(SPOILER)The more I think about it, the more okay I'm getting. My biggest gripe is that while we understand time passes for the characters and they are allowed to heal from the deaths, we the readers don't get that kind of catharsis. At the very least, I expected some sort of memorial or speech, but there wasn't anything of the sort. The characters were taken care of, but I wasn't.

And honestly, I believe the death of Hedwig and Mad-Eye were enough to demonstrate the shock of the war. I was something like a half hour in, had to close the book and take a walk around the apartment, Mad Eye's death got me so hard. I felt like JKR cared about those deaths. I didn't feel that way about Fred, Tonks and Lupin.

And poor Tonks' mom! (Don't have my copy, can't remember her name.) Lost most of her family.

To add to my first post, I thought the entire Shell Cottage chapter was very well done, and I really loved Aberforth.