Getting back to Hugo reviews; I've managed to gather all but one (out of print and expensive second hand) but have rather abandoned reading them in order. And reviewing them here. So let's try getting back into the swing of things with the 2001 winner of the Hugo Award.
Unfortunately, the 2001 winner was J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I say unfortunate, not because it is said it won largely on the back of uninformed voters, but because after reading the first three (on occasion I thought I'd read four - for a reason which will shortly be obvious - but on seeing that the Goblet of Fire is large enough to beat whales to death I realised my error) I'd become tired of that which even the notoriously NPOV Wikipedia has to term “a very strict formula” and which I call “same fucking plot”.
The plot in question is a fairly simple one too. Each year, after suffering through living with his lower class guardians, orphaned upper class scion Harry Potter is allowed to return to the exclusive boarding school where he's finally able to once again handle the all-powerful money and play Rugger.
Wait... what? I'm doing what? Sorry... I'll try that again: