false 40152 5 Mark Danielewski's first novel House of Leaves is a cult-favorite--experimental horror fiction in a gorgeous (and newly remastered) full-color package. His new book Only Revolutions takes the experiment 10 steps further in a story about teenage lovers Hailey and Sam: the book is printed on two sides--one side tells the story from Hailey's point of view, flip it over and you get Sam's side (literally). We caught a glimpse inside the mind-bending new novel 892647 12 9 2006 Only Revolutions: A Novel total:866|5:158|4:190|3:211|2:167|1:140| 866 2657 1984 195 1 12 false false Wed Aug 08 07:21:31 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 12:51:04 -0700 2007
The summaries and reviews I read before getting the book had all focused on how it's the same story about two people told from each of their perspectives. The...more...]]> 1 14 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 11:11:41 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 16:00:37 -0800 2009 House of Leaves, which was quite a bit, I felt an equal amount of dislike for this one. For me this book embodies a word I have recently seen thrown around Goodreads: Gimmicky. It was gimmicky with a capital G. Gimmicky with all caps. GIMMICKY. ...more...]]> 2 5 false false Fri Jan 25 08:29:46 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 09:14:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 6 false false Thu Jun 28 19:15:36 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 21 15:08:49 -0700 2009 0 3 false false Tue Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 20 10:20:48 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 10:17:28 -0800 2009
Here's my longer review of it:


Writing by Numbers:
Mark Danielewski’s Only Revolutions

The a...more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 17:50:16 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 14:19:08 -0800 2008 Finnegan's Wake and fall in love with the perverse but precise architecture of that book and figure, "shit, I can do that."

Well, they can't.

I positively adore Danielewski's House of Leaves equally for its compelling structure and the ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 12:19:58 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 07:38:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jun 15 14:50:02 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 21:35:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Feb 21 12:40:56 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 13:11:42 -0800 2007
but

I just didn't like it. I mean, I get the concept. I get the form...more...]]> 1 4 false false Fri Apr 25 09:49:30 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 09:53:35 -0700 2008
I really wanted to like Only Revolutions. I thought the...more...]]> 1 4 false false Wed Mar 21 16:10:39 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 21 19:26:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 17 09:31:41 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 08 12:31:30 -0800 2009 House of Leaves, my expectations were high for Only Revolutions. Unfortunately, I was severely disappointed.

The book is about two young lovers, Sam and Hailey, who each tell their own side of the story (you flip the book upside down to switch between their...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 03 00:26:48 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 16 12:10:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 13 06:20:15 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 20 08:46:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 08 19:46:57 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 12:16:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 21:58:11 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 16:44:08 -0800 2007
I loved Danielewski's use of two voices to tell a story. His understand...more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 14:56:57 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 14:58:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:49:58 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:49:58 -0800 2009 Critics heap praise on Only Revolutions, Mark Danielewski's second novel and a tour de force of writing that challenges readers' assumptions about storytelling. Reviewers similarly lauded the author's initial effort, House of Leaves (2000), which also questioned notions of traditional narrative. The...

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