I think that's the point too, you know? His writing style acts as a literary device in and of itself. It's not always like that, but when it's like that I feel it helps drive home the scene.

And I say that while I agree 100% that it's hard to read.

The road felt like a stream of consciousness to me. It flowed so well that I tore through it in 2 days because I just couldn't stop reading lol. I'd love to be* that immersed in a book again but nothing else I've read has come close