I can't make it to 100 pages, like I try to do with books to be fair. But I'm okay with that, because I don't feel like this story is going anywhere -- it won't go anywhere in the next 25 pages (I made it to page 75) and it probably won't go anywhere in all 300-something pages. 
 I just can't do this Jack Hero Worship anymore. I recognize that this is happening on purpose to show how the father and Glory feel about the Prodigal Son/Brother, but O! M! G! 
 On a positive note, beautiful writing. I just wish there was more story and less flashback. More action and much, much less analysis. 
 Perhaps I did need to read Gilead, the companion book that came out first, to appreciate this one. The books are standalones, but compliments. Maybe I would more understanding of the family then.