A review by a_lovesbooks
The House of Sleep by Jonathan Coe

4.0

A very interesting read. It's one of those novels that actually keeps you enganged while reading (otherwise you definitely you'll definitely miss something) because of all the seemingly separate, yet somehow related incidents, or story lines. To be honest, it took me forever to get into the book because of that. The beginning is so loose in a way, not to mention that you get two different time lines, and I didn't care enough to follow closely. At first. The more I read, the more interesting it got. There are many things that, to me, don't make sense; in the end that's precisely what makes the most sense to me as the whole structure of the novel is reminiscent of sleeping and dreaming (honestly, sleep is like another character here). So, really, this whole thing is like a dream.