I gave this book a shot. I read 50 pages of it, and the portrayal of women in this book was too much for me to swallow. The writing is excellent, but that doesn't excuse the fact that every mention of women was highly sexualized or misogynistic. Christ, the main character repeats over and over again that his wife is "dumb." There was a brief glimpse of hope for me when a paragraph began describing the "good" qualities of his wife--but that ended up being a whole passage of their sex life when they were younger and had nothing to do with her character. 
 I say good riddance to this. I do not understand why this series is so highly praised.