Skyhold takes a while if you aren't rushing through content. I'm not sure how many hours my daughter is into the game (20+?) and she still hasn't picked who she wants to recruit and run through that quest (and she spent maybe a whopping ten minutes in the CC-she and I have that and an affection for dwarves in common, at least
).
Haha... I am actually pretty quick about making female characters in CC; I guess because it's hard to make an ugly female (to me). But I'm more critical of the male characters I make. I have no idea why. The one exception is the time I tried to make a female high elf in Skyrim (unmodded). HORROR. Not her fault, really; everyone in unmodded Skyrim looks pretty awful xD
Finished it just now at nearly 50 hours. 
I'm at 20 hours... just finished recruiting the mages. I wonder if I'll finish around 50 hours??
Talking to Dorian is going just the way I thought it would (Auren does not like him lol but Dorian is a champ and doesn't disapprove of anything he says) but I imagine, or hope, there's more to him than meets the eye.
As for Cullen... I find it hard to try to get to know him. I've asked him about the templars and such, but it never seems right to ask him about his personal past. They just don't have that kind of relationship... Oh well; I'm looking forward to some actual cut scenes with him once I get Skyhold.
Solas stopped talking to me hours ago
Not too many dialogue paths if you're not on the romance path, I guess?
Bull never got a cut scene, which was weird. I skipped a flirt choice because it was too come-on-y. I'm fine with ending up single this playthrough so I can remain true to the character I'm playing.