Okay, my advice for you on this one @joshuaconkel.bsky.social and @shirleystanson.bsky.social with House of Leaves is to seriously just pick it up, read it for 30 minutes to an hour, and if you hate it, put it down. It's a terrific book, but one you REALLY have to be in the right mood for.
Obviously I only know you through listening to Bloodhaus and seeing your posts here, but I think you will get into House of Leaves. You have to make time to focus on it though: it's not good to have a lot of distractions. Formally as a text it's an amazing thing.
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There are some passages that are among the creepiest, dread-full sequences I’ve ever read except for maybe Peter Straub.