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BeneLeit t1_j2evocv wrote

I haven't read that one, but I have an issue with her books that I have read. (The Nightingale, The Four Winds, The Great Alone.)

She tells great stories and opens up subjects worth exploring, but her dialogue writing is terrible. It makes her characters less believable and takes me out of the story.

I "hear" dialogue when I read, as if the character is speaking. It often doesn't work for me at all when she has her characters speak.

She is lauded as such a terrific writer by so many, but this element holds me back from agreeing 100%.

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Raindrops_On-Roses OP t1_j2ew2ki wrote

Dialogue was a part of my issue, as well. Sometimes, it would just stop me dead in my tracks, especially at a part with long stretches of it. And that's exactly it. I like the overall story, and it touches on important topics, but the characters just weren't believable and made it difficult to thoroughly enjoy. This is the only book I've read by her, though, so I can't say anything regarding others.

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