Review: An Impressive Opus That Should Have Been A Series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2014
This is a novel of approximately 700 pages that covers such an overwhelming period of time (around 3 centuries) that keeping the story straight as you read the history of the  family that is put together in pieces from observations, to storytelling to the diary entries.  The author imparts so much information that the reader has trouble ending one part of the tale before another starts  and the work of this patchwork story would have been best served in a series of novels IMHO.The author tries to impart some philosophical assertions in this rambling epic with limited success but the thread of the story keeps you reading in an effort to see where it goes and that is the true nature of this intricate labyrinthine novel.  It becomes more of a journey than a story.All things considered this is a monumental undertaking for any author and I have to say it hard to say who to recommend this book to since many will never finish it but for those looking for something closer to the epics of the past , this may be just the book for you.