HARRY POTTER and the GOBLET of FIRE (Harry Potter #4) (audiobook) by J.K. Rowling

 


Originally published in 2000.

Read by Jim Dale.
Duration: 20 hours, 37 minutes.
Unabridged.



I am continuing my first time read (technically a listen) of the Harry Potter series 20 years after the fact. Rather than go through the plot of the book, I am going to skip to my review.

The fourth installment of this book is best so far. A slow start builds up to a tremendous ending. I have been pretty critical of Jim Dale's performance in this series up until now. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Jim Dale nails it. As it goes along he gets better and better. His reading of the scene where Harry looks into Dumbledore's pensieve is absolutely riveting. This is the book where the Harry Potter series makes a turn from being a bunch of cute kid's books. For example, grown-up topics like racism are dealt with. Racism is actually dealt with in 3 different ways - with the House Elves, Giants and the topic of pure blood wizards.

Jim Dale
I rate this audiobook 5 stars out of 5. It can be be found on Amazon.com here: HARRY POTTER and the GOBLET of FIRE by J.K. Rowling.

Note: this entire book series has been on banned book lists multiple times since it was originally published due to complaints from religious conservatives. Check out this website for more info.

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