What is the author's style in Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey?

Dragonquest is told in a rich language befitting the feudalistic setting. It is narrated in the past tense in lucid contemporary English, employing contractions. Dialog is extensive and the dragons' projected thoughts are set in italics. The novel includes a plethora of made-up compound words, easily understood, that apply to the life of these feudal agrarian people. A fifteen-page long "Dragondex" at the back of the book helps the reader cope with all the proper and place names and various cultural terms, including the verb "Impress," in all its tenses and in compounds. The dragonriders' names all consist of a consonant, an apostrophe, and three more letters; later in the novel, it is explained that this is an honorific given them when they Impress a dragon. The ways time is divided up is the most confusing, but the reader settles in quickly. All cultural institutions are capitalized.