I figured out how to read only The Navidson Report parts of House of Leaves and feel all the better for it. Like Sekto, I really truly tried to give it a shot but
ultimately Johnny's perspective is pretty much meaningless beyond implying maybe he's possibly crazy AND that he's only fucking the same girl over and over and doesn't remember it, or something like that.
The parts that are actually about the exploration of the house are really great little horror vignettes and the author should have just told the story through those.
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I've been in the process of reading Terry Pratchett's Snuff for several months now. I haven't touched the damn thing since at least September. I don't want to start it again because I'm close to halfway through, but I don't want to continue and have no idea what's going on.
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I read that around nowish last year. I did the same thing and can tell you it's worth giving another go.
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Would those word in fact be traditional if you spoke Yiddish?
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Probably, but much of the Yiddish he uses stands out a bit better and flows into the dialogue to explain itself pretty easily. These words just seem like flowering up the first few chapters.