"Do you also criticize Shostakovich because he doesn't write in the style of Beethoven?"
This is a bit more akin to Shostakovich insisting on using some notes that aren't playable on standard-tuned instruments.
"it forces the reader to pay closer attention"
It definitely forced me to pay closer attention, but not to the actual content of the text, but to the underlying grammatical structure. If the author wanted to bifurcate the reader's attention like this, they succeeded.
This is a bit more akin to Shostakovich insisting on using some notes that aren't playable on standard-tuned instruments.
"it forces the reader to pay closer attention"
It definitely forced me to pay closer attention, but not to the actual content of the text, but to the underlying grammatical structure. If the author wanted to bifurcate the reader's attention like this, they succeeded.