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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?
Jerilyn I am reluctantly getting used to unconventional punctuation, as I encounter it more frequently. It was mostly fine in this book, but I did get confuse…moreI am reluctantly getting used to unconventional punctuation, as I encounter it more frequently. It was mostly fine in this book, but I did get confused a couple of times, thinking a character was still speaking aloud, when it would have been clearer if quotations had closed, then later reopened in the same paragraph.(less)
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The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles (Goodreads Author)
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