Years ago a friend was all over me to read Women Who Run With the Wolves, it took me a year and a half. As soon as I finished it, I passed it onto the next woman I saw... They HAD to read it.
The friend who gave it to me laughed, she told me books like that reveal themselves to you when you are ready. The Big Book was the same way, it took almost a month, lots of eye rolls and yeah, ok thens… however, parts of it really spoke to me and when I needed those parts, they seemed to open up and when I finished the book, I read it again and while I am not an AA person, I highly recommend the book to anyone struggling with addiction. Different parts are appropriate at different times. One time you might struggle through a section, not understand it, not feel it relates to you, the next time you read it, it does.