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A review by ourlamp
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
Only just now adding this though I stopped reading a long while ago. It was driving me up a wall just how frequently the author used “x said” after a piece of dialogue.
Real excerpt:
“Beautiful, isn’t it?” Maksim said.
“It is,” I said.
“And depressing as hell,” Dave said.
“It’s Siberia,” Maksim said.
“We didn’t realize Clara had a daughter,” Dave said.
“Maybe he doesn’t want to talk about this,” Maksim said.”
It happens throughout the book, this is just the most egregious example I caught and it’s what ultimately made me put down the book. If it’s some sort of stylistic choice that I’m just not hip to, that’s fine. Still hate it.
Real excerpt:
“It is,” I said.
“And depressing as hell,” Dave said.
“It’s Siberia,” Maksim said.
“We didn’t realize Clara had a daughter,” Dave said.
“Maybe he doesn’t want to talk about this,” Maksim said.”
It happens throughout the book, this is just the most egregious example I caught and it’s what ultimately made me put down the book. If it’s some sort of stylistic choice that I’m just not hip to, that’s fine. Still hate it.