Whalestoe Letters
by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads author!)
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
13+
The thing here is that I've already reviewed House of Leaves, and this book, almost in its entirety, is included in the appendix of House.
Where I will give this book props, though, is in the additional introduction. There are also several additional letters, but they weren't missed in the House copy, so I didn't really see them as necessary. Interesting, perhaps, but not necessary.
It's a good read and a good story that stands firmly on its own, so I would definitely ...more
Where I will give this book props, though, is in the additional introduction. There are also several additional letters, but they weren't missed in the House copy, so I didn't really see them as necessary. Interesting, perhaps, but not necessary.
It's a good read and a good story that stands firmly on its own, so I would definitely ...more
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Read in March, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone looking for a freaky good time.
Also scattered throughout House of Leaves, these are the letters of Johnny Truant's mother, written from the institution (Whalestone) where she lived, from the day she tried to kill her son to the day she died. The letters are wonderful and strange, drifting in and out of sanity. Johnnt Truant's mother may not know she is insane, she may not remember trying to kill him, but in her way, she loves her son above anything else in the world.
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Read in January, 2007
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House of Leaves fans
A companion piece to House of Leaves, most of the letters in this book actually appeared in the appendix to that book. The new letters added a lot of depth and character development, however, and Danielewski's writing can be strikingly beautiful when he's not trying to be strange for the sake of being strange.
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Danielewski's Whalestoe Letters are almost another appendix to House of Leaves, and are best read in that context. As a standalone, the letters are beautiful, sad, and perplexing- but do not pack the punch that the layers of HoL did. A hard-to-find book, it is worth reading if you are HoL obsessed like me.
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Read in June, 2007
I loved this. A lot of the letters are pulished in House of Leaves, but this had some additional stuff. Kind of depressing, but I tend to read depressing books for whatever reason. I liked the emotion in the letters; very endearing and sad.
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A cash-in for that Danielewski guy...he could've just added them to House of Leaves but...what?...that would have been too much? COME ON!
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This was by far my favorite part of House of Leaves, so it's cool that they excerpted it into a little book of its own.
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Read in January, 2001
recommends it for:
HoL fans
if you couldn't pull your head out of HoL and were especially fond of pelafina's letters, read this book!
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Read in January, 2007
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People who enjoyed HOL
This could easily have been included in House of Leaves. It is an expansion of the letters of Pelafina.
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Read in May, 2008
Great - followed the same line that House of Leaves did. Interesting view into the mentally ill.
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Read in January, 2006
This goes with House of Leaves but really, it's pretty pointless.
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Read in December, 2007
A must have addition to The House Of Leaves
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