Loved the book, although I am not gushing about how good Snape is. He is still a bad guy in my book, his sense of selfishness and lust simply overcame his sense of raw evil. If it had been anyone else, he would not have cared. His actions may have been good, but his motives were clearly self-centered.....which is why Harry was and will be many times a greater wizard and man. Thought the epilogue was too short and kind of hastily thrown in, but overall was enthralled by the book, read it non stop when I got home from work at 3 am that night.