House of Leaves

I didn't really like this book but, ultimately, I'm glad I read it. I don't think I can live in a world with the amount of digital ink spilled about this book and not have read it. What I do like about this book is the larger-than-life mythos that surrounds it. It almost seems as though all the “this book is life-changing”, “I can't look at things the same way ever again” type of reviews are less about the actual experience of reading the book and more about joining the ranks of those initiated into the strange shared universe of this book and it's cult following. Having read it I'm enjoying cursing around the web carving lines down House Of Leaves reviews and subreddits. The phenomenon surrounding this book is remarkable. While I give it one star as a book I'd give it three or four stars as a shared experience. I'm excited to listen to the Poe album “Haunted” which apparently serves as a companion piece.