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I find the use of long dashes instead of quotation marks very distracting. It takes me out of the story. Does anyone know why this punctuation choice was made?
Natasha I found it distracting and confusing at times. There were some instances where I had to re-read the sentence as I didn't realize it was still dialogue…moreI found it distracting and confusing at times. There were some instances where I had to re-read the sentence as I didn't realize it was still dialogue, or didn't realize it wasn't anymore. It's fine for short dialogue sentences but when it continues after the "he said/she said" words there needs to be some kind of notice this is continued dialogue, and quotation marks work for this purpose. (less)
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The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles (Goodreads Author)
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