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House of Leaves: The Remastered, Full-Color Edition by Mark Z. Danielewski
84 reviews
dogfishpoem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual content
Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Eating disorder
Minor: Rape
tiemzahra's review against another edition
Was it creepy? Yes. Turns out this book has a cult. Will I reread this? 100% no. In fact, I’m not going to touch another ergodic fiction for at least one whole year. This is a lot of work, you literally have to hunt for the story. This isn’t for everyone, & definitely not for me.
Graphic: Forced institutionalization
jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Confinement, and Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Murder, and Sexual content
Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Cursing, and Death of parent
rhizome's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Confinement
Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Rape
alylentz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Minor: Ableism, Sexism, and Misogyny
lauraorourke's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
House of Leaves can only be read in physical book form. That's because the experience of reading this book is SO physical. You aren't just given a story of a house of horror. The act of reading the book itself will take you into the house, slowing you down, speeding you up, getting you lost, making you dizzy. It is that which makes this reading experience so unique, and so exciting.
House of Leaves is a multi-layered experience. In the centre is a house and a family living in that house. They discover that the inside of the house seems to be larger than the measurements on the outside. The experience of living in, and exploring that house was turned into a film, which another man spends his life trying to understand. He compiles everything he can about this film and this family, all the academic and media mentions. When he dies, a third man discovers his work, which is in fragments in an old trunk. He begins making sense of all the pieces, and putting it together, giving it order. However, regardless of the degree of separation, it seems like everyone is being haunted by this house.
My library book copy is full of post-it annotations. I found myself entirely enthralled by this book, the way it made me think and feel and reflect and fall into the house. This book is not for everybody, but I hope it's for you. Because it's nothing like other books.
(At the moment I'm rating this 4 stars. I feel like the story is 3 stars and the way the book is written is 5 stars. But I know that even the slow parts of the story (not all of it is slow!) has a purpose, and I may eventually bring this book up to a 5 star read. I have to see how long I nerd out over it, I suppose.)
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, and Murder
Minor: Cancer and Vomit
jerusha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Confinement, Blood, Addiction, and Bullying
Moderate: Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Child abuse
Minor: Ableism, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Medical content, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Child death, and Cancer
gingerkathrynreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I was really gripped by the story of the Navidson Record, and couldn't get enough of those sections of the novel, but was frequently and repeatedly irritated by the lengthy interruptions from footnotes, in particular those from Johnny Truant. At times it felt like I was reading two completely separate stories, and personally I didn't get much at all from Johnny's, as it was too graphically violent and uncomfortably sexual (I had to start skipping huge sections).
However - I know I'm going to enjoy reading other peoples' thoughts and theories online (which ultimately feels like the aim of this book, over providing us solid answers) and I enjoyed it's experimentation with genre, medium and the sheer feat of Danielewski having written this book. I wish I had studied this in a literature class, because I felt like that's what it needed for me to get all I could out of it!
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual assault
kukushka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
otherworlds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I highly recommend it! That being said, please heed the trigger warnings and take care of yourself while reading this book. It's very graphic and upsetting at times, especially if you're already prone to derealization or paranoia.
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, Islamophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Incest, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Blood and Suicide
Minor: Animal death
Unreality and paranoia. May be triggering for psychotic/dissociative readers.