This book was such a disappointment to me. Everyone raved about how the twist was amazing but I found it to be very predictable and unoriginal.
Hatherence on
I personally started to get into it once you learn about the “real world.” I felt like the beginning and ending were most interesting and the middle dragged on a bit, but that’s just me. I don’t know how far in you are, so maybe you are past the part I describe.
Figsnbacon on
I loved it right away. Sometimes books just find you in a perfect place. I love how this book makes me wonder about what I just read and where it will lead to. It’s mesmerizing.
Put it down and try again later.
derwiki on
Took me a few chapters. If you get that far and still don’t like it, on to the next book.
dear-mycologistical on
I suggest approaching it like a dream you’re having, or like a piece of instrumental music. Imagine that the book is a body of water you’re swimming in, or a scent that you’re smelling, or an abstract painting. Yes, there’s a plot reveal eventually, but it’s a book you read more for the vibes than for the plot.
NickFireplace on
I wanted to love this book but just couldn’t. I really dug the world of the House and would have been quite happy if the whole thing was just an exploration of that. The procedural stuff outside the House was conventional, predictable and spoiled the high weirdness of it for me.
steamstream on
It’s an okay book, but nowhere near the level it was hyped to be.
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This book was such a disappointment to me. Everyone raved about how the twist was amazing but I found it to be very predictable and unoriginal.
I personally started to get into it once you learn about the “real world.” I felt like the beginning and ending were most interesting and the middle dragged on a bit, but that’s just me. I don’t know how far in you are, so maybe you are past the part I describe.
I loved it right away. Sometimes books just find you in a perfect place. I love how this book makes me wonder about what I just read and where it will lead to. It’s mesmerizing.
Put it down and try again later.
Took me a few chapters. If you get that far and still don’t like it, on to the next book.
I suggest approaching it like a dream you’re having, or like a piece of instrumental music. Imagine that the book is a body of water you’re swimming in, or a scent that you’re smelling, or an abstract painting. Yes, there’s a plot reveal eventually, but it’s a book you read more for the vibes than for the plot.
I wanted to love this book but just couldn’t. I really dug the world of the House and would have been quite happy if the whole thing was just an exploration of that. The procedural stuff outside the House was conventional, predictable and spoiled the high weirdness of it for me.
It’s an okay book, but nowhere near the level it was hyped to be.