Did anyone else feel let down by OOP?

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ron_wizardchess_weasley" 
<RonWeasley_is at m...> wrote:
> I was just not impressed by OOP the way I was by the first four 
> books. Maybe it was the lack of sleep between going to work and 
> trying to stay up late when I got home to read it but... I was 
> finding that eventually the only reason I kept turning the pages 
was 
> to find out who died. In fact the only part of the book that I did 
> really enjoy was Neville. The way that he is finally starting to 
show 
> his true potential is a long time a comin'. Overall I felt let 
down 
> and disappointed. Did anyone else feel the same way? Let me know.
>                      -Ron_WizardChess_Weasley

Me:

I, too, really enjoyed Neville.  (See earlier post.) I'm very 
curious what we will see from him in future.  Is there a lot more to 
him than we know?  What significance does his part of the prophecy 
have?  But anyway,  I feel slightly disappointed, as well. I wonder 
if this is because of the huge buildup for the book, but I also 
think it is because i want answers, not more questions.  I was under 
the impression (misguided, perhaps?) that we were going to learn so 
much more about Harry's parents than we did.  I also thought we'd 
see someone do magic unexpectedly.  THis thing with Lily and James 
really has me bothered.  Basically, we learned very little, aside 
from James was a jerk at fifteen.  I want more than LIly's blood 
being what protected Harry from her love.  There has to be more to 
it than that, right?