I have no idea how to even verbalized my thoughts on this book, let alone this entire series. I'm astounded that this series was written, given how lush it is with vivid, minute details, a story so layered and pulsating with energy, to give the impression of lives actually lived. I can see myself revisiting the lives of these characters, over these 1600+ pages, throughout my lifetime, and each time new meanings will reveal themselves to me.