Godfatheresque in its duration and not a million miles away plot wise as it charts the destinies, deaths and chaos between families over the course of several generations. Savage and brutal, often excessively so, to the point where it becomes the norm and, along with the jumps through time, detracts from story and character development. Towards the end I had little empathy with anyone, couldn't recall a character I was particularly fond of and was happy to have crossed the line without hitting the wall.