I don't know if I'm in the wrong mood to read this but I gave it 113 pages.

I don't like the MC. It appears to be simply a catalogue of the various women he meets during his interminable existence and some modern mulling on the multiple feckless nephews that he has neglected to assist in any meaningful way. It takes him 256 years to realise that he might be able to intervene in some sort of positive manner which tells you everything you need to know.

I suspect that the fact of his elongated life is not going to be properly addressed which will annoy me incredibly if I commit to the full 500 pages, so I'm ducking out early.