Editorial Review
HP Sleuths are clever fans who know how to ferret out the clues J.K. Rowling has hidden in her septology, fans who revel in the quest of divining what is yet to come from those concealed mysteries.
HP Sleuths aren't quite ready to be told answers to the mysteries in J.K.R.'s fifth installment of the Harry Potter series -- but they do want to know if they are on the right track. This unusual book provides the hints and clues readers need to unravel these complex mysteries themselves. New Clues to Harry Potter: Book 5 is a "hints only" guide and is in a different format from our Ultimate Unofficial Guide. It includes lots of FAQs to explain some of the more complex events that occurred in Book 5. It also points HP Sleuths to the right sections so you know precisely where to look for all the mega clues we have spotted, and has a lot of big hints and tools that you need so you can start solving the mysteries. The HP Hintoscope, WWP Sleuthoscope and Rememberit Quill will all help too! But we won't be openly exposing all of the answers in this "New Clues" Guide. Includes:
• Special tools to investigate the mysteries in Book 5 • New Guide of Clues to Harry Potter • Cool reference materials to keep key clues fresh
HP Sleuths who are ready for the answers can find them in the new Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter (Analysis of Book 5), the full analysis released by Wizarding World Press before the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, in July of 2005. Get ready to pull out your memories and take a look—you’ll be amazed at what there is to see!
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Customer Reviews
Much too cryptic overall. 
2005-07-05
I can rightly be accused of seeing too many hidden things in the Harry Potter books, but I could not see most of what was hinted at in this book. I'm glad I only checked it out of the library, and you should, too, before buying it. I'd say 95% of the time I was left saying "what on earth are they talking about?" I understand that they didn't want to spoil the fun of figuring it out on your own, but I'd say that if they were just a little less concerned I might have followed some of what they saw. I had high hopes, and they may really be seeing tons of stuff, but almost none of it comes across. I was hoping they'd have a website where you could pick up just a bit more to help you see what they see, but haven't found anything like that. I'd say you shouldn't bother with it unless you're willing to read and watch everything on their recommeded reading list, which is quite a time commitment. I'm trying to read the things JKR said influenced her writing (the books on the shelves on her website), and don't have the time to add these, too. And they don't overlap, either.
Very Dissapointing 2005-06-20
This book is not like the first. It basically rewords everything leaving a lot still in the dark. As the half blood prince comes out next month when will this be done. Hopefully book 7.
Not recomending anyone to buy this.
Very dissapointing... 2005-05-13
The Ultimate Unofficial guide for the first four books was really wonderful and I was expecting the same for the guide to the 5th book. But unfortunately I was quite wrong in my hopes that it would be good. Most of the hints and clues given requires us to do our research to what things mean using other books and references. This book is in a different format than the first as well, it doesn't have little sections reviewing what just happened in the book, and it jumps ahead pointing out things that happen 20 chapters down the road... All of the hints and clues are just very vague, leaving the reader needing to buy the all of the books that are listed as references or be left in the dark.
I FEEL DUPED... 2005-04-14
I am a 29 year old mother who has loved Harry Potter for many years. I was excited to find the first book (Mysteries of Harry Potter 1-4)and I loved it. I was a little unnerved by some of the predictions they made, but still thought-provoking...
So when I bought this book, I didn't read the title well enough and was surprised it was a hints-only book. Putting that aside, I decided to give my HP Sleuth skills a shot. I was sorely disappointed that their recommended reading list was pretty much required (not recommended) if you were to understand at all their hints. I have 3 small boys and have no time to read 80 books and poems before I even attempted to read the hints-only book. I have a Bachelor's degree in education and I still had a hard time following their running-bits, theories, and trying to decipher the character's names and such. I wanted a book that would do the really difficult, time-consuming work for me so I could spend my time making connections of my own based on really well though-out hints. This book doesn't do that for you. It was written in less than 3 months and it is obvious. THIS BOOK IS AN AUTHOR'S VERY ROUGH DRAFT THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED. I wish I could return the book and get my money back.
A waste of time, money, and energy. I have yet to see the completed version she promised everybody in 2003 to be done in a year and it is now 1/4 of the way into 2005. I would have been much more content to have sat and waited for her to complete an in-depth analysis of book 5 rather than have to pay money twice. I feel duped - and I was.
Interesting, But Mostly a Tease for an Upcoming Book 
2005-04-03
While some of the "hints" are quite interesting, you shouldn't buy this book if you are looking for the conclusions made in The Plot Thickens... Harry Potter Investigated by Fans for Fans. The first 30 pages are a repetative explanation of the fact that this book is hints only. You are told several times how the next book will give possible explanations of the hints given in this one. While the "hints" given are interesting, those Griffindors of us are too busy to go through the multitudes of books listed as possible help in deciphering the "hints." I'll just have to wait for the next book to come out to see what conclusions can made from the hints in this one.
Lots of obsessed-fan fun 2007-01-10
What makes this book sparkle is its flavorful tackle of Book #5. I originally bought this back in the day, when it was first published, and was pleasantly surprised; even now I still examine it every now and then for future ideas that might occur in the series' final installment. This book was written for those kinds of people, the crazy fans that want to over-analyze every little detail. It's great fun, folks.
The book is written in a close, personal, and gritty manner with the foremost objective of tackling information and secrets, and it does so most impressively. Someone was thinking when this was written, and it shows! Theories are discussed thoroughly, and impressively backed up with book/interview information.
While a lot of ideas presented should probably be taken with a grain of salt, it is this over-extention that makes this piece so awesome. This is a great little source for those just beginning the series, or those that just want to look back to re-analyze things. Heck, it's just fun.
New Clues to Harry Potter Book 5 
2005-10-20
This one is a little harder to follow, but it is definately making me gop back and re-read book 5, there is so much that I missed the first 6 or so times!!
If I were an English lit scholar.... 
2005-09-04
I might have enjoyed this book. As it was, the hints were too vague and arch (as in mischievous, saucy) for the non- philologists. I have gotten clearer explanations of esoteric references in HP out of reading the boards on the various web sites. Speaking of the boards, here's a link that will take you to a discussion of Galadriel and WWF on The Sugar Quill.
Galadiel Waters and her team have spent a great deal of time on this quest, but IMHO, the WWF books are for the Hermoines of the world who solve every problem by going to the library.
not so good 2005-07-23
really, if I had the time to research all the references and books the author mentions, I would write my own guide!! Not worth the effort unless you aspire to PhD in Philology...
Holy Sleuthing, Batman, it's Harry Potter!!!! 2005-07-15
A thoroughly enjoyable HP sleuth effort. I read the entire extant HP corpus 5 times last year (I AM NOT obsessed!) But this little gem made want to read OotP again. I missed many clues, apparently! This one goes into my permanent library for re-reading after the new HP 6 is read! WWP SCORES A PERFECT 10!
