HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (J.K. Rowling) - January 1/21

 I finally finished it! Holy hell is this a long book. And the problem is, much of the first half and midsection is devoted to fairly tedious day-in-day-out type shenanigans. There's not much in the way of tension or suspense and I was seriously losing interest, right up until Voldemort has his epic showdown with Harry. That was surprisingly electrifying, but it's followed by so much more book and a whole lot of exposition and explanations. Does nobody edit these books? **1/2 out of ****