Despite all the ways things could go awry, narrative coherence is generally sustained.
Even so, it is a book with far too many sections missing to have any sense of narrative coherence.
To Fisher, the ultimate test of narrative coherence is whether we can count on the characters to act in a reliable manner.
The novel may challenge its own narrative coherence at every turn, but this is countered by the reader's desire to imagine and understand.
But Rudnick's love of a good gag overcomes narrative coherence.
The pulps were usually written in spare language, sometimes without narrative coherence or character development.
But who needs narrative coherence, or even literacy, anyway?
For all its energy and fine acting, "Tycoon" has a frustrating lack of narrative coherence.
Indeed, the cuts seem to have been made with little regard for continuity or narrative coherence in the American version.
This destroys narrative coherence and, for much of the time, makes reading a chore.