House of Leaves in Overdue Podcast

Oct 29, 2018 Jason rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own

This review, currently a blank, or is it just the all consuming darkness?

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So much going on here, though the question remains is the whole as great as the sum of it's parts - I thin ...more

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Jul 20, 2016 David rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-books, favorite-covers

Do the words meta, post-modern, or experimental make you cringe when used to describe books? Then turn back now. I feel the need to say that up front because many people seem to go into this book expecting a horror novel and wind up wasting their money. Just take a look at the genres that goodreads lists this as. Horror, fiction, fantasy, and mystery. With inapt labels like that, it's easy to see how people could get the wrong idea.

This is not a horror novel, nor is it a mystery novel or a fant ...more

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Sep 18, 2017 Camille24 (camilleisreading) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: set-in-virginia, new-weird, horror, haunted-houses

This book was a total mindfuck. 😬

I may have fallen asleep with the lights on one night until my boyfriend came to bed, turned them off and didn't understand why I was so freaked out. Because he is smart and did not read this book right before bed.

Although this book has been described as horror, it read to me more like a satire of an academic paper. Of course it was still very scary at times, particularly during the various explorationsof the house. But there were also long passages which, with ...more

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