@mattiecat13 - I realize this post is from May, but I found it when searching for Four Winds to see if any other FSUers had read it. Your summary is so accurate! I am only 150 pages in and I am struggling...but of course stubborn me won't give up on it and will finish it. (Only myself to blame. ) Some of the writing is so redundant/repetitive. I guess there are only so many creative ways to describe how dry a drought can get and how windy it can get on the plains.Just finished The Four Winds. If you like sloooooooow and depressing books, this is the book for you.