I was told that you have to read this book twice to really enjoy it, well I question that premise. Why would you want or have the time to read a book twice just to enjoy it, when there is so many wonderful books out there to read? Anyway to me this book was like a bad opera without the music. Things keep happening that just don't make sense to move a fantastical plot along. The Dad the brothers the women he loves are just so unbelievable that I could only think opera.