BOOK: House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves. Wow. I must hugely thank my flist for brining this book to my attention. Even with the scariness and everything I am so very glad I read this book.
Favourite bits: The doors.
shutting
one
after
another
after
another.
The page layouts actually worked, and worked so well too. The bit towards the end when he's in the tunnel that gets smaller and smaller was good too.
Also, the part about burning the book to read it... I half expected the last page to burst into flames as I read it, or to be half missing or something.
And the very end... I looked over the credits thinking, oh that's just the normal non-book bit. And then it said 'and thanks to Some Person for a copy of 'Exploration #4.' Erm, meep! It's not real! Don't do that.
Oh and also the part where he hears the band singing about the '5 and a half minute hallway.' And his mother talking about living in a dark hallway. I'm not convinced that Zampano isn't a figument of Johny's imagination and he wrote the whole thing.
I think I will probably reread it soon. And make everyone else read it too.
ETA: The writing was brilliant and several sections and phrases stood out. But I really remember "small flakes leisurely kissing away tiny bits of meaning." (I think that was what it was.) For some reason that gave me shivers. The image of it, bits of ash floating down from some unknown place, burning, but burning is too harsh a word, kissing is much better and all those bits of words disappearing forever.
Favourite bits: The doors.
shutting
one
after
another
after
another.
The page layouts actually worked, and worked so well too. The bit towards the end when he's in the tunnel that gets smaller and smaller was good too.
Also, the part about burning the book to read it... I half expected the last page to burst into flames as I read it, or to be half missing or something.
And the very end... I looked over the credits thinking, oh that's just the normal non-book bit. And then it said 'and thanks to Some Person for a copy of 'Exploration #4.' Erm, meep! It's not real! Don't do that.
Oh and also the part where he hears the band singing about the '5 and a half minute hallway.' And his mother talking about living in a dark hallway. I'm not convinced that Zampano isn't a figument of Johny's imagination and he wrote the whole thing.
I think I will probably reread it soon. And make everyone else read it too.
ETA: The writing was brilliant and several sections and phrases stood out. But I really remember "small flakes leisurely kissing away tiny bits of meaning." (I think that was what it was.) For some reason that gave me shivers. The image of it, bits of ash floating down from some unknown place, burning, but burning is too harsh a word, kissing is much better and all those bits of words disappearing forever.