Review of Harry Potter 4

A Review of
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling

In this book, some unpleasant things happen, and I would really recommend reading it yourself before allowing younger children to read it. Teenagers, of course, will be fine, as there's no naughty language (except for the occasional use of the word "damn", but properly in context). It is quite exciting.
    One minor spoiler I will say (as it becomes obvious in the first 100 pages) is that the Triwizard Tournament is a very dangerous tournament to be held at Hogwarts, and Harry gets his name drawn out of a magic cup (The Goblet of Fire, duh) meaning that he is required to compete. He goes through a series of dangerous (but nobody gets too badly hurt) trials, eventually reaching the last trial (it's not an elimination event, so that's not a spoiler. Really.).
    This book doesn't reveal very many mysteries, but it certainly does bring about events that heat up the action in the future books. The mystery of who puts Harry's name in the cup is, I believe, solvable from the clues given, but not easily. If you really want to you can try, but I don't think many will manage it.

I give this book a 7/10

Minor Spoiler Below
    This book does part of the job of fixing the serious problems with Polyjuice Potion, but doesn't go far enough.

The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling

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