The goal of truncating the sentences in that way was precisely to increase the suspense a bit, but I believe I miserably failed, making it just less readable.
Worse, the formatting failed. Lines are breaking before the sentence is over, leading to two words in the next line, then a new line. (Linux, Chrome)
Just because they didn't see your vision doesn't mean it wasn't good. You clearly had an intent with it.
For my anecdote, it worked for me and I didn't even notice the spacing until they pointed it out.
Not OP: for what it's worth I understood your intent, and it didn't bother me