Just finished reading the new Harry Potter book. It was pretty good, but Jesus Christ, at 759 pages, it desperately needed an editor. There were easily 150 pages that could have been cut out and in about 70-80 of those absolutely nothing happened.
Still, over all it was a good read, but if you haven't read any of the others before, you are screwed. There are too many references to past events in the other books for newbies to understand ...
Hope you enjoyed the book, Harley.
I'm at about page 305...
I agree that some of it is filler, and it is a good read, so far.
