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2.5
I liked the beginning of Cloris’ story then it kind of trailed off.
Why was the verbiage so weird? It’s set in 1986 not 1886
The weird sentence structure and simplicity of the words worked for Cloris’ small Texas town persona.
But for the weird writing to carry over into each of the characters. It irritated me to the point I almost stopped reading the book.
Examples: From the floor Lewis picked up the bottle of Merlot.
They ate hamburgers and watched from a window rain darken a leathery mendicant who waved roadside a sign of cardboard they could not read. -actual excerpts
I would put quotation marks around the quotes above, but this book doesn’t believe in quotation marks. It makes it really hard to know who or when someone is speaking
Can we stop the no quotation mark trend? Please! This is the second book I have read this year that doesn’t use them.
Why was the verbiage so weird? It’s set in 1986 not 1886
The weird sentence structure and simplicity of the words worked for Cloris’ small Texas town persona.
But for the weird writing to carry over into each of the characters. It irritated me to the point I almost stopped reading the book.
Examples: From the floor Lewis picked up the bottle of Merlot.
They ate hamburgers and watched from a window rain darken a leathery mendicant who waved roadside a sign of cardboard they could not read. -actual excerpts
I would put quotation marks around the quotes above, but this book doesn’t believe in quotation marks. It makes it really hard to know who or when someone is speaking
Can we stop the no quotation mark trend? Please! This is the second book I have read this year that doesn’t use them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Grief
Minor: Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Pedophilia
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