One part text-based Blair Witch-style documentary, one part critical analysis rife with subtext and personal tragedy, and one part slow descent into madness, House of Leaves is an experimental horror story that purports to be a compilation of notes made on a documentary film, 'The Navidson Record', that might never have existed. Sort of a haunted-house story, if instead of the house being haunted by a ghost, the occupants are haunted by the house itself--and the strange labyrinth into which it opens. One of my favorite cerebral horror stories, the text shapes the house as much with its format as its words, twisting along the pages as the events grow stranger, and the disordered nature of the characters who have pieced together the manuscript makes it as much a mystery as a chiller.

-Hillary D. -

A postmodern nest of narratives. While this may not sound like a riveting read, this is a fascinating book that works on many levels. You can read it as a great spooky story about the investigation of odd events surrounding a family. But, if you want to delve deeper, this book rewards your efforts. -- Brandon C.