This is why I hate reading comics sometimes. All these arcs get hyped up as having big ramifications, and then nothing happens. It was still really solid, no doubt. And I like the dynamic at the end of the Batman #17 where the Bat family seems to be dealing with the fallout in their heads, but other than that yeah. When Joker served the dinner and it was made to look like he'd cut everyone's faces off, it was awesome, but I knew there was no chance he'd actually done it.
It would've been cool if they'd started taking off the bandages and everyone seemed fine and then like one member actually had their face cut off.
But then again everything gets retconned in a year anyways, so who the hell cares.