Septology...I assume the writing style is not a gimmick since it has received overwhelming praise. Does the style end up working?

I'm about 50 pages in and it's a cool book so far but the style is putting me off a bit. I know that's Fosse's whole thing, but I'm wondering if anyone else felt the same way but persevered and ended up loving it. Just like the constant "and I think I see them sitting there, I think, they are sitting, and I think they are saying nothing, sitting there, I think, just the two of them, and they are saying nothing as they sit there, and I think that between them they say nothing" yada yada...I would like to keep going though. What'd you think of the book??