I'd first read parts of this whilst at uni, but I didn't really 'get' it. (I'll be honest, I was trying to impress a boy, who said that he loved the book. A decade on, I'm glad things didn't work out between us!) I do understand the book now, but feel it's not quite as clever as it pretends to be. It IS fascinating, especially the way the whole book reflects the eponymous house: you get disoriented in it, never quite sure how close to finishing you are, or whereabouts in the plot you are at any given point. But it is an exhausting read! It's disturbing in a number of ways, and for the most part, not enjoyable, I found. It is funny in plaes, especially when you realise the author has duped you, the reader, in a number of places. It will stay with me, that's for sure, but I'm pretty sure I won't re-read this again.