House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I think I really wanted to like this more than I did, so I wind up making more excuses for it than I probably would have, otherwise.

What's good? If you call it good? The feel of a labyrinthine mind trying to lay that string to work its way back out again, both literal and figuratively, both mirroring each other in the text itself. Indeed, I got the very distinct impression of a Borges literary romp. I LOVE the idea of it.

In actuality, I found myself wishing I was doing something else the entire time. Sure, the horror bits, whenever they came back around in their dry, existential horror of banal I-hate-humanity documents displaying all that's worst, was properly horrific. Sure, the maze drove me crazy.

But honestly? I didn't feel anything for the PoVs. And that's a death sentence.

It's very smart. Yes. It's also a bit insufferable. Sadly.

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