Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter (english), 4) Paperback – 12 Sept. 2024

This is the third of these books that I have bought for my grandson. Amazing colour plates. Fabulous quality.

I am 14 and have lost count of the number of times I have read the Harry Potter series. I bought this book in September and I am really glad i did because it is an excellent addition to my Harry Potter book collection (I have my Mum’s old books and hardback 2015 (I think) copies as well, which I would recommend) the illustrations in this book are beautiful, however, I do have a slight grumble, which is that there are fewer pages with illustrations in them in than in the previous three. I understand that this is a larger book and that Jim Kay was being rushed by many fans, however I would have preferred quantity over speed and I wouldn’t have minded paying a few extra galleons for more drawings. Hopefully, in Order of the Pheonix, which comes out in October, there will be more illustrations. This book would be good for reading to children, however I am not sure if it is suitable for young kids… there are some scary bits… if you want advice I think I first read this book when I was eight and I didn’t get nightmares, however, I watched the Philosopher’s Stone when I was seven and I got nightmares so I wouldn’t watch this film until I am at least eleven. (I first watched this film when I was thirteen, but I am not a fan of the films and after watching the first I only watched them with friends).I would recommend getting this book if, like me, you like collecting Harry Potter books.

When Harry Potter first came out I managed to read the first 3 then stopped to have a family and then Harry was forgotten.Now I am older I have got back into the Wizarding World and it’s brilliant! I read the first 3 books on my kindle and although I have the others on ebook (thank you Kindle unlimited) I thought you can’t beat a real book and a book with illustrations will help get my imagination going!When it was delivered I thought they had sent 2 books as the parcel was very heavy! This book is HUGE it’s fantastic.A lot of people have been hating about the illustrations - do not listen to them, they are fabulous. There are a lot of pictures, small ones, double pages, single pages, page boarders, tiny badge pictures, descriptive diagrams, illustrations that you would find in a guide book, pictures on pages with writing over the top - they are all fantastic. I will admit most of the illustrations are very surreal and remind me of “The Waste Land” or “Alice in Wonderland”.The book is really well put together and has a fabulous dust cover and silk book mark. Amazon currently has it for half the rrp which is incredible value and this book will be treasured for a long time.The only ‘bad’ point is the text is quite small (even though the pages are huge) but it’s not a problem.I recommend this book for any Harry Potter fan especially if you like your drawings a bit off the wall and you don’t hold any preconceptions about how the characters should look.

Still in protective transparent wrapping until Christmas but from what I can see I think my grandson will enjoy it.

The book is very well presented with a large number of wonderful colour illustrations to excite and involve younger readers. Ideal to read to children at bedtime. There is only one downside which is that younger children will struggle to hold the books or carry them because of the weight. Wonderful nevertheless though.

Firstly i will point out my copy does have a printing error one of the pages didnt get cut to size nice suprise to find lolAs a huge fan of the Harry potter books so much so that I have them all in first edition hard back, first edition paper back and kindle edition also have the Hogwarts collection in collectors edition, first edition hardback and illustrated ! So why buy this well ? in answer it had to be done lol :)I'm so pleased I bought this it is a beautiful book yes its large and heavy not a book to take on a train or bus however the illustrations are stunning and beautifully done , yes people may complain they don't match the film's but why should they ? the film's also missed out so much of the books that they leave people who haven't read the books confused lol so personally I don't think it actually matters that the characters don't look like they have been taken from the filmThis book has been well presented and makes a great addition to anyone's collection or even a gift to a child who hasn't read the books, this will make a great gift for any fan of the books or in my case a nice book to add to a collection . I'm looking forward to getting the rest of these illustrated books I just hope we don't have to wait ten years this time to own the full collection

I have bought all 5 of the Harry Potter Illustrated Editions by Jim Kay, who's drawings are incredible, for my grand daughter who is 7. Only into to the 3rd edition, she is thoroughly enjoying the read and especially the illustrations. Amazing books, definitely worth the money.

great book but just found out that i cant send it back because ive missed the date, my daughter husband has got this book already as i brought it for Christmas, she told me tonight 10/11/2024