@lain<\/a> @Originalboy2<\/a> I felt like this too toward the end, the whole meta-fiction and layered narration exercice makes the book a fantastic and unique physical object but ultimately the main sources of horror and enjoyment are this dreaded house and the exploration diaries. I didn't care about the unlikable junkie dude's rambling in the footnotes and the academic pastiche content quickly felt like a drag to go through<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b357d-3f02-4e04-c255-98e85be2a8a6","object":{"id":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b357d-3f02-4e04-c255-98e85be2a8a6","objectType":"note","content":" @lain<\/a> @Originalboy2<\/a> I felt like this too toward the end, the whole meta-fiction and layered narration exercice makes the book a fantastic and unique physical object but ultimately the main sources of horror and enjoyment are this dreaded house and the exploration diaries. 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Maybe I am just unlikable lol","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/spodeli.org\/objects\/a7174e76-fd5e-464a-9870-7bd76bab7761","object":{"id":"https:\/\/spodeli.org\/objects\/a7174e76-fd5e-464a-9870-7bd76bab7761","objectType":"note","content":"@foolghool<\/a> @lain<\/a> i liked johnny's parts because I could relate with him on doing things you know are horrible but never trying to improve and the guilt associated with that. Maybe I am just unlikable lol","url":"https:\/\/spodeli.org\/objects\/a7174e76-fd5e-464a-9870-7bd76bab7761","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b357d-3f02-4e04-c255-98e85be2a8a6","url":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b357d-3f02-4e04-c255-98e85be2a8a6"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/lain.com\/users\/lain"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/users\/foolghool"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-07:objectType=thread:nonce=5c3553ee336cf29b","notice_info":{"local_id":"11878005","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-07T09:07:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/spodeli.org\/objects\/a7174e76-fd5e-464a-9870-7bd76bab7761"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/users\/foolghool","displayName":"foolghool","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/377006-original-tmp20260107090731.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":1920,"height":813},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/377006-96-20260107090732.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/377006-48-20260107090732.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/377006-24-20260107090732.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"377006"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/377006-96-20260107090732.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"well-behaved feral wacko","url":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/users\/foolghool","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"foolghool","displayName":"foolghool","note":"well-behaved feral wacko"}},"content":" @Originalboy2<\/a> @lain<\/a> I remember being annoyed by the repeated pornographic and bar diving accounts but the paranoid and delirious panics with visions and smells were ok<\/p> I want to read another story like this now<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b37d1-f754-4ae3-66a1-d37fd2c18794","object":{"id":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b37d1-f754-4ae3-66a1-d37fd2c18794","objectType":"note","content":" @Originalboy2<\/a> @lain<\/a> I remember being annoyed by the repeated pornographic and bar diving accounts but the paranoid and delirious panics with visions and smells were ok<\/p> I want to read another story like this now<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b37d1-f754-4ae3-66a1-d37fd2c18794","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/spodeli.org\/objects\/a7174e76-fd5e-464a-9870-7bd76bab7761","url":"https:\/\/spodeli.org\/objects\/a7174e76-fd5e-464a-9870-7bd76bab7761"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/lain.com\/users\/lain"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spodeli.org\/users\/Originalboy2"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-07:objectType=thread:nonce=5c3553ee336cf29b","notice_info":{"local_id":"11878006","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-07T09:07:36+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b37d1-f754-4ae3-66a1-d37fd2c18794"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/spodeli.org\/users\/Originalboy2","displayName":"Originalboy2","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/364196-original-tmp20250925164159.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":184,"height":184},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/364196-96-20250925164159.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/364196-48-20250925164159.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/364196-24-20250925164159.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"364196"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/364196-96-20250925164159.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Hi my name's Jeffrey :3I like Homestuck, Yu-Gi-Oh, Siege, game design, and music! 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The closer I have in mind is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges called \"There are more things\". Now that I think about it, there are parts in \"Our Share of Night\" by Mariana Enriquez that really come close to House of Leaves regarding how the house is something unnatural by itself.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b97b3-93f4-a88a-f2ad-2d7f21eb6219","object":{"id":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b97b3-93f4-a88a-f2ad-2d7f21eb6219","objectType":"note","content":" @Originalboy2<\/a> @lain<\/a> thank you, though I'm more interested by the psychological and supernatural horror parts than the metafictional qualities of the book. The closer I have in mind is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges called \"There are more things\". Now that I think about it, there are parts in \"Our Share of Night\" by Mariana Enriquez that really come close to House of Leaves regarding how the house is something unnatural by itself.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b97b3-93f4-a88a-f2ad-2d7f21eb6219","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/spodeli.org\/objects\/8ea11650-8440-4918-9eed-e8bd138e83ee","url":"https:\/\/spodeli.org\/objects\/8ea11650-8440-4918-9eed-e8bd138e83ee"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/lain.com\/users\/lain"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spodeli.org\/users\/Originalboy2"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-07:objectType=thread:nonce=5c3553ee336cf29b","notice_info":{"local_id":"11878009","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-07T09:07:31+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/wizard.casa\/objects\/019b97b3-93f4-a88a-f2ad-2d7f21eb6219"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6033050","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}