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Personally, I have to be able to connect with at least one of the characters. Not quite the same as liking or relating to them, though the difference is subtle. For example, although I can appreciate Kay's Tigana, it's one of my least favourites of his work simply because there is no character I can connect to. I can't explain why, most of the characters are eminently likeable, including Brandin (nominally the villain, and probably the one I'm closest to connecting to). OTOH I really like Fowles' The Collector, even though the only real character in the story is the narrator who is probably a sociopath. I don't consider the girl a character - in the story she is more of a prop, which is entirely reasonable given the viewpoint of the narrator. I'd like to think this isn't a reflection on my own character...
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