/lit/ - Literature

>>23309197
House of Leaves

>>23281281
Layout gimmicks, lots of footnotes, and at least a few nested narrative frames, one of which includes the actual plot.

i don't get it

> ergodic novel
> you have to turn the book around and shit to read it
> some pages have only a word on it therefore cool and modern
bought for 30 eur new
will i be bored or nah? dont read books usually

>pretentious
>"its up to you how you want to interpret it" is the height of lack of creativity
>full of padding
>full of sexual expositions that had no bearing at all to the story
>the whole thing leads nowhere and ends abruptly
>claims to be horror, but is just a rambling stream-of-thought-book
Just finished readning this. The layout in theory would've been amazing as a plot device (a text being at the bottom of the page doesn't count as plot device). If not that, then it would've worked pretty great as an ARG. It could've been interactive in many ways but it fumbled the ball and became a "horrror" written as academic literature.

This worth the read or is it just a meme book?

>>22248904

>>22234938
pic related is the sumo deadlift of /lit/

Wanted to start reading it but want your opinions first.

what in the absolute f** is this book

Is it as continuously shitty and annoying as it seems? I'm only a little way in and the off topic bullshit story about the birds of paradise and the pit boxing felt so fucking insufferable that if there's just more of shit like that then I don't even WANT to read the whole thing.

Holy shit. Is this thing even worth reading?

Are there any other books like House of Leaves, or is this the only book full of Easter eggs?

Took a long break from literature of any kind out of sheer laziness, and figured why not jump back into it with some avant garde art bullshit? It's pretty good so far.

It's the scariest book ever written.

>completely filters the audiobook cuck

Is this actually a good book beyond the gimmick? I really don't want to waste 300 pages before giving up on it.

dude spaces lmao

If you read this book did you like it why or why not??

>>20490640
>reading
House of Leaves
it's been a fun experience to read, but overall it's just slightly better than alright, I think
>planning to read
either Gideon the Ninth or Priory of the Orange Tree, I haven't decided yet
Priory is just one book, but I also want to get started on the locked tomb series before book 3 releases whenever and I read slow as hell

>induces a panic attack in your path

mark z danielewski
>first novel is good
>no one liked the second one
>planned out huge 25 volume book set and only completed 5 because he is a pussy

I've read this book twice and I still don't understand the big secret. What do I have to do to see what you guys see?

is this the gayest book of all time?

is the only point of reading this getting a small amount of exercise while you rotate it?

who cares?

I don't get it