Hard to rate. A little slow at times, although I did enjoy the atmosphere and mood of the book the author tried so hard to create. Although I loved Swede, the endless renditions of "Sunny Sundown" did get tiresome, especially as only some of the verses seemed to relate to the plot. Following in that vein, were detailed histories of Swede's western heroes that I found myself fighting not to just skim over, as there seemed to be too many of them and again, with not a ton of relation to the plot, besides just mood-building which, in my opinion, the book seemed to already have enough of. 
 I also found myself against the charismatic Christian faith that was in abundance in the beginning of the book, as (while I do believe in miracles and the occasional miraculous healing) I don't put much stock in people being specifically gifted in the visual/sign gifts area; although God does grant healing through His will at times, the gifts of healing, speaking in tongues, etc. were for the apostolic age as signs to the early church through the Holy Spirit, nothing more, and have now mostly ceased as they are not needed. I don't want to get on too big of a rant here, but needless to say, that tidbit of teaching left me with a bad taste in my mouth for at least the first quarter of the book. 
 The story was very a little syrupy sweet and obviously meant to be inspirational, emphasizing the themes of faith and hope as the family look for their fugitive son and brother, Davy. When I started reading this I thought there was going to be more of a focus on Davy (which were always the more interesting parts), but instead it was mostly family tales, preaching, and the emphasis that if you have a good enough relationship with God, enough faith, and are righteous enough, you may just be able to attain the superpower of healing on command. Congratulations! (Alright, that may have been a little overly critical, but honestly that is how it read at times). 
 Again, hard to rate, as I did enjoy some of the well-thought out characters and the tone of the story but, as above, there were other things that were simply not my cup of tea. Make of it what you will.