Well, I tried again and have learned that Josh Malerman just isn't the author for me. He has some really unique and interesting concepts but the execution has fallen flat twice for me. I won't be trying his work out in the future, because at this point, I feel like a bully.

This was arguably better than Bird Box, so there's that. However, a lot of this story wasn't defined well enough for me. There were too many characters to fully develop any of them, and what the hell was up with the supernaturally element to this? Fuck that. It was useless as a plot point, as a big bad, and as an anything.

This actually could have been better being just a western with more fully realized characters.

But alas.