The meaning of a sentence

Question

Please tell me about the meaning of this sentence:

Lydia tries her best not to consider the many words that will never come out of her mouth now, the sudden monster void of words she will never get to say.

Thank you so much

Answer 1

I'd want to rewrite the sentence to make it shorter and simpler--and easier to understand. Here's my stab at it:

"Lydia tries not to think about the words she can never say."

Because I left out the original's monsters and voids, my version is less dramatic. But those figurative phrases don't work for me. What's a "sudden monster"? And a "void" is an absence, which doesn't fit the picture of a person burdened with the words she can't say.