2017 Reading Challenge discussion

This may be the only book that takes up two prompts for me, because it was originally my 'started but never finished' novel. I had no idea that this was Danielewski's first novel. This is mainly because I couldn't fathom that a novel of this breadth, scope and creativity was a first novel.

House of Leaves is simply a novel about a house that is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. Danielewski expands the story to include the story of the editor (who is slowly trying to make sense of the house and piece the remnants of the author's work back together).

First and foremost, this novel is a piece of art. It changes the way you read as Danielewski plays with text and layout. Sometimes you are flipping the book upside down to read right to left, top to bottom. Sometimes text is circular. There are blank pages and pages with only 1-5 words on them. This is awesome because the words are acting out what the house is doing in the story. It brings you into the action and you feel the stress and terror that the characters are feeling.