Finished!

I'm done with the book, sadly and relieved-ly, and am resisting overdoing it by rereading the rest of the series or rewatching the movies.

I thought the book was good overall, though slow in some parts and crazy fast in others.

And, now, I am totally open to discussion and am not so terrified of spoilers!

Sidenote: supposedly a friend of ours was riding Muni in SF on Friday before the book came out. He's not really a fan, nor does he look like Harry, but I guess in a skinny, brown hair, rumpled kind of way, maybe. Well, someone dressed as Draco Malfoy hopped on the bus, saw our friend, and, thinking he was dressed up as HB, shouted, "unhand that wand, Potter!".

Awesome.