Mark Z. Danielewski ‘House of Leaves’ Review — horrornovelreviews.com

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.” Open the dust jacket to Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves and the inside cover tells the reader that the story which they are about to embark upon is a published account from the scattered remnants of the essays and notes by Johnny Truant and Zampanò.  Moving on to the table of contents page, the book is divided into an introduction by Truant, “The Navidson Record,” incomplete information for exhibits left by Zampanò, three appendices, and an index.  Usually the copyright page is skipped over by the casual reader, but the page calls attention to itself by highlighting words in red and crossing them out.  Already, the reader becomes aware that House of Leaves will not read like an average novel.

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