A review by bibliovermis
Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer

2.0

When you get past the gimmicky cut-out pages, this book is basically a book of poetry. I find the concept of producing a work from the words in another work interesting, and I'm certain the poetry produced is fine. However, the execution of the book, with its die cut pages, makes the actual process of reading the book nigh impossible. Each page had to be lifted away from those behind it and inspected for content.

Many people found this process to be a fascinating part of the book experience. I just found it really, really annoying. For me, it made it even harder to keep track of what was going on.