One bad book

So, a few months ago I was reading Pink is the New Blog, and in a post he mentions a book that is his absolute favorite book. The best horror book he's ever read. Well, that piqued my interest, as I am a huge Stephen King and Dean Koontz fan, so I went to Amazon and ordered House of Leaves to see what all the fuss was about.

I wish I knew.

It took me forever to get through half of the book (and I'm a fast reader), and I finally just gave up. The main story about the "haunted" house was awesome, but the little side-stories and useless information in the margins and footers were a complete waste of time. I kept reading, hoping it would get better, but it didn't.

I would be interested to know how many people that read PITNB rushed out and bought this book, and how many of them liked it.

That's all. Just wanted to vent!