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08. [SPOILERS for Shingeki no Kyojin / Attack on Titan]

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I'd argue that it's actually underrated, in that most people who flip through it are thoroughly confused and mistake it for a bad book because it's an unconventional approach to the medium.

But yes, if we're being quite honest the actual house narrative is the more interesting bit.

I agree with you re: the most interesting bit. I was fascinated by the house narrative and not nearly as engaged with the other narratives weaving through the story.

If *most* people are confused by the book then the problem is probably with the book.

Have you actually seen the book or flipped through it? And I don't mean the actual content of the book, I mean how the text is laid out. In some chapters it's very very weird, sometimes whole pages will be blank except for one word, et cetera.

How the text is laid out is part of the "actual content" of the book. If the lay out was confusing to *most* people then the book still has a problem.

I could have phrased that better but my point was that the layout is unusual on purpouse. I'm actually not surprised people have trouble with it, but that's because a lot of people can barely put three words together.

Ugg, your one of those.

"Clearly you don't enjoy the book because you aren't educated/sophisticated enough to "get" it"

Fuck that.

Just because they did it on purpose doesn't mean it wasn't a shitty decision - and if it alienates a shit ton of readers, well, I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this.

I'd have been more chastised if you hadn't misused "your" for "you're."

Go look at the book before you judge please.

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No, it just means it's not for everyone.

No, I wasn't confused in the least, but I still thought it was an insufferably precious piece of shit, complete with the about-as-subtle-as-a-brick-to-the-face shout-outs to Borges.

Considering I had to look that up, congratulations, now I have something new to read.

Much good may it do you.

You call it unconventional, I call it gimmicky. Flipping pages back and forth and turning the book upside down every now and then isn't enough to hide the fact that 80% of the actual content is boring.

Okay.

Why bother with a useless response?

Why do you care how I respond?

That's his thing. He's always got to have the last word. I can't decide if it's an odd compulsion or just a different form of trolling.

That's not true!

(ps last word)

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i really liked the book but jesus fuck johnny truant was an insufferable dickweed

That was my impression exactly. Also, that all the weird fap-fantasy bullshit in his parts of the narrative could've (and should've) been cut without doing any damage to the book in the slightest.

I thought he was supposed to be, wasn't he?

lmao why is everyone giving you shit in this thread?

'cuz i'm dethtoll that's why, i'm curmudgeonly!

Because Dethtoll evidently thinks himself superior for not realizing that House of Leaves actually is a piece of garbage.

Because House of Leaves ran over anon's dog.