Stephanie Baim
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Why does the author not use quotations. I'm having trouble getting past the first two pages. Do you eventually get used to this?
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Krisz
It has been in fashion for quite some years. It makes me feel like the authors care more about themselves and their artistic flare than us, the actual readers :(
If a book is good, there's no need to shout hey I'm different, is there?
If a book is good, there's no need to shout hey I'm different, is there?
Micklemas
It shouldn't work, but it somehow does. I also like how effortlessly she throws in backstory and I never lose track.
Mark Cofta
It wouldn't bother me if the dialogue wasn't so bland; as others have noted, many writers do this. Reading this novel was taxing because I kept losing interest in who was speaking.
Andrew
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Cora
I got used to the no quotations but it sometimes threw me off when Connell would answer with no, yeah.
IvanOpinion
I 'read' the audiobook and I don't think you can detect the lack of speech marks. Try this if the punctuation is bugging you.
Amelia
It may help to listen to the audiobook
Kathryn
The author is Irish and this is typical for European writers, especially French.
Go with the flow, you get used to it!
Go with the flow, you get used to it!
Harriet Murray
It bugs me so much but you will get used to it if you push through!! I can't work out any reason why Rooney would chose not to use them!
Lori
I had the same problem. I pushed through and read the whole book though.
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