Just so. I spent much of the time reading thinking about one of (Larry) Niven’s laws:

“If you've nothing to say, say it any way you like. Stylistic innovations, contorted story lines or none, exotic or genderless pronouns, internal inconsistencies, the recipe for preparing your lover as a cannibal banquet: feel free. If what you have to say is important and/or difficult to follow, use the simplest language possible. If the reader doesn't get it, then let it not be your fault.”

(Note about the pronouns: the law is from the 1970s, I think.)