Harry's suddenly in trouble & he doesn't know how.
I like Krum.
& all the predicaments the Trio should struggle through made by Rita Skeeter, bullies & the mean students, but they didn't cower or hide, they held their head high & ignoring them.

I always loved villains in disguises, they are interesting & cunning & we can't tell until they revealed their secrets. the feel of bewildered betrayal the hero going through.

the writing style is fun as always, comparing to book one, it has improved a lot, now it's graceful & rich.
the villain's chapter was the best villain-ish/not-Harry-related POV in the whole series; intriguing & spooky.

the movie was good, but didn't do the justice toward the book, it felt so rushed & deleted many parts of the book.
I would've liked to see the Quidditch World cup Final match on the screen, the real "interesting" 3rd task & the Sphinx, the hilarious scenes by Ludo, Dobby, Winky & her story or showing the stubborn stupid refusal of that gargoyle to accept the truth & the cleavage in the society in the end.
& while fans are angry about "Dumbledore asked calmly" part that turned out the total opposite in the movie (& I totally LAUGHED at that part everytime I reach that moment in either the book or the movie), I'm MAD at how movie Harry acted out-of-character in one scene in the movie (just because increasing the thrills I suppose) when he did exactly the opposite in the book.

One of my favorites in the series.

The ending always gets to me and breaks my heart.

My second favorite in the series!! This was my 13th re-read, y’all. I will never get enough ❤️❤️

“Differences of habit, language and gender are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
- Not J.K. Rowling, I'm afraid.

I love Harry Potter as much as anyone, which is why I urge everyone who spends money on these books to also support the trans community.

To say it with the author's words: “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” Well.

Here’s a list of organisations that support trans lives (feel free to reach out and recommend more). Every penny counts:

Mermaids UK

The Trevor Project

Black Visions Collective because Black trans lives matter.

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The hero of the fourth Harry Potter novel is the author J.K. Rowling.

IMHO this is where she hit her stride and was moving forward with confidence as a storyteller. Sorcerer’s Stone was published in 1997 and was 322 pages. Chamber of Secrets was from 1998 and was 341 pages. Prisoner of Azkaban (which many reviewers have labeled as the best novel) was published in 1999 and was 435 pages. Perhaps more noteworthy was that sales of the book and critical acclaim had grown exponentially as word of this great series spread out from reading groups and exploded into bestseller status. Buoyed by the success of her earlier books and by selling the film rights and preparing for the upcoming film in 2001, Rowling literally knew without a doubt that people were buying what she was selling.

Goblet of Fire was first published in 2000 and was a bold 734 pages. (It would later win the Hugo for Best Novel). It is the most ambitious of her novels to date and expands beyond Hogwarts into other magic schools and other countries and into the Ministry of Magic and pushes and elbows into our muggle world. Most noteworthy, though, is that we see Rowling’s personality and self-assurance shining through in her language. Not quite swaggering with virtuosity but certainly with a playful earnestness and ease borne of knowing what she’s doing and knowing that people are digging it.

Two rival wizarding schools have arrived for the Triwizard Tournament. Champions from each school will compete to win and represent their academy. The Ministry of Magic is following closely and so are the Death Eaters, the remnants of Voldemort’s followers. Voldemort has grown stronger and is threatening to awaken back into the world and to threaten Harry.

Rowling’s dialogue and characterization, already exceptional, blooms here and we get to know a plethora of fascinating players. She expands her already impressive world building into what is becoming Pottermore, the Harry Potter Universe. The growing maturity of the main characters is matched by the increasingly mature tone of the narrative.

Excellent and I’m off to the next book.

*** 2024 reread -

Great characterization, I had not noticed before how good was the dialogue and how she described the characters. Moody was especially interesting because… you know, but Rita Skeeter was a gem.

The scenes under the water during the games were my favorite

I often forget a lot of things but this is the one time that I love myself for easily forgetting things because now I get to reread it for the third time but almost as if I was reading it for the first time ❤️

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n  Second Time Read Reviewn

To be honest, it was pretty hard for me to decide how many stars I would give to the book. On one hand, I liked the book, but I didn't love it, but on the other hand I felt like I couldn't give it less that 5 stars because I wouldn't be the kind of woman I am today without this series. This series changed me and when I look back at the old version of me, I feel I don't really recognize that girl anymore. So yeah it was pretty complicated for me to rate this book.

I think the reason why I didn't love it because I knew what would happen, so the shock was not there anymore. But then I loved the second and third book. hmmm, It's pretty confusing when I think about it. basically, I liked this book but I didn't love it.

n  Cedric Diggory's deathn

I cried you know when he refused to take the Triwizard Cup and he told Harry to take it. He was just so good and noble and when Harry told him to take the cup together, I was grinning while crying at the same time because I was so proud of Harry's decision. BUT I STILL CANNOT ACCEPT HIS DEATH. He didn't deserve that kind of death. I really hate Voldemort and Wormtail. They deserve a painful death and may them rot in hell for all the evilness they have done. Honestly, I still can't believe that there are death eaters who actually support Voldemort. Like what the fuck? Voldemort is evil and so freaking bad.

n  Snape Being Mean To Hermionen

I do not hate Snape but there were moments where he just left me gaping with disbelief on my face because he acted pretty mean and annoyed me. For example is the moment where Harry and Malfoy were fighting and they tried to hex or curse each other, but Malfoy's spell caught Hermione and Hermione's front teeth became longer. Like very long until they passed her collar but then when Snape saw them, he said

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Snape looked coldly at Hermione, then said, 'I see no difference.'

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I was shocked when I read that part because what did Hermione do to deserve that kind of response? that was just so mean. I felt sorry for Hermione right away in that scene. I wanted to say to her that "it's okay, the teeth can be fixed and Snape was just being bitter."

n  The Morning Before The Third Taskn

I really love the Weasley family with no exception. Percy is my least favorite though. This book is indeed a reread for me but I did not remember at all about this scene where Harry was told to meet his family before the final task and I totally did not know who would come because the Dursleys couldn't possibly come, so who's this family? and then when I realized that it was Mrs Weasley and Bill, my eyes suddenly became teary. It was so clear that Mrs Weasley, Molly, cared and loved Harry. Harry is so lucky to have the Weasley family. They're such a nice family and come to think of it, how can Malfoy mock Ron's family? to me it's so absurd. The Weasley family is a great and I adore this family.

Thank you for reading and liking this review! I really appreciate it and I hope you all have an amazing weekend. ❤❤



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5 STARS

n  " Lord Voldemort's gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and trust, Differences of habit and languages are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open. "n

n  My Opinionn

OMG!! This book! lot of things happened and I'm still in shocked.


okay let's begin with Cedric Diggory.

n  My Most Saddest Scenen

Cedric was a nice guy and he was really sweet and I liked him. I was so shocked when he died because I thought he would be alive until the last book and he died so fast that I just sat on my bed and I was like " What did just happen? " I still can't believe he died in such a young age and it was all because of Voldemort.
Oh! and I was so proud of Harry too! he's so kind that he suggested Cedric to hold the cup with him, So there would be two winners not only Harry or Cedric and I was so confused who I wanted to get the cup first, I liked Cedric but I also liked Harry. So I was very happy when Harry suggested that but that happiness vanished as fast as it came. The cup was a portkey and the cup transported them to Voldemort and Cedric died so fast that I didn't even cry. I was just so shocked.

because what would Harry say to his parents?! and I was so worried what about if they blamed Harry for this ?!? but thankfully that didn't happen. Cedric's parents were very sad but they didn't blame Harry. They even thanked him for returning Cedric's body to them.

n  My Favotite Scenesn

I think there is something change between Hermione and Ron.
Ron was so mad when Hermione went to the ball with Viktor. He said it was because Viktor was from Drumstrang and he said Hermione was fraternizing with the enemy. But I still don't believe this at all. Before Hermione went to the ball with Viktor, Ron liked Viktor so much that he even wanted to get his autograph and I think he acted like that because he was jealous. hahaha. it was so funny and sweet to see Ron got jealous and there's also this scene :

'Known what?' said Ron quickly. 'You haven't been mixing up Love Potions, have you?'
'Don't be stupid,' Hermione snapped, starting to pound up her beetles again. ' No, it's just ... how did she know Viktor asked me to visit him over the summer?'
Hermione blushed scarlet as she said this and determinedly avoided Ron's eyes.
'What?' said Ron, dropping his pestle with a loud clunk.
'He asked me right after he'd pulled me out of the lake,' Hermione muttered. 'After he'd got rid of his shark's head. Madam Pomfrey gave us both blankets and then he sort of pulled me away from the judges so they wouldn't hear, and he said, if I wasn't doing anything over the summer, would I like to -'
'And what did you say?' said Ron, who had picked up his pestle and was grinding it on the desk, a good six inches from his bowl, because he was looking at Hermione.
'and he did say he'd never felt the same way about anyone else,'
Hermione went on, going so red now that Harry could almost feel the heat coming from her, 'but how could Rita Skeeter have heard him? She wasn't there ... or was she? Maybe she has got an invisibility Cloak, maybe she sneaked into the grounds to watch the second task ...'
'And what did you say?' Ron repeated, pounding his pestle down so hard it dented the desk.
'Well, I was too busy seeing whether you and Harry were OK to -'

but before she could finish that sentence Snape came. Ugh. why did he have to come when she hadn't finish it!?!?
but that scene was sweet and funny wasn't it?! AHH MY HEART!!


n  The Plot Twistn

The plot twist in this book was better than the plot twist in first book, second book and third book.
I swear I didn't expect that at all! I thought the bad guy was Ludo Bagman because he acted so strange. He asked Harry whether he wanted his help or not and so I thought he was the bad guy. then there was a scene where Moody was the bad guy but he wasn't Moody. he was the imposter of Moody and the real Moody was imprisoned in his own trunk and this imposter was Barty Crouch's son.

Thank you for reading and liking this review, guys! hope you all have a great weekend! ❤❤❤

Am I going to be killed for saying that I actually kind of prefer the movie?

Still a good book though lol

Harry Potter book: *ends*
Me: *listens to break-up songs and cries uncontrollably*

n  “It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.”n

Re-read - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire steps up from the previous ones very well, it's the darkest book I've ever read since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Who knows ? Harry Potter grows up and becomes a boy who has to take the responsibility on his shoulders, he never wants to be selected, he never wants glory and prestige, yet the world turns against him anyway.

I love that this book isn't a children's book anymore, in my opinion, it becomes hastily intense and has more dimensions than J.K. Rowling had ever intended. She did a great job when she wrote this book, I could see her intention for the book to be a mature one and she made the right decision for doing that. I'm so pround of her and so she becomes my favorire author EVER !

n  “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” n

n  “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” n

Not only this book is full of adventures, but it hides some messages for you to discover. Isn't it the best way to teach our children via books ? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has everything I've asked for since the first time I read. Until now, the book is like a gem and I think of it as my treasure because it's so precious my eyes hurt to look at.



Many things happen in this book such as a tragedy and deprecation, but it's the way our lives go on, right ? So I embraced this book like a teddy bear and told myself that perhaps something really bad would happen, but it's just mishaps and it would pass like a rainy day.

n  “Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.”n

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FAVORITE OF THE SERIES.

Reread in December 2017 for #HarryXmasToYou

Forever sad about Winky not being in the movie and Rita Skeeter’s whole story not making it in either, because she’s so awful but JUSTICE IS SERVED

Reread in December 2015 for #HarryXmasToYou

Seriously so many things I forgot because it's so different from book to movie! It's so good still though. I loved Dobby in this book.

Reread in December 2014 for #HarryXmasToYou

Again, so great. Lots of things I forgot! Like Ludo Bagman as a character, the Weasley's coming to be Harry's family for the third task, and just how things actually happen in the book since it varies in the movie. Things start to get dark after this book!