The vocabulary in the book is kept at a high school level of comprehension. The most striking element in the language is the frequent and almost incessant overlap of dialogue. The author does not make frequent use of the ellipsis, as is often the case in such forms, but instead writes out the whole text of a character's statement, and follows it with the entire statement of the next character. It is left to the reader to determine the timing, but the context of the statements, which typically reveal that they characters are paying little attention to what is being said around them, lead the reader to conclude that the statements are all occurring at once. The effect is chaotic, and in places unsettling.
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