I approach this book with the wrong attitude. House of Leaves is a demanding work of art. 
 Like Joyce's Ulysses or Delaunay's orphism, House of Leaves is not for everybody. It is by no mean a great story if one judge it shallowly for a plot (such as me) because nothing really happened, taken at face value. I buy this book without even reading reviews or browse through previews. I sincerely thought it was a great traditional horror story that is atmospheric, chilling and more or less on the same line of Stephen King's works. 
 House of Leaves turn out to befuddled and puzzled me. I could not comprehend its greatness, though many have touted for its novelty in narration, footnotes, quotes, and the like. There are pages that only has one or two words, pages with images, pages with upside down poetries, and dozens and dozens of citations from makeup academic journals. Some have said one must look at House of Leaves under a philosophical or psychological view, or that there are hidden texts and clues within the pages to decipher, or that it is great look into character study...etc. I am sure that House of Leaves uniqueness offer a lot for thoughts. I am sure that a lot of people got a lot out of it. To be honest, I am jealous. I wish I could learn to love literature and treat it as an art form, like deciphering through 16th century poetry and comprehend their greatness or staring at those abstract arts with only lines and squares and feel their beauty. But unfortunately, I have become more and more left-brained ever since I left high school. 
 That means I always treat book merely as story and characters, the more realistic they are, the more I fall in love with them. I can't understand books that deliberately try to be obscure and difficult. I realize that I only like book that make you go "wow" with its honesty and simplicity. Oh well, House of Leaves end up not being my cup of tea. But don't let this review dissuade you from trying it. A lot of friends I know love it, and probably you will love it to. But be careful, this is not a simple book. Don't read it thinking it will have a shocking twist or great, epic plot because nothing really happened. If you are interest in experience literature differently, however, you can definitely try :)