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House of Leaves
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Haunting, funny, mindboggling; House of Leaves is a masterpiece in so many ways, it'll leave you reeling.…more

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Kaila
Younger me might have been blown away by this. Current me got bored at the faux-literary smugness of it all. I usually don't enjoy "concept novels," and this was conceptual to an extreme. I did enjoy telling people about it - how the physical words mirror what is happening in the story. That part was kind of fun. But the "mystery" behind it all...well, I couldn't care. I'm not going to spend time studying this book, though I did Google one thing. My question was not answered. Instead, I went dow ...more
Carl Ingebretsen
Apr 05, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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There is nothing else out there like this book. It can, and will, fuel endless discussions, a whole lot of theories, and it will never, ever leave you. It may take you a long time to get through, but in the end it is very, very worth it, because you will never, ever forget it, nor find a book like this one. Truly unique, deeply disturbing, extremely creepy and very sweet. You will never look at books, nor houses, the same way again.
Kerry
Mar 21, 2009 rated it it was amazing
This book was just really good. The way the unreliable narrator obviously affected the book and text really helped make this book even more interesting.
Jason
Jan 24, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Jason Long
Jun 23, 2008 rated it liked it
Phillip Brooks
Dec 07, 2008 rated it did not like it
Nicole
Mar 04, 2009 rated it did not like it
Rebekah
Aug 04, 2009 rated it did not like it
Tobey
Jan 25, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Fábio
Apr 14, 2010 marked it as to-read
Annie Kitchen
May 10, 2010 rated it really liked it
Aaron
Jan 30, 2011 rated it really liked it
Josh Fish
Mar 15, 2011 rated it really liked it
Peter
Jun 04, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Pamela Smith
Jun 23, 2012 marked it as to-read
Mary
Aug 22, 2012 marked it as to-read
Ryan
Aug 23, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Kevin Xu
Sep 10, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Petrus
Oct 03, 2012 rated it liked it
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Patrick
Nov 17, 2012 marked it as to-read
Chris
Feb 23, 2019 rated it it was ok
Brian
Dec 28, 2012 marked it as to-read
Karlo
Jan 04, 2013 rated it did not like it
tobes
Aug 26, 2013 marked it as start-again-later
Tipper
Sep 06, 2013 marked it as to-read
Ryan
Sep 23, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Hara
Dec 27, 2013 marked it as to-read
Dave
Feb 28, 2014 marked it as to-read
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