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angus_mckeogh's review against another edition
4.0
Finally. Much more along the lines of House of Leaves as opposed to Only Revolutions or any of the other more recent garbage that's come out from Danielewski. A big improvement. (As an aside - impossible to read on Kindle due to all the strange typesetting and fonts)
sentetia's review against another edition
1.0
DNF @page 182
I see what Danielewski is trying to do, but it isn't working and he's boring me to death in the progress.
House of Leaves was a masterpiece. This one isn't in the slightest.
I see what Danielewski is trying to do, but it isn't working and he's boring me to death in the progress.
House of Leaves was a masterpiece. This one isn't in the slightest.
lmrising's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
rebekahy's review against another edition
1.0
I tried. Really tried. But I just couldn't get past page 300 and there was another 500 to go!!! Was just too hard going and I didn't get it.
thealexarachelle's review against another edition
3.0
I took a really long time to read this. Put it down, picked it up, put it down for a long time, then picked it up recently. It’s fine. I think I need to read the next one to see where it’s going really. I honestly picked up this series thinking I can read House of Leaves after this. I still want to, but I don’t know if I will finish this series.
tarrowood's review against another edition
3.0
This was fun and wild throughout with all the different perspectives and meta-narrative, however, it feels like too much? Like Danielewski wanted to be edgy/crazy to one-up his first novel? Also knowing the fact that this was created to be this giant series that will only really have one season feels unfinished to me. Probably won’t read the second in the “season” unless I have a huge opportunity arise. Worth the read to at least try it out, though
grayjay's review against another edition
2.0
This was so bizarre. An 800-page novel about a girl finding a cat in the rain, padded up with distracting typography, and unrelated narratives. Considering he plans to write dozens of these, I suppose the narratives might meet up later. I don't know that this was worth my time and labour.
dooo's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
eiron's review against another edition
4.0
A bit of summer downtime and I had the opportunity to really absorb the book, as intended. Really thrilled by every page - managing to stay captivating across its 800-odd pages and promising much of future volumes. It remains to be seem how Danielewski will keep up the pace, but if anybody can write a 27-volume novel and not have it go stale, then he would be our best hope. Very much looking forward to volume 2.
miawilson's review against another edition
2.0
This book was difficult to enjoy. I really wanted to mostly because House of Leaves changed my life; however, the drawn out story line coupled with the fact that Danielweski planned 26 more books to follow this felt sensationalist rather than storytelling.
Told in alternating perspectives by people not yet connected by any apparent thread, the only story that stands out is the young girl’s, Xanther. Even though this narrative takes up the most real estate in the 883 page novel, nothing of much consequence actually happens. As a result, the side stories are little more than filler. Somewhat disappointing and apparently only 4 follow up novels exist and the remaining 21 have not found a publisher. Probably due to the printing costs of all those glossy, colorful, meaningless pages.
Told in alternating perspectives by people not yet connected by any apparent thread, the only story that stands out is the young girl’s, Xanther. Even though this narrative takes up the most real estate in the 883 page novel, nothing of much consequence actually happens. As a result, the side stories are little more than filler. Somewhat disappointing and apparently only 4 follow up novels exist and the remaining 21 have not found a publisher. Probably due to the printing costs of all those glossy, colorful, meaningless pages.