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I know no one will read this ever but what is scary about house of leaves?

I read it fully and maybe im just not smart enough to understand the horror of it, but haven't everyone been through walking in a black void, trapped forever without even as much a body to walk with until you finally wake up as a person and realise what is waiting for you?

Like everyone has that right? I think I'd vibe in such a house.

Also when I was little, like 11 my family was looking at buying a new house and i found this strange yellow door that looked like it would just lead outside but outside there was no door there just a wall. When we moved in the door was gone, never saw it again. Anyways this is the reason why I read house of leaves now as an adult.

Anyways! About Johnny Truant going insane, haven't we all been there? When you don't know who you are or where you end and another being in your head begins? When you don't know what is happening around you and what you've actually done or just imagined? When you don't know if there is something after you or if you're safe? Like we've all been there, I worked it through with years of therapy and Johnny, well I dunno what that man did, I just hope the man is still alive.

So like yeah the book was very cool to read especially with how uniquely it was written but ultimately it was quite normal?

#house of leaves

House of leaves right? Just read it and loved it. I do feel it was a bit over explained at points and yet I keep seeing reviews of people saying that they didn't understand it??? Like didn't you read?

I'm sorry that's mean. Just gonna check if i got the basic story here, so Johnny Truant finds a book, writes about it and slowly goes insane from reading too much, and while I do admit the ending was a bit confusing, he's still just on the beach.

Loved that Johnny was clearly the minotaur that was being talked about through the book. It was very clever in the way the text looked, I loved it a lot.

I of course have some theories, mostly that the Navidson record is just what Johnny is experiencing but made up by him to make this all easier? I don't know man, it kinda falls apart the more you read into it, which I like.

I love books that are actually making me think and challenging me to do so.

I don't want anyone to give me like a reading guide or anything like it because like what? Just read it and flip through the already read pages if you get confused.

For the longest time I thought that navidson was zampano, basically from the start up into the ending of the Navidson record I was convinced. Perhaps that was done intentionally? I can't really write any quotes here that made me convinced because I don't remember them and I don't have the energy rn to flip through the book.

I know that this is just opinions but I needed to get this out, probably just to process everything that I had just read.

Anyways loved the book, it's not perfect by any means but if you liked the intro then you'll definitely enjoy it :)

(Pls ignore it if I misspelled any names)

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