IPhoto 9.1.5 update problem

After updating iPhoto to version 9.1.5 I am unable to open my iPhoto library. The message appears:
Your iPhoto library is either in use by anothher application or has become unreadable. Shut down and restart your computer, and then open iPhoto again. If the problem persists, try rebuilding your photo library. To do this, quit iPhoto, and then reopen it while keeping the Option and Command keys pressed. You can also try restoring your photo library from a backup.
Well, I tried that and the different rebuild options available. After many, many hours the library is still unreadable. I moved the library to another Mac that I have (one that has not been updated to 9.1.5), and there is nothing wrong with it, my library is intact. The problem is version 9.1.5.
I see that I'm not only the one who has this particular problem with this update, so is there an easy way I can revert to the previous version of iPhoto. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Terence,
I appreciate your help, but the attitude isn't necessary. I realize that this is not AppleCare and Apple may or may not be listening, but it doesn't hurt to address them directly since forums like this are a great resource for troubleshooting engineers as well. I tried a lot of different things before coming here, including deleting the plist file. In fact, I even deleted my entire Preferences folder (Snow Leopard and Lion). It was no use. I did actually solve the immediate issue, which was the inability to open iPhoto. Rebuilding the database from automatic backup gets you past what I call the splash crash, but doing so sacrificed all of my edits, adjustments and Faces. Considering I've spent years tagging every single one of my ~20k photos, I'm not about to start over. Eventually I threw up my hands and rolled everything back using Time Machine.
For what it's worth:
• No issues with any updates until now, and my library dates all the way back to iPhoto 1.0.
• Rolling back iPhoto to 9.1.3 fixes all issues, so the issue is with the app, not the library.
• I've repaired permissions from iPhoto and Disk Utility to no avail.
• I've tried updating to 9.1.5 from both Snow Leopard and Lion to no avail.
• The same issue occurred the last time I updated Aperture on the same machine, but that library was small enough to start over.
• No issues with 9.1.5 on my other 2 Macs, but clearly a lot of people are sufferring from the same issue.
Deleting the .plist file did not work for me, but regardless, a user should never have to worry about that. It's a clear case of: Working software ceases to work for some users as a direct result of a patch. It's Apple's responsibility to fix the issue, and not the user's responsibility to find a workaround. Thanks for the suggestion, I will forward my experience directly to Apple using a proper feedback form.

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