{"id":7028,"date":"2025-11-16T08:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T13:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=7028"},"modified":"2025-11-16T08:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T13:55:23","slug":"book-review-house-of-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=7028","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: House of Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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House of Leaves<\/em>, by Mark Z. Danielewski<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever the topic of difficult books spins around the internet, House of Leaves <\/em>usually pops up \u2013 and with good reason. This is a tough book to pin down. On the surface, it\u2019s a horror story about a house that is bigger on the inside than is physically possible. But then there\u2019s the footnotes and end notes and typographical oddities that lead the reader down a\u00a0 \u201cWhat the hell is happening?\u201d rabbit hole. To figure out the plot you will need graph paper, pencils, scissors and access to the Large Hadron Collider.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are clearly two different stories happening in this book, or maybe three, or maybe it\u2019s just one? Or maybe there\u2019s no story and this is just a random collection of words that sometimes makes sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve never read anything like it. Is it good? I think so. Does it make sense? No one knows. But, there\u2019s enough story to follow that even though everything is confusing, reading it can be rewarding. And as challenging as it is, it does get easier as the book progresses, either because your brain gets accustomed to the split narrative, or you have gone insane and none of this is real and\u2026 BOO! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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