Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Harry Potter y el Caliz de Fuego by J.K. Rowling

52 reviews

ewwniamh's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Death of parent

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Goblet of Fire was the longest book I’ve ever read and it was worth it. A lot of stuff happened and most of them broke me, especially the passing of Cedric Diggory. RIP, my guy. Reading this book made me realize that I can’t just trust what my eyes see, I have to think well and use my gut, especially when things go crazy. This book may be fiction, but it sure taught me life lessons about friends, families, colleagues, and the other side. I adore Harry, Hermoine, and Ron. They are brave kids, especially Harry. I also learned about not judging other people so easily just by how they look like what people around Hagrid, Snape, and Moody did. This is my first time reading this book and I enjoyed it. Oh, my heart broke for Dobby, Winky, and all the unpaid house elves like what Hermoine was fighting for with S. P. E. W., it made me sad that humans thought that house elves were below them. Good thing, Doby stood up for his rights. This was highly entertaining! I love how it was written. Plus Jim Dale did an excellent job narrating the audiobook companion. No wonder this series was now considered one of the classics. Well-deserved! This might only look like magic and wizards, but this was also about the people. Thank you, Ms. Rowling, 💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

axel_p's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

queen21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

amaramorgenstern's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Police brutality, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism and War

wwnter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

natbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Violence

sunnycollins_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Rating: 4.5

This book is the best in the series so far, with a few caveats.

First, there were a few chapters that could have been cut. I feel like the middle of this book is really dragged out.

Second, I feel like the trio fight way too often throughout the course of the book. The friend discourse on top of the other sub-plots felt really heavy handed and drawn out.

 

As for some things I enjoyed:

the addition of new magic schools was a fun touch, I loved hearing about how each differed from Hogwarts. I also really enjoyed the first part of the book and felt that the bit about the Quidditch World Cup had great visuals.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book more than the previous one and am excited to continue the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

housedesignerking's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I was taken aback when I saw the length of this book being twice (or more) the size of the first 3 books, but it was so worth it. Harry finds himself forcibly thrusted into a competition that he merely amused himself with the thought of being able to enter. 3 Extremely dangerous tasks await him as The head of Magical Cooperation deems he has no choice but to compete based on a magical contract, which is similar to when you join the army and sign a contract with the military.
He faces obstacles nearly equally dangerous and facing his arch nemesis, and without revealing whether or not he wins the competition, finds himself in the horror of the reanimation of the villain and things are going to get tougher not just for Harry, but the entire Wizardry world.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail