Too long, nothing happens
590820
Too heavy, too thick, too long, nothing happens (as far as I got). Difficult to keep reading it. It should never be edited in this way, maybe I will try to continue with a Kindle edition.
2131221
NEVER WORKS, I tried so many times to get this Timer to work , nothing as yet after putting in the numbers it just do Nothing , so I'm kinda stuck with it coz its over Thirty Days . So its a loss for me , I do not know if anyone else experience the same problem as I did . i'M GIVING UP ON THIS ONE.
Ras....
3505408
What a waste of two long sittings. I raced to the end expecting a twist, but at least something discernible.  This was one of the biggest wastes of time in decades.  I've searched online for plot summaries but even when I m forewarned of spoilers, no one explains the book to any satisfaction. If you were able to make heads or tails or if, good on you.
1778372
The story is not well developed at all.  I kept waiting for the rest of the story appear, to have this movie make sense.  There were also long periods of nothing happening.  I wish there was more to it, but it never came.
3063033
45 minutes in and still waiting for something funny or interesting to happen. I want my 45 minutes back!
2460247
Very well written but I spent hours waiting to see "what happens". Alas, nothing happens. The author does an amazing job building the suspense of the climax, truly, it just doesn't go anywhere.
4366493
I really wanted to like this novel. I am a huge book lover, and especially this sort of older novel. I am sorry to say I was disappointed. The novel is much longer than it needs to be. I do not have a problem with long novels in general (in fact, I've read The Mists of Avalon an embarassing number of times), but I do have a problem with novels that are long for no good reason. I also understand this novel was released in short bits over the course of many months, but that does not excuse the meandering storyline. Thackeray jumps back and forth both in time and in place. He wastes many a paragraph describing things that have no importance in the novel, or people who have no bearing on the story. Then, to make matters worse, he simply jumps over, or glosses over the seemingly most important parts of the story.

Another problem I have with the novel is the way he writes the characters. None of them come across as all that endearing, except perhaps for Dobbins, who is so devoted and constant as to be unbelievable.

I didn't hate the novel (hence the 2 stars), but I doubt I will ever bother to re-read it.
441060
Way way too long.  Decent writing  but too much needless descriptions of mundane things.  These character--this story itself--took itself too serious.  Mentally healthy people--families--don't hide away and become reclusive and give up on life over these kinds of "secrets" .  This story should have been half as long as it was.  I wanted to give up halfway through when I realized how predictable and anticlimactic the expected ending was.  But then it wasn't over.  Only 56% read and all problems resolved enough. What the hell was there left to say?  I kept reading purely out of curiosity as to how the author was going to draw this out.  I was pleased with the ending when it eventually came but I regret the time wasted on this novel.
1054929
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Just sooooo slow. Boring. Over acted. TOO LONG. And are we really supposed to believe this really happened like this? Really just hated it, so did my husband and (adult) kids, so it wasn't just me. If this is the best they have for an academy nomination, we are really in trouble artistically.
4296267
I watched (endured) this movie  for about 1/2 hr. waiting for it to start.  Title-good, actor-good, story-boring (at least what I watched)
4033257
started interesting, then turned into a boring love story and on and on.  Left me wondering about what would happen when the two families found  out about the romance, way too long.  Then the simple solution made the whole deal easy and disappointing to me with "no" fighting or action.
2527211
Ever watch a movie, where you get the idea, but yet it keeps beating a dead horse, and just won't move on.  Well this is that type of movie.  I won't give it away, but this movie was easily, about 30 minute too long.  It also cannot decide if it was supposed to be a drama or a comedy.
1556396
Too long and disjointed and highly improbable.
1827892
I'm sorry, but I was bored beyond belief with this series.  I know I'm in the minority.  I was waiting for something exciting or profound to happen ... nothing yet.  I watched 2 full episodes to give it a chance.  Cannot take another.  Too bad as both actors are incredible ... in other films.
2521989
This was arguably the longest 2 hours I have spent in my entire life ... it felt like much more ... I found myself more than a little angry with the overkill leadup to what could have been a compelling story.  The punch line took way too long to get to ... and when it came, it just wasn't enough to convince me it was worth the wait.  With each pregnant pause between dialogue (and guitar strings), I was sure I'd be getting up to leave ... I suspect the invested time (hours and hours it seemed) precluded me from doing so.  I wanted that punch line ... then, finally, it came ... and it went.

This one had a ton of potential but it just didn't work for me.
2360376
I can easily read a book in 8 hours if I'm hooked..this one took me 3 days. I kept reading and waiting for the huge plot twist, but it just never came. Also left several loose ends untied.
I did read it until the end..and that does say something, it did keep my attention... I was just hoping for a book that gripped me like Girl on a Train.
1172218
The book started ok, and ended ok, but nothing in the middle for hundreds of pages. much too long with nothing.