TBF I can appreciate what he’s going for. The lack of quotes makes it less like you’re an omniscient being hearing dialogue, more like the narrator’s just repeating what someone said. I’m in the middle of Alan Wake 2 and I can’t help but read the book in Alan’s VA’s voice because the way “Alan” writes is superficially similar.
It also cranks up the impression that you’re stuck on a nonstop violence train that doesn’t really have any rhyme or reason to it. Just a series of events that occur.