Now that no one talks about it anymore, is it worth reading?
>>25204509Depends on your tolerance for the not-novel portions of it. Also, if your interest comes from some 'spooky house' meme you'll be disappointed.
>>25204509>is it worth reading?Yes but his new book is better
>>25204509I read it in 2008 because /x/ constantly shilled it, it was okay
>>25204509It’s cool for what it does
>>25204509It’s fine, but not great. I prefer the authors he takes inspiration from, this seems like a pale imitation of DFW, Borges and Nabokov.
>>25204509It's fun reading fresh. I'm sure people have cast light on all the secrets and codes, but going in blind is really for the best. If I had that much time I would read it twice more as purely Davidson and Purely Johnny to see what it does to my understanding of it.
>>25204509It's a lot of fun, so I'd say yes.
>>25204509I read it on a flight while nauseous. It really added to the immersion.
>>25204509It's fun, but if you are familiar with SCP or backrooms it kinda ruins it. I kept imagining "Kanna flossing in the backrooms" through all of it and the house was no longer scary.
>>25204509No it's gimmicky and lame and the bad parts make the better ones still not worthwhile
>>25204509It's cool Johnny's parts can feel pretty hit or miss near the middle but it's alright. I didn't really have the patience for the end letters though.My favorite bit is everything about the Minotaur, clever idea
I respect the Johnny Truant segments without enjoying them.>DUDE it's a book that's bigger on the inside, it's two books inside of one book LMAOI respect that without enjoying it.>DUDE the real horror is the horror that happens in real life, the supernatural can have a happy ending but not the natural LMAOI respect that without enjoying it.
>>25204537>new book is betterAgreed, it feels like it uses a lot of the same ideas just in a more subtle way
>>25205666Satanic trips.Also how so? I own the book but have been putting off reading it because I keep seeing mixed opinions.
>>25204509I liked it and wish there was more stuff like it. Lit considers this book pure plebbitt but idgaf what lit thinks about life, love or happiness. They can get fucked for all I care. Lit is consistently wrong about just about everything anyway.
>>25205702I think it uses the same idea of the book being framed as a story being told to use and letting them comment on the story but here it's all much better integrated into the main story rather than being separated from it in the way it was in house of leaves
>>25205763Okay, that's interesting. I figured it would have more going on than just one straight forward story, especially given the length.
>>25205619This desu
It's good if you go into it cognizant of the fact it's literally YA.
