House of Leaves

[Roland Taxt]

Hey, people. I've seen this book on Amazon.com and it sounded very interesting and looked like the kind of book I could enjoy. Has anyone here read and if so, can you recommend it to me?

[divinebrown]

I actually just bought this the other day. I'm about one hundred twenty pages in and it is fairly fascinating. It is very text heavy and I find some parts somewhat boring and others riveting in a horrific way.

My friend who recommended to me claims when he bought it, the cashier urged him to "be careful." I myself have not been able to put it down and it is amazing in its use of the novel format.

[Trey]

Its awesome.

[Graham Vingoe]

a really,really good book- if you're going to do a book about haunted houses, then this is the way to do it

[Jade_GL]

I loved it. It' very interesting, but I found some parts were much more enjoyable than others. That could just be personal taste though.

Anyway, I loved the book a ton.

[Fatguy]

Oh man, this book is my white whale! I cant seem to defeat it. I have owned it for years now, and have tried to read it many times, but end up just confused :(

First off, the premise is just awesome. Second, there are parts that I have read that are just incredibly creepy, I love haunted house stories. But the structure of the book throws me everytime! It jumps around a bit, in perspective, and there are paragraphs within paragraphs. I just cant wrap my head around it at times.

I so badly want to read and love this book, it sits on my book shelf and taunts me. I kid you not, YEARS.

[divinebrown]

Just finished this. What a crazy book! Some of it was challenging (mostly the scientific parts; I honestly do not care how echoes work), and others left me terrified to turn around in fear of something stalking me.




(possible spoilers)



I thought the ending for the Navidsons' was wonderful and I like that there are no straight answers. The story is made more terrifying this way; like Hitchcock's "The Birds." But for the others who have read "House of Leaves," what do you think Johnny Truant's end is, particularly the bit with dying baby at the end.

[Stony]

Loved it.

Except for the Narrator's story. He was lame.