Don't Fear the Reaper

The writing style of this is usually a style I like. I usually like books written in a short, clipped, frantic, in-media-res tone that makes you continue flipping pages. This was just not it for me. I liked Jones' The Only Good Indians and yet I found this awkward and hurried in a first-draft way, and beyond having a very busy December, I just don't feel compelled to finish it.
Just read the inside cover again. It's a sequel and I didn't read the first book. I see now why I found it so confusing. LMAO.