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20137889 No.20137889 [Reply] [Original]

I get it, I’m the Minotaur!

>> No.20137908
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20137908

>>20137889
Nope. This is a Minotaur

>> No.20137995

>>20137908
Do you think Griffith ever rode his MMC (massive Minotaur cock)?

>> No.20138012

>>20137889
a gay youtuber recommend this book
is it worth it ?

>> No.20138051

>>20138012
Well you don’t have to deal with women as much but you can’t have kids and the risks of anal cancer are high

>> No.20138147

>>20138012
I liked it a lot when I was 16, it was one of the first "literary" books I'd read outside of school.

>> No.20138267
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20138267

I haven't read house of leaves but I wonder if its inspired by House of Asterion by Borges.

>> No.20138295

>>20138267
The house itself is but the house is only like 1/3rd of the book

>> No.20138307

>>20138295
Well, the whole twist of House of Asterion is that he was the minotaur.

Honestly I might actually read House of Leaves. It looked too art-lit for my tastes

>> No.20138399

>>20138051
heh
>>20138147
cool thanks
since I haven't mentally developt since I was 12, I'll give it a try

>> No.20138531

>>20138267
its closer to 8ook of sands 8y 8orges.

>>20138012
>>20138307
dont. its a dumpster fire

>> No.20138549

>>20137908
smoochable
>>20138307
outside of the formatting gimmick it's closer to horror than /lit/ lit

>> No.20138599

>>20138267
>>20138531

Unfortunately it isn't, though when you read it you will wish it was. I believe if Danielewski had actually read Borges, he could have written a decent book. As it is, it is mostly mediocre with a few moments of greatness and a few of cringe.
He is able to cover this up by making one of the narrators "crazy" and disguising it in all the gimmick but the whole thing is pretty inconsistent.
It's a super fast read though, so imo worth it for the few moments of genius.

>>20137889
Incorrect. You are his dad. There was an interview where Danielewski admitted this book is all about the death of his father that occurred a few years before. I don't think you can really get that from the text as he doesn't actually connect a lot of his allusions and references (and he's not that deep..) but if you are trying to infer any symbolism that isn't in the text itself, it is his dad.

>> No.20138770

>>20138012
It was alright? Overall it feels dated, you can find much better and original books with metanarratives today compared to when this was published. Your enjoyment of the book is entirely dependent on which rabbit holes you want to explore within it. For me the Navidson Record was incredibly capitating yet any time Truant popped in I lost interest. Still, I enjoyed my time with it. 5/7 worm rating.

>> No.20138823

>>20138770
> you can find much better and original books with metanarratives today compared to when this was published
>metanarratives
I’m not sure you know what this term means. Also, give examples of books that do it better

>> No.20139159

>>20138012
No it's dumb, I can't believe it got published.

>> No.20139172

>>20138295
It's also the only good part of the book, that is until the house actually comes alive and eats a person.

>> No.20139311

>>20139172
I enjoyed the zampano and had a decent time trying to piece together what the fuck was wrong with Jonny (got real bored with all his sex stories though) but I can definitely see how those aren’t for everyone

>> No.20140739

>>20137908
literally me

>> No.20140933

>>20137889
It's an unreliabull narrator

>> No.20140942

>>20138012
It's the best thoroughly-Reddit book you'll ever read, it's about a 6/10, approaches 7 in the really good meaty parts, approaches 4 in the Johnny Truant and Reddit postmodern pseud wankery

>> No.20141225

>>20137889
The Navidson parts were pretty good. Every time I read the Truant parts I just keep thinking about the author's self-inserts and how ridiculous the character was.