I finished this book while All Consuming was out-of-order. About half way through I started to see why other people spoke poorly of this book (though I haven’t read her other book, which others say is better). Basically this book is just way too long: 20 CDs at about an hour each. The characters are well developed, the plotline is interesting, and the book is generally well written. But about half way through I started to feel antsy and by the end I was just waiting for it to be over. And it’s not like the ending was spectacular either. I think the writer needed a brutal editor to take a hatchet to this book and then it could’ve been really good.