I really enjoyed this book. There are a lot of things that you finally learn about "He Who Must Not Be Named" - you know, he's named that because you can't really hope to spell it correctly without doing a google search. Finally we get a closer look into the man who became the menace. We also get to know Dumbledor better as well. More character development and maturation occurs here than in many of the other books. I really enjoyed it, and wish it hadn't stopped...I think that's really my only complaint - that I have to wait another 2 years to find out how this one really ends.