When it comes to a completely well framed, humorous and addictive imagination, J.K Rowling never disappoints. No matter how many times I read the Potter series, its always amazing to find myself glued irresistibly to the book till I finish it and this in my opinion counts as one of the most important characteristic of a favourite book as well as a favourite author, which is to make the the book as fun as possible to read even the umpteenth time as it was the first time I laid my hands on it. And most of the Potter series are definitely under that category.
About The Goblet Of Fire: Unlike the first and second book which was mostly an introduction to the wizard world and and where our main characters were just kids entering school, this book features their advanced stage of adulthood which I found rather interesting. Also the challenges they face are much more dangerous and even the way they talk to each other and the way they think reflects their maturity and also Harry's familiarity with the wizard world. Its strange but when reading this book after reading the first two, yo find yourself growing with Harry in terms of the knowledge about the Wizard world, because we know exactly the same amount as he does.
J.K. Rowling definitely has a knack for creating mystery. the way she started the book with total air of mystery about “The Riddle Family” and their murders is really appreciable. Also I find the way she links the story really fascinating, even after one's done with the book it takes up most of my time thinking the links in the book and the reasons she must have had behind them.
Other than that the book is full of hilarious moments –
- One for Percy's absolute dedication for work and Fred & George's complete ridicule at him for the same.
- Mr. Couch calling Percy “weatherby”
- An excerpt for the point above-
Percy, apologizing most profusely, said that he really needed to get to work.
"I just can't justify taking more time off at the moment," he told them. "Mr. Crouch is really starting to rely on me."
"Yeah, you know what, Percy?" said George seriously. "I reckon he'll know your name soon."
Traces of Rowling's amazing sense of humour can be seen every where in the book, weather it be the innovative study sessions of Harry and Ron where they invent a series of catastrophes that they predict they are eventually going to end up in for an assignment for their Professor Trelawney of Divination or their seriousness for Snape's lessons when he claims he is going to poison them to check whether the anecdote they have prepared is correct is not. (and knowing Snape's reputation, its really a hilariously serious and funny situation at the same time).
Another funny quote featuring Percy weasley again ;) -
“Percy wouldn't recognize a joke if it danced naked naked in front of him wearing Dobby's tea cozy”
– Ron weasley
Another thing I've always admired in the Potter series is the completely weird syllabus book names that you came across while reading like -
- Where There's a 'Wand' There's A Way.
- Madcap Magic for Wacky Warlocks.
- Men Who Love Dragons Too Much.
- Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.
- Power You Never Knew You Had And What To Do With Them Now You've Wised Up.
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The main highlights in the book the book was how Harry who was underage got into Triwizard tournament without his own will as a plot by voldemort and how he tackles the three tasks of the tournament which are held over a gap over certain months over the year. the whole story revolves around how he manages to get through and when he finally reaches the end of the third task which was a maze to reach the triwizard cup along with Cedric Diggory, it turns out to be a portkey and transfers him directly to a graveyard where Peter Petrigrew uses Harry to bring back voldemort which changes the entire scenario and leaves Cedric Diggory dead.
The death of Cedric Diggory was definitely a shock and was certainly unexpected. In fact the whole scene of bringing voldemort back to living form was spooky enough to raise goose-bumps. And it completely changed the way the story was leading on. Another important twist comes in next when the Minister of Magic refuses to believe Voldemort is back but no one can realize the importance of that until the next part ........
