I just finished it last night and I'm still trying to absorb it all. To sum up, I loved it.
I was surprised by several of the deaths and how well she played them, especially after saying there would be 2 deaths in the book... Killing Mad-Eye and Hedwig at the beginning set the tone for the book. When Dobby died, I was sad, but I thought, at least no one else will die. Killing Fred will probably leave me pretty haunted for a while. And of course, I was epecially sad to see my favorite charachter (Lupin) die (off-screen, no less) but I had a feeling that was coming. And Tonks and Creevy and everyone else.
I'm glad Harry survived and Neville wasn't the chosen one. I thought it was awesome that Neville killed Nagini, though. That was one of the best scenes in the book and I almost stood up on my couch (although, I thought pretty much everything from when they showed up in Hogsmeade on was awesome, which is high praise since I was already loving the book). And everyone showing up at Hogwarts at the end was magnificent. It made me smile to see people like Oliver Wood again. I loved Mrs. Weasley calling Bellatrix a bitch and then smiting her. I did not expect that.
The only thing that bugged me a bit was that I wanted to see more of Snape. I was in the camp that was pretty sure he was working on Dumbledore's orders the whole way through, but I thought we'd get to see him do something a little more heroic in the last battle. Still, that made Snape dying when he did all the more surprising. And Rowling did a fantastic job explaining why Dumbledore told Snape to kill him (which was something I was worried about). Okay, I was also bummed Lupid didn't kick Greyback's ass. And I coulda done with more Ginny, but those are really small complaints considering the high expectations I had (and everyone else, who had certain things they wanted to see, ie, Listener hoping Neville was the real chosen one, etc.). It was a very good show and I couldn't be much happier with how this final volume turned out.
But I have to say, this is probably the most satisfying conclusion to a series that I've ever read. And it may very well be my favorite of the series.
I don't think the movie will be able to cut it, unless they hire a director and do a 4 hour cut Peter Jackson-style (I'm kind of surprised they haven't done this since Goblet of Fire).