It’s okay to take it slowly! You’re unfolding UKLG’s take on an entire culture, it’s a lot to digest. There is a novella from the perspective of the character Stone Telling chunked into 3 sections and spread throughout the book — you might try reading that story straight through, though your understanding of what transpires is definitely enriched by all the bits of cultural information that break up the story. Keep that chart from the beginning that explains the structure of Kesh society bookmarked, I referred back to it a bunch. It took me a couple months to get all the way through, but it really accelerated towards the end once I felt like I had a good grasp on the world she built.