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Recently discovered House of Leaves and it is fantastic (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by smokeysalmon@beehaw.org to c/literature@beehaw.org

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I’ve never had a book that I so immediately wanted to dive right back into. If you haven’t heard of it, but like a good mystery (closer to a self-contained ARG than Agatha Christie) or a good 500 page movie review, I could not recommend it more! This weekend I'm planning to do another read-through to catch things I might have missed.

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[–] asread@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I seldom get creeped out by things but there was something about House of Leaves that legitimately got under my skin.

I do understand how some people feel like it’s Foster Wallace levels of self indulgence, but I like that he did something a little weird. Like Maerman mentioned, the full color is great.

I’ve been slowly going through the Familiar, but I worry that it’s too ambitious a project.

[–] smokeysalmon@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

There's something about the experience of reading it that feels like the book could reach out and grab you. Maybe I'll make my own footnotes this time.