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house of leaves Wed Sep 29 01:30:22 2021 No.19138745 [Reply] [Original]

wtf did I just read?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 29 01:32:39 2021 No.19138759 >>19138745 A book

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 29 01:32:55 2021 No.19138760 >>19138745 a book by someone who read Nabokov and appreciates manliness

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 29 01:51:13 2021 No.19138817 >>19138745 Did you like it? What did you like or dislike about it? >>19138759 Did he like it? >>19138760 What did you like about it

Anonymous Wed Sep 29 02:41:18 2021 No.19138970

>>19138817
I found the first few chapters genuinely unsettling and even had trouble sleeping one night after a lengthy reading session. Johnny's snide remarks had me laughing out loud at times. I really liked the interplay between Zampano and Johnny -- his digressions allow you to take little breaks from the main story without really leaving it. The third editorial "layer" I found mostly unnecessary. About two thirds through I thought the book started to lose focus, as if the author had too many lenses he wanted to view The Navidson Record through and just tacked them all on at the end. The topology of the house and the relationship between Navi and Karen is well understood by this point and nothing new is added. I also felt cheated that I spent time decoding Johnny's mum's acrostic letter in the citations/references section without getting any juicy info. Overall I liked it and would recommend.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 29 04:08:16 2021 No.19139187 >>19138745 House Of Leaves

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 29 04:09:18 2021 No.19139192 >>19138970 Thanks anon

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 29 04:10:22 2021 No.19139197 >>19138760 Nabokov would despise this work, pseud he'd hardly consider it literature

Anonymous Wed Sep 29 05:04:55 2021 No.19139328

>>19138970
>I also felt cheated that I spent time decoding Johnny's mum's acrostic letter in the citations/references section without getting any juicy info
There's also a bunch messages in the main text of the book that open up some fun interpretations for the book as a whole
If you liked it you should try listening the companion album

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 29 07:22:52 2021 No.19139739 >>19139197 you have to not have read either this or pale fire to disagree. dunno what youre calling him a pseud for

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 29 07:47:42 2021 No.19139832 >>19138745 Are you me? I finished this last night. I liked it.

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