What is the author's style in The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing?

Lessing tells the story in a very conversational tone, which makes it very enjoyable to read and to understand. The novel is broken up about fifty percent dialogue and fifty percent exposition. The majority of the exposition is made up of Anna's writing in her notebooks, a form of dialogue with herself. Also during the descriptive passages included in the novel, note Lessing's ability to describe a place or an object so that the reader can almost feel or smell what she is describing.

Although the novel Free Women could stand alone as an independent work, it is important to the meaning of the novel that Anna's notebooks also be included. The writings in these notebooks give Anna's own personal perspective on what is happening in her life and how she feels about what is going on around her.