The writing is very good, but I'm completely exhausted after reading The Bone Tree. It's borderline misery-porn.

So much hatred, misogyny, sadism, rape, death, and more JFK assassination faux history than you can shake a stick at. It's all so bleak and terrible, not to mention depressing.

I need a vacation after this book, I'm completely drained. If I do decide to finish this trilogy, which is not a certainty at this point, it won't be anytime soon.