[There are a few] structural limitations or "faults" which amateurize the Cross books a little…. (p. 37)
To begin with her dialogue, which is more important in Cross than for another style of writer: Cross adopts the technical convention that each important speaker—as opposed to "character"—shares the same conversational style; by implication, the same background….
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