A review by tiemzahra
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
This book is unique. It’s an ergodic fiction, meaning it uses unusual methods to tell stories. The main plot of House of Leaves is of a fictional documentary of a family who just moved to a house that is larger on the inside than the outside. The book read like a journal complete with references, both real and fictional. These are just a few examples. Some are written upside down, one page contains only 1 word (shame), and this book has an appendix and an index! Yet, it’s a work of fiction.

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.
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