The only Faulkner novel I'd ever read was the Sound and the Fury, way back in high school or college, but I'd loved his ahead-of-its time storytelling style. While I appreciated the way this story is also told by multiple narrators in their own natural "voices," the plot is so heartbreaking that I found it difficult to get through. I'm not usual dismissive of books just because they are "downers," but the way certain family members treat each other, and the streak of bad luck they endure, is hard to take.