House of Leaves (was Re: NP: James (sic) McElroy's Women and Men)

[Mark A. Douglas]

Sorry to chime in so late on this (being out of town for a few days
feels like being on the digests all of a sudden), but thought I would
throw in about a cent and a half worth.

"Women and Men" is a phenomenal book, to be read, pondered and read
again.  Mind you, I'm a McElroy fan, so I'm biased, but to leave WandM
for 'House of Leaves' is simply sacrilege.  HoL is a bit too gimicky for
my taste and after reading some 80 or 90 pages, I found that the games
were just too much to stomach, and the characters weren't interesting
enough to sustain the story (which is not very suspenseful for a
supposed mystery).    Btw, Danielewski had supposedly been working on
HoL for ten years at time of publication, so I'm not sure how deep the
IJ influence runs, or can run.

Sorry if all of this has been mentioned previously.

Mark