21 May

Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter (Analysis of Book 5)

Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0972393641
Manufacturer: Wizarding World Press
Average Customer Review: (From 12 total reviews)
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Editorial Reviews

Book Description:
This is the highly-anticipated, full version of the Analysis of Book 5—analogous in format to the first guide, analyzing books 1 through 4, but covering only Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Readers can use this guide as a refresher course on how to search for clues when they read Book 6, and to answer their questions about Book 5. It offers insights into the clues, as well as speculations into the motivations of the characters and their magical world, which functions so differently from our own. The authors also go on record with their theories so that the fans can have fun debating whether they were right or wrong!

Customer Reviews

An excellent work by A. Brookshire
Once again Wizarding World Press has asked and answered some of the most intriguing questions that arise in book five of Harry Potter. This is recommended as an essential part of a Harry Potter library.

Good, but not as good by John Rael
I absolutely loved Galadriel’s guide to Books 1-4, and this one does have all the same imformation, but the format change does make it a muddier read. In the first guidebook she would site a passage (with page number) and then discuss it in a seperated section. Now she has combined the two without any page numbers and in more of a ‘free form’ style.

It’s still a quality guide, just harder to get through.

Great ideas and insight! by Us Texans
Because I enjoyed the guide for books 1-4, I had to get this guide as well. It didn’t disappoint. I enjoyed their writings, their fresh ideas, and their predictions for the next book. Though I didn’t always agree with things being said, they did give me ideas on which to think about. Interestingly enough, I found that my thinking is right on target with these Harry Potter sleuths. I can hardly wait for their guide on Book 6. Maybe it will be out before Book 7 is finally released.

Intriguing Hints and Questions about Order of the Phoenix by Carol Grizzard
This is Galadriel Waters and friends’ take on the FIFTH book–not the most recent entry–in the Harry Potter series. Unlike the first volume, which analyzed the first four books by raising questions and then answering them, this one provides few answers–but plenty of provocative questions. There are frequent references to another JK Rowling book, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and I suggest you have it with you as you read.

Each chapter is analyzed in light of things that have happened earlier (in the first four books as well as this one). Wordplay is one of the main “clues” Waters investigates; she’s certainly found puns and anagrams that I had overlooked, although I think at times she may be seeing word clues that aren’t really there. Nonetheless, she has obviously put a great deal of hard work into this area of the book. She also has some interesting hints on what may have been going on at 12 Grimmauld Place that the characters overlooked.

The last section, Book 6 and Beyond, was the most interesting to me. Here are analyses about the strategic positions at the end of Order of the Phoenix, discussions of possible character participation in the next book, Half-Blood Prince, as well as of the prophecy and Frequently Asked Questions.

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