House of leaves is a visual experience! While reading you literally risk to get lost inside his labyrinth of word and columns. I mean seriously
„ I can say that the house in The Navidson Record is bigger on the inside than on the outside“
I recently told a friend about it having read it back when it came out. I've since lost my copy, but said friend arrived with one a few weeks ago as a gift. I'm looking forward to diving back into the insanity of it again. It's a page turner, and twister, and rotator.
It seems like this reviewer disliked what I absolutely love about it! The format is what got me interested in reading it at first and made it an experience uniquely tied to the medium of books
By FAR, the best reading experience I've ever had. This book is absolutely incredible. Nothing has ever even come close to HoL for me.
I read it a long time ago. The format is interesting, novel certainly. I suppose it's the selling point, over the prose.
To me it seemed like there were many competing "ways" to read it as well. Like a maze, you can go different paths. Do you read it front to back? Niggle through the citations? Thread back through the holes? It's not often you get a book that has this much re-read value.
Total unrelated note, anyone played "My House" the Doom mod. It's pretty fun
I saw a walk through on YouTube. Very similar vibes.
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