Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

原著比電影好看180條街，看完電影我的短評裏有一句“羅恩和鄧布利多有點像狂躁症”，看書時卻覺得這是目前爲止最精彩的一本。人物飽滿立體（尤其喜歡對赫敏的刻畫），伏筆回收流暢，開篇就矛盾重重衝突拉滿，可以說是劇情轉折之作——“Decent people are so easy to manipulate”，小巴蒂說的這句話其實比鄧布利多對塞德里克的悼詞更讓我覺得衝擊、難忘。 我們想去相信正直與善良有力量，事實是與邪惡抗爭時，它常常黯淡退場。不管是我還是哈利，見過這種退場後就難保天真了。

“Voldemort is back！” 故事開頭，明明還是一個魔法學校間舉辦交流聯誼會的展開，行至結尾，卻發現這個爭霸賽從頭至尾都是伏地魔的陰謀，在魔法部、魔法學校、預言家日報等機構中相關人物各懷鬼胎的推波助瀾下，哈利就這樣被一步步推進陷阱中，爲魔王的再次迴歸貢獻了一血。最爲諷刺的是，結尾處魔法部部長康奈利•福吉爲了保全自己的職位，逃避伏地魔迴歸的事實，竭力粉飾太平，不惜與鄧布利多決裂—— 面對麥格教授盛怒之下陳述的伏地魔迴歸並殺死學生塞德里克的事實，福吉竭力否認並聲稱霍格沃茨在故意散佈恐慌： “I see no evidence to the contrary! " shouted Fudge, now matching her anger, his face purpling. " It seems to me that you are all determined to start a panic that will destabilize everything we have worked for these last thirteen years 面對鄧布利多聯合巨人以共同對抗伏地魔的提議，福吉卻因爲害怕公衆指責而威脅自己的官位而斷然拒絕： “If the magical community got wind that I had approached the giants -people hate them, Dumbledore - end of my career -" 鄧布利多也深知福吉並不是一個領導者，而只是一個政客，所以動之以情 曉之以理，甚至訴諸了榮譽和恐懼來規勸福吉： "You are blinded, " said Dumbledore, his voice rising now, the aura of power around him palpable, his eyes blazing once more, " by the love of the office you hold, Cornelius” “I tell you now-take the steps I have suggested, and you will be remembered, in office or out, as one of the bravest and greatest Ministers of Magic we have ever known.Fail to act - and history will remember you as the man who stepped aside and allowed Voldemort a second chance to destroy the world we have tried to rebuild” 但最終魔王迴歸的事實和鄧布利多的規勸仍然沒有讓福吉轉變態度，他與鄧布利多決裂了，以魔法部爲代表的政府徹底退回到龜縮的保守狀態，成爲坐視伏地魔勢力壯大的幫兇。這一個設定很明顯在暗示二戰時初期英法政府對納粹的綏靖政策，但放到全球疫情肆虐的今天，依然毫不過時，照出了許多國家和政府面對危機時的醜惡嘴臉。 最後，按照慣例，還是需要“踩”一下電影版，真的省略了很多豐富的情結，而這種省略造成了故事邏輯的不通順、人物形象的扁平化和核心思想的缺憾，比如克勞奇父子故事線的刪減大大降低了對魔法部的官僚主義批判力度，小天狼星戲份的刪減使得這個人物的魅力和他與哈利之間亦父亦友的感情的褪色，最讓人不能接受的是，赫敏幫助家養小精靈獲得自由的努力則被全盤砍掉，而只是淪爲了一個圍在主角哈利身邊提供關心和建議的工具人，這完全違背了作者創造這個人物出來以代表女性主義崛起的初衷。 所以，再說一遍，書遠遠比電影要精彩！

我承認這一部前面的魁地奇世界盃讓我一度想放棄，但慢慢看下去才知道世界盃要引出的是怎樣一場陰謀。火焰杯是目前最精彩的一部（但也是最長的一部），伏地魔的崛起是十幾年的精心策劃，等待哈利的又是什麼困難呢？ I'll admit it—the opening chapters at the Quidditch World Cup nearly made me want to give up. The long descriptions of tents, leprechauns, and the match itself felt oddly slow for a Harry Potter book. But as I pushed through, I realized the World Cup wasn't filler at all. It was the first piece of a much darker puzzle. The Goblet of Fire is by far the most exciting book in the series so far, even though it's also the longest. Once the Triwizard Tournament begins, the pace never lets up. The three tasks are thrilling and dangerous, and the mystery of who put Harry's name in the Goblet keeps you guessing until the very end. But the real shock comes in the final chapters. The resurrection of Voldemort isn't some sudden event—it's the result of over a decade of careful planning. From his hiding place in Albania to Wormtail's betrayal to Barty Crouch Jr. impersonating Mad-Eye Moody, every detail has been orchestrated. Voldemort didn't just want to return; he wanted to do so using Harry's blood, so he could finally touch the boy who defeated him. The final scene, with Harry clinging to Cedric's body as he returns to Hogwarts, marks a turning point. The childhood magic is over. What awaits Harry is not just more adventures, but a real war. And that is both terrifying and impossible to look away from.

上一本感覺嚴肅了起來，這本一開始就恐怖了起來… 小時候看自動代入女巫的角色，現在看自動帶入麻瓜的角色，參加過戰爭的老園丁偷聽到了伏地魔預謀殺人，他是個孤僻固執、腿腳不便的老頭，但他也想要去報警保護那個可能要被殺的男孩，可是他被發現了，他急中生智地虛張聲勢，但是伏地魔抬手就是一個阿瓦達啃大瓜！唉…… 赫敏一如既往地機敏勇敢聰慧，甚至主動成立了爲家養小精靈維權的組織！雖然只有哈利和羅恩（不情願地）加入了，但是赫敏的共情力和行動力真是絕絕子。 雖然哈利成爲了三強爭霸賽的選手之一，但是赫敏陪他練習、幫他找方法、當他被謠言攻擊（赫敏也被攻擊）的時候勸他無視，還在羅恩跟哈利鬧脾氣的時候多次給雙方說好話找臺階（我就想問問哈利羅恩你們還記得去年你們是咋對她的嗎？）不過書裏能看到哈利努力地學習、練習、爲三強爭霸賽做準備，雖然有貴人，多比和桃金娘（哈利之後給多比買了襪子，可是桃金娘呢？完全沒有去盥洗室看她啊！）和小巴蒂（也算吧），自己也是堅持找解法、練習到最後一刻。突然明白下一部鳳凰社他能教大家黑魔法防禦術了，之前看電影會覺得是主角光環。 有一個新的感悟是書裏追求噱頭的女記者麗塔和她的速記羽毛筆，這不就是現在的AI嗎？隨便就能寫一個奪人眼球的故事，還能調整語氣是陰陽怪氣還是刻薄傷人。雖然故事發生在魔法世界，但和現實世界無比相似，所以更覺得黑暗。但同時，也會覺得書裏傳遞的能量有很真實的分量。 伏地魔回來了，海格說：”No good sittin worryin about it. What's comin will come, an we'll meet it when it does."

19.1萬詞，34小時44分鐘，91.5詞/分鐘 感覺讀了有一輩子 🥹 故事到了這一本纔算真正拉開序幕，前面3本完全烏托邦式童話。 依舊在故事開頭就被劇透了僞裝者的真實身份，探祕體驗大打折扣。雖然也早早被劇透了虐點，但在虐點真正到來的時候，本淚點無下限人士還是哭懵了，J.K.羅琳你好狠的心👋 “What would come, would come... and he would have to meet it when it did.”

不知不覺已經讀完第四部。讀魔法石時每一頁都有看不懂的單詞和語句，但是到了火焰杯閱讀速度快了很多，英語語感確實有進步！ 至於小說本身，最讓我意難平的是Cedric,樸實，善良，忠誠的大男孩輕易被Lord Dark奪走，誰讓你不是主角呢？這就讓我想起冰與火之歌裏面的主角，紛紛在讓人意想不到的情境中下線，沒有絕對的善與惡，只有權力的博弈和絞殺。 Lord Voldemort 和他的supporters-The Death Eaters很像希特勒和他的納粹組織，抑或像別的Great leader 和他的faithful gangs.當它們席捲文明世界時，其結果絕對不會是魔法世界中正義戰勝邪惡，有的只是文明被野蠻摧毀。 本書中最讓我感動的是赫敏幫助家養小精靈，發起SPEW行動（Stands for the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare）。也只有處在文明世界經過現代議事訓練纔能有這樣的舉動。爲弱勢羣體發聲似乎在東方某國是個比較作死的行爲…… 還有Council,也只有文明世界纔會出現。從霍格沃茨校長到魔法部長一律要經council 選舉產生。 到此爲止，五星推薦！ 趕緊去讀下一部去也！

哈利波特系列最喜歡的一本（不管是劇情反轉還是人物刻畫）！也是初中時看的第一本，當時是碰巧看到表姐家有這本書就借來看了，火焰杯讓我結緣魔法世界，此後一發不可收拾，熬夜打着手電在被窩裏看哈哈哈哈。剩下的六本都是東拼西湊借的同學的，也斷斷續續補完了八部電影，現在又在一本一本啃原著，這學期還去了環球影城，我真的願意相信這個魔法世界的存在，虛構比現實更加真實！不管看多少遍，哈利波特總能讓我發現新的細節，給我帶來新的驚喜！

HARRY POTTER is a modern story, which tells us how to fight against the ugly world by imagination and hardwork. It's not about the magic things wroten in the books only, but some useful information and suggestions both will help us get absorbed into a creative society from our now living one. Ancient story keeps talking about extraordinary things far away form us, leaving nothing but some pleasures after the quick reading. However, HARRY POTTER is not the type like others, because it has an ambition to include the normal society into the magic one, gives us a close feeling about the characters, makes us think hard as much as the characters did, especially to some certain urging situations. Thus, I'd like to say to readers, read more modern stories, and get our brain armed for the rapidly changed society, maybe there's also a big war waiting for us to battle between justice and evil. As for the characters, we all know Harry is a most bravery guy in the book, and we honor him very much. J.K. Rowling really made a significant success in creating one boy like Harry. But I want to emphasize that the headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore, is a most respectable man in the book, not only his great mind to help more and more races communicate with each others, but also show a magnificent leadership when Voldemort has risen from the hidden place. We can even draw a conlusion if the good wizards don't have Dumbledore as a leader, there is no chance to win again. So, let's give our gratitudes to Rowling once more for her second successfully creation, an old but full of wisdom man. ps: This is the most thickest book I've ever read. I will keep trying my best patience to conqure the next book of HARRY POTTER series. Thanks to Rowling's persistence, which helped her to finish writing all of the seven beautiful books.

紙書734頁……真是一段酣暢淋漓的閱讀體驗！ 最引起我注意的其實是，後來那麼多學生說，如果不是一個瘋狂的食死徒的話，小巴蒂克勞奇真是一個很好的老師、黑魔法防禦術老師。如果說，小巴蒂克勞奇是一個很好的老師，是因爲他是一個瘋狂的食死徒呢？他的信仰的確很堅定，就是有點太瘋狂、太哥特了。 整個一本書的寫作上，羅琳運用了大量的不可靠敘述、大量的伏筆並回收他們。不論是承接上一部《阿茲卡班的囚徒》（小矮星彼得走投無路，除了投奔伏地魔以外別無選擇），還是開啓下一部《鳳凰社》（福吉與鄧布利多分道揚鑣）。 如果做話語分析的話，《食死徒》那一章伏地魔的、《吐真劑》那一章小巴蒂克勞奇的大量獨白，以及最後離校宴會鄧布利多的演說會是不錯的選擇。羅琳同樣擅長刻畫各種各樣的人物，尤其是小巴蒂克勞奇與伏地魔之間的張力，源自於對替代性父權的去個體化的自我投射。 最終，我們還是要記得the choice between what is right and what is easy.

《哈利波特與火焰杯》 之前就聽說，第四部的故事情節脫離童書的設定，很是精彩，細細讀來，果然如此。在這部小說中，隨着故事情節的發展，人物增加了很多，懸疑色彩也增加了很多，最後的結局令人感到不可思議，沒想到魔法世界也有“狸貓換太子”事件。 在書中感受哈利波特的勇敢和善良，感受羅恩在羨慕嫉妒好友的同時還是忍不住要幫助好友度過難關，感受赫敏對好朋友的全身心付出。當然，也感受到了黑魔法勢力的猖獗，看着黑魔法勢力的崛起，以及一些本已改邪歸正的黑巫師再次迴歸到伏地魔的麾下，令人着急而擔憂。 小說中的細節描寫很到位，常常跟着魁地奇比賽興奮揪心，跟着三強爭霸賽擔憂選手的安危，跟着每一位主人公進入他們的小世界體驗魔法世界的樂趣。 當然，在這本中，明顯撿回了丟失多年的英語，看原文越發流暢了，這種感覺很棒。