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I didn't enjoy this book for several reasons but I'm going to pick on one. The lack of speech marks. Just ... why? What does it actually bring to the table? To me it's a pointless stylistic affectation that only serves to confuse and alienate the reader but it seems it's increasingly fashionable. All other punctuation is present & correct. In this book there was also no indication of who was speaking either. Grinds my gears!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬
TheShaggyShepherd That sounds terrible. I‘ve read a couple ARCs lately where the speech punctuation was off a bit and that was already irritating enough. 5y
paulfrankspencer Don't read Cormac McCarthy. He's so good, but that'll drive you nuts. 5y
readingjedi @paulfrankspencer I've read The Road and it didn't bother me in that as it was clear what was speech & who was speaking. And I got the point of the omission - immediacy, realism etc. But in lesser hands it's just confusing and, yes, it drives me nuts 🤣 5y
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paulfrankspencer @readingjedi he is the master, though I found it confusing in some books sometimes, like his border series (which is soooooo good). Others should wade in warily. 5y
TheAromaofBooks I'm like you - the question is, what does omitting quotation marks actually accomplish?? I just don't get it. 5y
AlaMich I completely agree! Stop being fancy for fancy‘s sake and just write a good book! *steps down off soapbox* 5y
jillrhudy I absolutely HATE when they leave out the quotation marks. 5y
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