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Originally Posted by Penforhire
It is more demanding of the reader. I like it when it is well done. I happen to be reading Iain Banks' "The Crow Road" and he jumps the narrative between two generations. He is an excellent author but at times the text is still challenging.
Do it well and it adds to depth and dramatic impact.
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He does something similar in 'Use of Weapons', where the odd chapters move forward in time and the even chapters move backward in time from a given perspective, so that you see the character's story converging from two points. Then at the end it gives you the whammy.
It was definitely challenging to read (and I say that being the kind of guy who can polish off a GRRM book inside of a couple of days) but man, was the end worth it...