Review of The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai

I found the first third of the book not all that engaging. I didn't like any of the characters in that part of the book that much. I almost considered giving up on reading the whole book until I got near the end of the first section where a surprising secret is revealed. After that, the rest of the book was hard to put down. I wanted to know what had happened in the past that resulted in the present day situation. All the questions brought up are resolved neatly in the end. It is quite an interesting story along the way.