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I never read books but I bought this one because my friend sold it to me.

No spoilers: is it good?

>> No.5049010

It's "good"

>> No.5049013

if you are not a big book reader, that's probably the best book to read. gimmicky and dark, but funny and relatively smart. also, fuck you nigger

>> No.5049045

it's actually on short list of books that I would never recommend to anyone unless I absolutely hated them

>> No.5049062

>>5049013

I actually think the opposite of this. It's not good for someone who doesn't usually read, because of its unconventional format and somewhat convoluted subject matter.

>> No.5049081

>>5049045

>ex-gf is super smart Ivy League student going into investment banking
>raves about house of leaves ALL DAY LONG
>breaks my heart when she leaves me
>in my grief i decide to give marky z. a go

>mfw it's pleb-tier, easymode valve ARG stuff
>mfw i realize she just wanted to hurt me one more time
>hurr durr mental illness is so frightening and beyond any mortal comprehension

If this is the new sophistication, please leave me out of it.

>> No.5049131

>>5049001
It was my first 'hard' book and it was fun when I was 15. But I can't say if I would enjoy it as much today.
I would recommend to you to read the first 2 or 3 chapters (that's about 30 pages I think) and if you like those, well continue.

>> No.5049198

It's an enjoyable read but ultimately nothing life-changing.

>> No.5049236

>>5049001
The horror parts are good but pedestrian "that thing is weird" style horror, the narrator's character writing is weak, and the formatting stuff does create an ambiance, but has little relation to the content of either story, with the exception of the footnotes, and ultimately, is just repetitive.

It's pleb. If you like the cerebral element, read Borges. If you like the unsettling weirdness, read Kafka.

>> No.5049342

It's a great read. Very labyrinthian.

>> No.5049351

>>5049236
>complains it being pleb and repetitive
>recommends Borges
dat pleb backfire ironing

>> No.5049528

It's decadent post-modern filth.

>> No.5049581

>>5049198
mostly this, it's a cool book that I enjoyed but it wasn't high lit or anything. the navidson record parts were cool, the narrator parts were meh

>> No.5049647

>>5049351
How is Borges pleb?

>> No.5049664

Besides the sex parts I found reading it such a fucking chore.
I only read it because a cutie leant it to me and then, after I read it, she never spoke to me again.
I still have the book on my shelf which makes me either mad or sad each time I see it which is quite often.

Oh, and when I was reading it I found what must've been one of her hairs in the pages. I may've masturbated.

>> No.5049670

I read 100 pages when I was really into /x/ stuff years ago and /x/ was less of a shit dump and I got bored and stopped reading it.

>> No.5049678

>>>/lit/

There is literally an entire fucking board for this shit.

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>>5049664

>> No.5049685

>>5049678
lel

>> No.5049687

>>5049678
Mfw I have no face. I thought I was on /b/.

OP, it's an interesting book, pay close attention to the detail.

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>>5049678

>> No.5049831

So basically its a good book and the only people that dislike it are elitists?

>> No.5049837

>>5049678
Holy fuck you're right m8. What say we head over there now guys?

>> No.5049848

>>5049837
Nah, everyone there is probably a wannabe intellectual retard.

>> No.5049856

>>5049848
Yeah you're probably right. We should just stay here on

>> No.5049873

Oh hey the thread is right here
Saw this thread on another board and they sent me to /lit/. What do you guys think of this book?

>> No.5049901

That's a terrible choice for someone who doesn't read.

>> No.5049905

>>5049873
m8 this isn't /lit/

>> No.5049974

fuck off back to /lit/, we don't give a fuck about whatever this shitty book is

>> No.5050021

>>5049974

wut

>> No.5050055

>>5050021
Just samefags trying to push their epic meme

>> No.5050059

Making fun of someone's slight fuckup on the internet is a Meme that Anonymous Samefags about.

>> No.5050129

When it's good, it's good. When it's bad, it's bad. Like another anon said, the Navidson parts were fucking key, but the Jonny Truant narratives were kind of redundant. I also didn't understand why they were really included (don't care to backtrack and find out. they just seemed irrelevant to the overall plot).

It's an okay read, but nothing special. I didn't bother reading past Exploration 5. i.e. the 'big finish'

>> No.5050169

>>5050055
Dat get

>> No.5050585

>>5049647
how is he not? are you from /v/?

>> No.5051167

>>5049678
I even laughed.

>> No.5051174

>>5049678
I even saged.

>> No.5051953

>>5050055
I am also with you on your whole anti-fun stance anon. I enjoy /lit/ much more when it is just stony-faced pretentiousness and stem vs liberal arts threads. Haha epic maymay guise

>> No.5051966

>>5049081
>like /x/ read the navidson sections
>like /b/ read traunts sections.
Don't read both, one will disapoont

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>> No.5053067

>>5050585
Are you for real?