Okay, I would recommend this book for other bookclubs because it really made for a great discussion last evening when our bookclub met. Even though not everyone liked the book, some thought it was too long , that the author spent too much time on some details, and a few characters that he spent time developing a bit - he never went back to them for closure. I think when club members have varying degrees of opinions of a particlar book - those are the books that make great books for bookclubs! That's why I'm recommending it.
I thought all of the main characters were very well developed and their storylines. It is a big book, so you've got to devote time to it. The last 100 pages really begin to pull everything together. Give it a try!