House of Leaves

House of Leaves

1999 • 709 pages

Ratings316

Average rating4.1

15

The book was intriguing, but ultimately was too complicated to deal with... The plethora of subtitles, Latin sidebars, and sideways text was a little too much. Not to mention the book was physically heavy and clumsy (even in paperback) to the point of being uncomfortable to support in my supine position (I do most of my reading on the way to sleep).

The musician Poe put out a CD called Haunted that takes it's inspiration from the book. It was interesting to listen to the CD after reading a bit of the book.

In the end, I'll keep the CD, but the book will remain unfinished.

January 24, 2009