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

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book really messes with the structure of a novel and is truly unlike anything else I have ever read. It can definitely drag sometimes, but the sheer depth of the book more than makes it for it to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail