Chryiss I have this bad feeling I might be better at reviewing than at writing :D
Having an MA rather than an MFA just reinforces it; especially since my degree lies in comparative literature...
Anyway, multicharacter stories are like juggernauts. They take forever to get started. I fully expect to be at the late beginning when I hit chapter thirty, and that's simply too early for a review. It's very different from an FP or even TP omni where you fire up the character afterburner from day go.
In the long run I benefit from doing what I do as well. I build a decent rep as a reviewer and receive a fair amount of reviews for my own story. It's well worth it ;)