Nostalgia Review:: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Author: J.K. Rowling

Series: Harry Potter

Format: Hardcover

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆

Still Good?

No...

Previously:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

I'm really sad. I remember sitting down and reading Goblet of Fire on our kitchen table. I remember liking it so much. Being so excited.

And missing all of the really gross racism. Now, as I pointed out, The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! had some racism problems, but not to this extent. And what makes it sadder is that without that subplot, Goblet of Fire would have been fine... and quite a good book that didn't make me feel gross.

Nostalgia Review:: The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!, by Harry Harrison

Title: The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!

Author: Harry Harrison

Series: Stainless Steel Rat, #4 (Publication Order)

Format: Hardcover

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Still Good?

...yes?

Previously:

The Stainless Steel Rat

The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World

If you've read any of my other Stainless Steel Rat reviews, you'll know the drill: this is larger-than-life, over-the-top pure skiffy goodness that's a self-aware parody of Golden Age Science Fiction. Needless to say, though, they have their problems. This one is one of the more problematic books in the series due to the way it's handled, however, it didn't ruin the enjoyment... at least for me.

48HBC:: The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You

27 total hours at this point (in seven minutes), and i have managed to finish a book in a reasonable, if not speedy amount of time! granted, the stainless steel rat books aren't really that long. they'd probably be considered a novella in this day and age.

for those who don't know, this series was one of my favorites as a kid. unfortunately, most of the books are out of print. the first three were reprinted together in the adventures of the stainless steel rat and the three prequel books were reprinted in a stainless steel rat trio, but unfortunately that leaves out four of the books as well as the choose your own adventure book.

i'm doing a re-read and i'm on the fourth book. i've already reviewed the first three as "nostalgia reviews" where i re-read a book i haven't read in a long time, to see if it's still good:

the stainless steel rat

the stainless steel rat's revenge

the stainless steel rat saves the world

and now we have the stainless steel rat wants you: