The beast of a book

Before I started reading the book I had heard several people say that it starts off slow and the first 100 pages or so are pretty boring. I did not find this to be the case as I was into it from the beginning and didnt feel it drag on until later in the book. I think this has to do with the fact that I took a liking to Mr. Norrell's character. I like Susanna Clark's subtle sarcasm and I found that the language itself was pretty easy to read. Although some of the footnotes were pretty funny, I found them to be a bit much. Overall I liked it a lot better than I thought I would, even though I think my hand is sore from holding that behemoth of a book open for so long.