IT WAS A VERY HARD READ. THE WRITING WAS QUITE GOOD, BUT THE IMAGES WERE QUITE STARK AND VIOLENT. MOST OF THE CHARACTERS WERE HORRIBLY KILLED, SO I FOUND MYSELF DISTANCING MYSELF FROM ANY OF THE CHARACTERS; SO I WOULDN'T BE UPSET WHEN THEY TOO WOULD BE KILLED. I USUALLY IMMERSE MYSELF IN A BOOK, BUT THIS ONE WAS TOO HORRIFIC TO GET TOO CLOSE.