Please, check this sentence

[irmamar]

Would you mind checking this sentence, please? Thanks in advance.

[Talking about them] ...to whom an abrupt turning point forces them to seek...

[Rusty]

There's nothing wrong with the fragment.

[irmamar]

Thank you, Rusty.

[pjt33]

That's not a sentence. If you gave us the full sentence, it might be that "...whom an abrupt turning point forces to seek..." is better.

[irmamar]

OK.

His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, to whom an abrupt turning point forces them to seek comfort...

[poli]

Originally Posted by irmamar

OK.

His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, to whom an abrupt turning point forces them to seek comfort...

I would write it this way: His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, and seek comfort when faced with life's abrupt turning points

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by irmamar

OK.

His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, to whom an abrupt turning point forces them to seek comfort...

There isn't an indirect object; the direct object doesn't take "to". And English doesn't usually* double up a pronoun and a noun. So the grammatical sentence with the fewest changes would be:

His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, whom an abrupt turning point forces to seek comfort...

However, I think this would be more natural with the passive voice:

His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, who are forced by an abrupt turning point to seek comfort...



* I'm sure someone has a counter-example!