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=//Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire//, by J.K. Rowling=

Reviewed by Derek Cheng
Once again, another book has come alive in the Harry Potter series. //Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire// is the fourth book in the series, and by my view, perhaps the most thrilling. J.K. Rowling's special style of writing is still clearly evident in this book, and her many creative ideas led to the creation of //Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire//.

In this part of the series, Harry Potter starts to have strange dreams. He sees visions of things that he believes is currently happening. Once again, he enters the great castle of Hogwarts for his fourth year there. Dumbledore announces to the school that the Quidditch Tournament will not be held this year, and instead, the school will be preparing for another great tournament called the Triwizard Tournament. The Triwizard Tournament, as explained by Dumbledore, is a tournament that is held between the three major schools of magic in Europe (Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons), which involves three treacherous tasks. There is one champion that is chosen from each school by the Goblet of Fire, and those champions will complete the tasks. Harry unexpectedly became the second Hogwarts champion, along with Cedric Diggory. At the end of the Triwizard tournament, Harry met his gravest fear once more, and saw the greatest dark wizard of all time rise once again...

I just love the way J.K. Rowling writes this book, and especially this book. She starts the story with a chilling cut-scene, and leaves readers with a lot of wonder and mystery into what the introduction means. Rowling didn't write this way with the previous three books, so it was a great new start for the series. The same kind of start was used in the last book of the series, //Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows//, so she has certainly learned how to use these introductions. Also, I believe that she had particularly racked her mind more for the content of this book, because it was somewhat more exciting and interesting than the other books. I expect that you'll also find it thrilling when you read it!