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Natasha Fairweather
I was enjoying this book and I think I'll return to it eventually, but right now I am not in a headspace (or a life-space) to "decode" a book. I need a book I can just read. It was very compelling, and I want to find out what happens with the Navidson side of the story. To be honest though, the only thing I hate more than long drawn-out recountings of dreams are long drawn-out recountings of drug trips, and that's what all the Truant sections felt like.

Maybe when I have more than 20 minutes at
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Jessica
Apr 12, 2011 rated it really liked it
Oh, House of Leaves, where do I begin? Your main story is straight out of a nightmare: What if one day you discovered there were rooms in your house you hadn't known about before, and something inside those rooms might be trying to kill you? However, this story is woven between other tales: There's the academic prose of Zampano, who has written a treatise on a movie about this house, and then there's Johnny Truant, who discovered Zampano's manuscript and formatted it for print by including exten ...more
Kim
Sep 19, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
????? A journey.
Quinn
Mar 19, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Alexis
Apr 25, 2007 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Willow
May 29, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shalini
Sep 16, 2007 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Yasaman
Sep 28, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
bibliogrrl
Jan 23, 2008 rated it it was ok
Ethan
Sep 14, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Michelle
Dec 02, 2008 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Ryan
Apr 06, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Ashley
May 17, 2010 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2011
goodbyewaffles
Sep 26, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites, adult, horror
Josh
Jul 03, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Ashley
Jul 21, 2011 rated it really liked it
Azad
Jan 08, 2012 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Heather
Jan 16, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Carolyn
Apr 05, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Dan
Nov 14, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: horror-to-read
Creatrix Tiara
Aug 07, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: to-sell
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