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A review by faithkol
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
About a house that is bigger on the inside then the outside. This book can be very confusing. Basically, the Navidson record is a documentary about the Navidson Family who lived in the house that’s larger on the inside, and a man named Zampano wrote a manuscript analyzing the film. After Zampano died, Johnny Truant finds the manuscript and notes and falls down an obsession with it that drives him crazy.
This story had so much potential, but Johnny Truant was quite inappropriate and disgusting. And the whole book overall was extremely hard to read and confusing. The Navidson family/Navidson records was actually very interesting because of their strange house, but majority of the story didn’t talk about them and was more scientific and boring. I would not read this story again because it was too long for what actually happened in it.
This story had so much potential, but Johnny Truant was quite inappropriate and disgusting. And the whole book overall was extremely hard to read and confusing. The Navidson family/Navidson records was actually very interesting because of their strange house, but majority of the story didn’t talk about them and was more scientific and boring. I would not read this story again because it was too long for what actually happened in it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content