<P> To publicise the book, a special train named Hogwarts Express was organised by Bloomsbury, and run from King's Cross to Perth, carrying J.K. Rowling, a consignment of books for her to sign and sell, also representatives of Bloomsbury and the press . The book was launched on 8 July 2000, on platform 1 at King's Cross--which had been given "Platform ​ 9 ⁄" signs for the occasion--following which the train departed . En route it called at Didcot Railway Centre, Kidderminster, the Severn Valley Railway, Crewe (overnight stop), Manchester, Bradford, York, the National Railway Museum (overnight stop), Newcastle, Edinburgh, arriving at Perth on 11 July . The locomotive was West Country class steam locomotive no . 34027 Taw Valley, which was specially repainted red for the tour; it later returned to its normal green livery (the repaints were requested and paid for by Bloomsbury). The coaches of the train included a sleeping car . A Diesel locomotive was coupled at the other end, for use when reversals were necessary, such as the first stage of the journey as far as Ferme Park, just south of Hornsey . The tour generated considerably more press interest than the launch of the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad which was premièred in London the same weekend . </P> <P> Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has received mostly positive reviews . In The New York Times Book Review, author Stephen King stated the Goblet of Fire was "every bit as good as Potters 1 through 3" and praised the humour and subplots, although he commented that "there's also a moderately tiresome amount of adolescent squabbling...it's a teenage thing". Kirkus Reviews called it "another grand tale of magic and mystery...and clicking along so smoothly that it seems shorter than it is". However, they commented that it did tend to lag, especially at the end where two "bad guys" stopped the action to give extended explanations, and that the issues to be resolved in sequels would leave "many readers, particularly American ones, uncomfortable". For The Horn Book Magazine, Martha V. Parravano gave a mixed review, saying "some will find (it) wide - ranging, compellingly written, and absorbing; others, long, rambling, and tortuously fraught with adverbs". A Publishers Weekly review praised the book's "red herrings, the artful clues and tricky surprises that disarm the most attentive audience" and saying it "might be her most thrilling yet ." Writing for The New Yorker, Joan Acocella noted that "where the prior volumes moved like lightning, here the pace is slower, the energy more dispersed . At the same time, the tone becomes more grim ." </P> <P> Kristin Lemmerman of CNN said that it is not great literature:' Her prose has more in common with your typical beach - blanket fare and the beginning contained too much recap to introduce characters to new readers, although Rowling quickly gets back on track, introducing readers to a host of well - drawn new characters .' Writing for Salon.com, Charles Taylor was generally positive about the change of mood and development of characters . Entertainment Weekly's reviewer Kristen Baldwin gave Goblet of Fire the grade of A -, praising the development of the characters as well as the many themes presented . However, she did worry that a shocking climax may be a "nightmare factory" for young readers . </P> <P> Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire won several awards, including the 2001 Hugo Award for Best Novel . It won the 2002 Indian Paintbrush Book Award, the third after Philosopher's Stone and Prisoner of Azkaban . The novel also won an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award for one of the best books, who claimed it was "more intense than the first three books". In addition, Entertainment Weekly listed Goblet of Fire in second place on their list of The New Classics: Books--The 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008 . </P>

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