Finished reading this with the daughter a couple days ago. We liked it. While Harry is slightly annoying in this book with his temper tantrums, a lack of any major plot twists and the pace of the book is a tad bit too slow, there is still enough here to like. I'm looking at you Dolores Umbridge, a character that very effectively plays her role as an infuriating, incompetent government official enforcing absurd ordinances at the school. But I enjoyed her character and the part she played in the story. I also enjoyed the introduction of the quirky Luna Lovegood. The gang's excursion to the Department of Mysteries near the end of the book and the action that took place in those chapters was also exciting. I liked getting to know more about Neville and we learned a bit more about the backstory and the prophecy about Harry which was the motivation for Voldemort to try and kill Harry as a baby. The book seemed to take more of a serious tone than any of the previous books; maybe it's Rowling's way of showing that her characters are growing up. Voldemort's return also has a lot to do with it as well.
Here are my rankings of the books I've read so far in this series:
1. HP-4
2. HP-3
3. HP-5
4. HP-2
5. HP-1
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