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Nov 10, 2020
mark monday
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it was ok
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1 part fascinating, 9 parts unbearable.
I may come back to this one day, if only to reread the parts that specifically describe the bizarre occurrences in this house/labyrinth/abyss. I think those parts were pretty good? Maybe? Happy to skip revisiting the gimmicky (and often laughably written) footnotes/digressions/analyses, and especially to skip the trash story of maudlin Johnny Truant - the latter of which, sadly, is both the heart and much of the body of the novel. I guess I'm more into its ...more
I may come back to this one day, if only to reread the parts that specifically describe the bizarre occurrences in this house/labyrinth/abyss. I think those parts were pretty good? Maybe? Happy to skip revisiting the gimmicky (and often laughably written) footnotes/digressions/analyses, and especially to skip the trash story of maudlin Johnny Truant - the latter of which, sadly, is both the heart and much of the body of the novel. I guess I'm more into its ...more
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Colour me unimpressed. Another author who self-consciously tries so dang hard to make his readers think he's brilliant and insightful, but mistakes media for messages and content for substance. I'm giving it an extra star in large part because the author did at least attempt something incredibly ambitious.
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The gimmickiness annoyed me and at times physically hurt me (not a metaphor; I have physical difficulties with print books, especially trade paperbacks, even when I'm not called upon to turn them sideways or upside down) but everything else was interesting enough to make me put up with this, and I'll likely do it again fairly soon, because of course now I have Theories.
I didn't find it scary so much as sad and pitiful. YMMV. ...more
I didn't find it scary so much as sad and pitiful. YMMV. ...more

Nov 04, 2018
Antonio Gallo
rated it
really liked it
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in-inglese,
psycho,
mente,
mistero,
bibliomania,
nonsense,
immaginazione,
horror,
letteratura-ergodica
La recensione che segue non l'ho scritta io, la riporto da Amazon ed è firmata "William". Posseggo questo libro da diversi anni ma non avevo avuto il tempo di leggerlo. Più di settecento pagine, edizione in inglese, un libro che per me rimane un "puzzle". Bisogna averlo tra le mani, sfogliarlo, vedere queste pagine stampate in maniera imprevedibile, sottosopra, alla rovescia, trasversale, insomma secondo lo stile della "letteratura ergodica", (non sapete cosa è?, e allora informatevi prima). "Wi
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A dazzling mix of metafiction, existential and visceral horror, strong engrossing storytelling, and genuine heartbreak. A family discovers a labyrinth of darkness impossibly nested (and changing) within the walls of their house, the tragic exploration of which is filmed in a documentary, said documentary described and annotated with academic and pop culture commentary. But that's all within a fictional book, The Navidson Record, written by the deceased and erudite recluse Zampano, whose abandone
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Oct 08, 2013
Nandakishore Mridula
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