Can't load or rebuild iPhoto library

My iPhoto library hasn't been appearing. I've tried going through the 4 repair options (that show when I open with Command+Option) and have tried the rebuild a few times now. Each time I try to rebuild, it stalls at the same place (pic attached). From there, nothing happens and my photos are trapped in the library.I have also tried moving the library to an external hard drive and loading it into iPhoto from there and it simply does nothing. If i open the application again, it goes to the regular "get started" page.
I have a large library of 280GB. I'm not sure how many images are in there.
Can anyone help me restore my library? Should I be using Aperture for a library this size?

Thanks LarryHN,
I've gone through this now with some success. However the library is now 167GB down from 280GB. With that many photos, I can't easily tell if anything is missing. Is there any reason for such a large drop in size of the library? I thought maybe it was stripping duplicates but I couldn't have had more than a few duplicates.
Also, the rebuild stripped the division of photos into 'events'. Is that normal?
Thanks

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