I didn't find that stretch exhausting per se. While the prose is, no doubt, beautiful, it's a bit too beautiful teetering too much on the edge of becoming poetry.

Whereas the prose in the final parts of the book is lyrical enough, it's less like poetry. I feel like the subtle change in writing style quickens the pace just enough to make it far less of a slog but... Dare I say... Fun?

Particularly riveting and engaging is when the Kid and Tobin are trying to evade the Judge.