She gives an eh performance in the first task, receives pity-points in the second, and is ignored and eliminated in the third. Fleur’s only trait is her beauty (cough cough, reminds me of someone we know, cough cough, CHO F*CKING CHANG), she (like Rita Skeeter to Hermione) is reduced to the boys she spends time with/thereby must be flirting with (Cedric the Ravenclaw quidditch captain), and, worst of all, she’s not a good competitor. If only this wonderful treatment of women – and we know that Rowling is a tried-and-true feminist – extended to the Triwizard Tournament. Rowling! Yay, important diversity in children’s books! (A connection to Snape, no?)Īnd don’t even get me started on the representation of women in professional sports in this book! Fabulous enough that almost half of the Gryffindor quidditch team is female, but the fact that there are women competitors in the Quidditch World Cup? Amazing! There’s no underestimating the empowerment that representation lent to young, female readers who dreamed of being athletes. Plus, her defeat of Rita Skeeter, who taunted her for her appearance and reduced her meaning as a person to the boys she spent time with, is just amazing. sub-storyline introduces a really interesting theme of race, and I’m excited to see how that continues throughout the books. And for a cause that she’s laughed at for, even one that would make her life far, far easier in every means if she just backed off it! (I’m seeing some parallels to feminism here….)īut no, in all seriousness, this S.P.E.W. HE IS SO BAD THAT I CAN’T EVEN TAKE NOTES BECAUSE EVERY TIME HIS GREASY MIDDLE PART SHOWS UP IT MAKES ME ANGRY SOMEHOW.Īnd let’s discuss that feminist message, shall we? I, first off, love that my perhaps-all-time-favorite character Hermione gets political as hell in this one. God, you guys, get ready for a tsunami of anger, I guess. I just don’t know how I’m going to hold onto this rant until book 7. Snape, on the other hand? Well, somehow he outdoes himself here. Still, you get the point – I love the kid.) Actually, that might be a bit exhausting. I wish he was a bigger part of the series. He really deserves to be in Gryffindor, the brave li’l guy, and I just want to give him a big hug. Neville, on the other hand? Cemented his status as a fave o’ mine. HOW ARE YOU BOTH SOMEHOW EQUALLY ANNOYING HERE? JUST SUCK IT UP AND FORGIVE EACH OTHER! And since this book is just the tip of the iceberg on Angsty Harry, I don’t see my qualms with him improving at all. And don’t even get me started on their constant, needless bickering. Procrastination always drives me crazy in books – PLEASE JUST DO YOUR HOMEWORK – but the high stakes and lack of logic with this made me go insane. Here, instead of being eh, I found them…annoying? It drove me absolutely insane that Harry kept procrastinating his clues – like no yeah, do your Divination homework the night it’s assigned, but please put the life-or-death clue off to the side for now. Both Harry and Ron are pretty consistently eh characters for me (except in the first book, in which I really enjoyed Harry). I always gotta discuss the same collection of several. So in other words, bear with me, because this may be…somethin’.) (Disclaimer: I am on Hour 26 post-wisdom teeth surgery, on some painkillers no one should turn their nose up at, and desperate for solid food and human interaction. But unfortunately for Harry Potter, he’s not normal – even by wizarding standards.Īnd in his case, different can be deadly.Īct 4 of 7, gents! And I’m stuck somewhere betwixt 4 and 5 stars for this one, so I’ll just write this review, pop on back to the beginning and smack a rating on this bad boy. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. He wants to find out about the mysterious event that supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn’t happened for hundreds of years. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. Synopsis: Harry Potter is midway through both his training as a wizard and his coming of age.
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