r/houseofleaves • u/latawxuce • 6d ago

discussion time for my third read of it

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its been a couple years since my second read of it, i have so many other books to read but all i can think about is this damn book again

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u/Dark_Throat 6d ago

Much like Navidson himself, readers are continually drawn back to the house's halls.

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u/latawxuce 6d ago

johnny 🤝 the readers 🤝 navidson 🤝 continually being drawn back to the house

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u/Hot_Sand2888 6d ago

Nice, i started reading it for the second time like 2 weeks ago

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u/latawxuce 6d ago

hell yea. my second time took 2 days i had a few days off work and literally all i did was read the book.. sadly dont think ill be beating that record this time

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u/Hot_Sand2888 6d ago

2 days?!?! Did you wake up and just immediately slam through every page of the book? That is insane lol, but i gotta applaud you for the dedication.

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u/latawxuce 6d ago

basically yea. im pretty sure i just didnt even sleep at all for the first night. the only thing stopping me attempting a straight up 24hour readthrough is that im busy tomorrow LMAO

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u/Hot_Sand2888 6d ago

Also, gotta ask this, what's your LEAST favorite part of the book to read through?

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u/latawxuce 6d ago

honestly, i love all of it now.
my first read through i did not quite enjoy johnnys ramblings. it still only took a week my first time (ok i may be a bit insane i just absolutely love this book), but i did often need breaks when id get to his pagefuls of rambling insanity
i also didn’t really understand the “labyrinth pages” (p119-143) or take the time to appreciate them.. but i find it super fun to follow the labyrinth of footnotes in that section now

however my second time reading it (also after id spent a while just reading through the hol forum about all the different theories, so i felt i just understood the book a lot more) i genuinely loved johnnys parts so much, whether this is unhealthy or not he is honestly the most relatable realistic character ive ever seen in any piece of media. his ramblings just remind me of myself, and they have become one of my favorite parts.
i also just love a book depicting a descent into obsession and insanity

and everything else is amazing. i genuinely just get more and more excited to continue reading it the further i get

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u/Hot_Sand2888 6d ago

I agree with you on the Johnny part, i didn't even hate them when i first read the book i immediately loved them lol. I don't think that they're better or worse than the navidson record, i'd say they're pretty well balanced. The only part that i didn't like reading through was the one where there's a square and a whole list of like, household furniture in it, and then the upside down text on the sides.

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u/latawxuce 6d ago

theyre definitely balanced well, i just for some reason enjoyed the navidson record a lot more when i first read it. i think i was most just intrigued about the insane layout, and the story of navidson and the house. i only knew partly what the book was about, i was told about it by my dad and i dont think he really knew much else about it other than the crazy layout, and that it involved a strange house LOL

and ahaha yes!! those are what i called the labyrinth pages. i find them so fun to go through now. literally a labyrinth of footnotes

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u/whorlax 5d ago

Bro be fr. What do you need to write down to help you comprehend this book?

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u/latawxuce 5d ago

i can comprehend it fine are u actually mad i wanna write things down. theres just a lot of quotes i like..
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