HOUSE OF LEAVES - SIMPLY GENIUS
Written: Apr 27 '06
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Pros: words cannot describe how amazing this book is
Cons: none at all, other than its impossible to put this book down
The Bottom Line: You owe it to yourself to read this book once before you die!
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| adriane972's Full Review: Mark Z. Danielewski and Zampano - House of Leaves |
I did this review on ebay a long time ago, but decided to share it here on Epinions. Please note I have corrected some spelling, and have added some more thoughts.
Amazing book. It changes the way you read novels, and does to closets what "psycho" did to showers. A great read. Everyone should experience House of Leaves. I wished they
would make it into a movie someday!
Basic Story:
A party animal, drug using, tattoo artist finds a novel written by a blind man that died. He types it up to publish and gives the blind man the credit for it. The novel is about a man whos house is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. A closet appears from nowhere and it leads into a vast void dark place that appears to be a mansion within the house. It has stairwells that groan, a spiral staircase that goes down forever, long winding hallways with hundreds of empty rooms, and its all pitch black. They make several trips in there to explore it, and get lost for days at a time.
The books jumps back and forth between the man typing the novel and the novel story itself. The man typing the novel ultimately goes insane throughout the corse to re-writing the novel.
There are end notes, pages printed backwards (need a mirror to read), some parts with one or two words per page, pages with print in sprial form. even the end notes have end notes. Some end notes are 2-10 pages long, they reveal more of the story, so dont skip them! All of the words "house" are printed in blue text.
There are even letters from the novelists' mother (who's in the nutt house-so to speak) in which the letter can be de-coded. You will find the clues for which letter it is, how to decode it, and which page it is on. The decoded message is truely disturbing. I will not give it away, but if you are curious, by all means, let me know.
This is a truely a one of a kind book! Anyone who is a fan of the song by "Poe" called "Hey Pretty" will appreciate the book especially on page 88, where the spoken words of her song are printed. Mark Danieleski is Poe's brother! The book he wrote inspired her song! ... Kyrie suggested we go for a drive in her new 2 door BMW coupe...... we slipped into her bucket seats and she took over from there....
I highly suggest this book to anyone over the age of 18. Contains adult language and a lot of adult content. But like I said, its a great book, and well worth the money!
Recommended:
Yes
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