Members Ryan. Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 A while back there was a book thread. And someone recommended House of Leaves. I've tried. But I can't get through it. {censored} is aggravating. Just don't have the patience. Can someone explain to me what happens so I don't have to continue it? Anyone? Hello... ello... llo... lo... o.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted June 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 also I just noticed my custom title. well played, phil. well played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 We have discussed this. I am in the same boat. There is good story in there but too much jumping around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9520575 Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 I love this book. Its a love story... Finish it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Folky_Grunge Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 I feel the same way you guys did. My sister kept on telling me how amazing (and scary) the book was. I kept waiting for it to get good, and nine hundred pages later (yes, I read the whole thing*), it never happened. Every time the book started to get interesting, it would go into more pointless bullcrap. There's just too much filler and stuff that doesn't matter; maybe if the book concentrated on the house stuff and was a few hundred pages shorter it would be good. *While defending the book, my sister told me that I wasn't supposed to read the whole thing - what the hell is up with that? Of course I skipped over the long lists of stuff, but I think "you're supposed to skip half the book" is a pretty poor defense of something. If that stuff isn't supposed to be read, it shouldn't be in the book. I know that it's supposed to mess with your head, but it didn't work on me, all it did is make me not like the book. As for what happens... Tom almost dies, but his wife saves him and the family leaves the house and become stronger and happier. Johnny (who might not exist) goes in search of his mother (I think; I don't remember a lot of his story because it was so pointless). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jgyn Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 I liked this book also. I'm going to read it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 you might want to put that in a spoiler tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members .homewrecker. Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 You have to approach the book in a different way you would other books, it's as much a "concrete" piece as it is a piece of literature. Think of it as 3 novels wrapped up in one cover almost. Also the book represents the house... And no point in giving a synopsis since the journey is more important than the destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted June 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 I really did try. Just couldn't make my way through it. I thought everyone was gonna die, because I read some piece in one of the pictures in the book that talked about one of the walls chopping one of the kids in half. I dunno, maybe one day I'll get back to it, but its just been so frustrating that I have to take a break and read other books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pewtershmit Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 this one time I read a book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 Still my favorite book, ever. I've read it four times . You literally can't summarize that book, and I dig that. It is indeed very time consuming though, each time I read it, it took me almost 2 months on each pass. I'm about to start Only Revolutions (by the same author) today, I'm hoping it's as good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members N.O'Bier Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 Keep reading, it's a fascinating book. the way the great hall and staircase was described gave me a sense of agoraphobia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A.P. Ryder Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 I feel the same way about "Finnegans Wake." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mitre Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 I'm about to start Only Revolutions (by the same author) today, I'm hoping it's as good I really liked House of Leaves. Only Revolutions was awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hiwatt Bob Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 "House of Leaves" sounds like the name of some atrocious {censored}ing indie/ambient band. from canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members driverhasabomb Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 I really didn't get into all the extraneous {censored} in the book. I just skipped all the pages with sideways writing and stuff like that. I would have liked it better if it had just been the story of the house without the "story within a story" gimmick but I guess then it would just be a Stephan King book. I give this book 2 out of 5 stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gunner Recall Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 It's sorta niche...you have to be into that metafiction style stuff...borges, wallace, pynchon, eco, barth blahblahblah I enjoyed it, some parts were truly terrifying.I also enjoyed the concept of the unreliable narrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members .homewrecker. Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 I really liked House of Leaves. Only Revolutions was awful. This. The concept is cool but the execution isn't as great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 It's sorta niche...you have to be into that metafiction style stuff...borges, wallace, pynchon, eco, barth blahblahblahI enjoyed it, some parts were truly terrifying.I also enjoyed the concept of the unreliable narrator. Yep, the whole thing is a bit esoteric, so it gets a lot of flak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 100 dollar cars Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 he uses a lot of gimmicks which almost overpower the story itself, but i think the difficulty in reading it magnifies the struggles in the relationships between the characters. i read half of it in one night, spun. it creeped me the {censored} out. i guess Poe wrote an album that is based on this book. danielewski and Poe are brother and sister. -unreliable narrator is exactly right. it was probably a pretty costly book to publish with the font changes/color schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danox3 Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 I found House of Leaves to be the most intriguing book I have ever read, especially the Wahlestoe Letters. The utter paranoia, the depths of the houses despair, and the manuscripts effect on Johnny, just brilliant. And the myriad of hidden affects, my fav being The endpapers of the US hardcover edition of the novel contain hexadecimal characters, which are actually an AIFF audio file of an excerpt from Poe's track "Angry Johnny" when saved as a file in a hex editor.[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted June 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 You know... we should do a book mystery tour box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheWaker43 Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 I really enjoyed that book. It's one of the few books that really creeped me out. I had just moved to Virginia and was living in a 150 year old house 600 miles from anyone else I knew so that might have added to the effect. And the POE albums add to the experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spoonie g Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 The guy's a good writer and truly added something to the horror genre, buy it is a bit tedious of a read if you're employed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JMR Posted June 1, 2011 Members Share Posted June 1, 2011 good, very weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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