The Sun Also Rises: A Review

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point for me in In Our Time, but He doesn't often enough credit quotations with,
",he said," or, ",said Brett," or, ",Bill replied." In SAR it stood and called
attention to itself. I wasn't particularly bothered by His not telling me who
said what, but it was very...pointed. I first noticed around the hundredth page
or so. Then I realized I couldn't keep track of who was speaking. By not
dwelling on it, though, sort of (hate to say this) accepting it, I managed to
assign speech to whomever I felt was speaking. Gradually I came to enjoy it, in
another plane of reading, figuring out from whom words were originating. To not
notice it, as if it were one of those annoying 3-D posters that you can't see
until you make a concerted effort not to try and see, became simple - much like
those 3-D pictures are once you know what not to look for. (I abhor ending
sentences with prepositions...)

His not telling was heightening to the story. It made things come even more
alive. As a conversation ...

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