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house of leaves
House of leaves is the book you point to when talking of ergodic books as it does in a very easy way to see. It is very hard to read if it is the first ergodic book you read as I did, certain times are so out of left field that I just started skipping johnny's writings and focused mainly on the Navidson record. But all the things that made this book difficult to read was what made me want to read this book more, words climbing up the page both literally and figuratively, the way colored text is used. Some of the best parts of the book are when the Navidson record took more of a back seat. That part is when Karen Green takes the stage as the main character, before this she is left to the wayside as Will Navidson (navy) is the eyes we see through for most of the book. It is a good change of pace to see what she sees after he is eatan my the house. Showing the world around the house by showing what the folks that navy knows think about what he has recorded. Parts of this book feel like I am watching a movie, maybe it is because of my love for the background of movies but it just spoke to me.
At the end of the day it is a good book but it should not be the first ergodic book you read.
S.
This book is very good in bringing in the idea of writing in the margins as a way to bring information to the reader and does it in a very good way. It reminds me of text in the margins of text books with little tidbits of info. What immediately jumped out to me was the sevilre different ink colors of the two college students. Thare banter (funny brit word) is very entertaining in a group chat kind of way, it reminds me of working with my school friends on a video project. The horror aspects of the book work a bit better as i am a big fan of body horror, it never made me scared or fearing for the main character. I think that is because we know nothing about the main character. There are two main draws to this book or interest points,
Illuminae books 2 and 3
I have now read both book 2 and 3 of the Illuminae files and I am disappointed. Book one was so much better, maybe I just got over there need to put a death twist. In all three books some one is thought to have died but is then later revealed to not be dead you can basically look and see who will die with in the first 100 pages. In book one it made sense to me why the boys death was lied about but in book two the death of one of the main characters is so earnest. (Spoiler) the main boy and girl are being chased by a person and the girl drops her real paper note book and the boy leaps to keep it as he knows she love to draw and she is important to him and by doing this he is shot 3 times and all throughout the book we see this blood stain get bigger and bigger as we get closer to the scene. Right after the girl must fight the person chasing them and her thoughts are great she knows he is dieing right next to her and must fight to make it to save the day. This hole scene is then thrown in the trash when we learn that the boy is not dead but is in another dimension and is alive. God I hate this, how could you do this to such a good part of the book. Book 3 is just not worth the time to read just read book one of you what to read book 2 but stop thare. I hope to read more good books I have some on the way.