This book didn't live up to the expectations. Rowling abandoned her detailed storytelling style in the place where we would have most liked to have had the detail: at the climax. I was very disappointed by both the pace of the ending and, actually, the entire book. Maybe she was trying to constrain herself to a shorter book, but more action usually requires a longer book. We heard almost nothing about the lessons, most of hte book was devoted to the romance. Seriously.