Whalestoe Letters by Mark Z. Danielewski
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Book Reviews of Whalestoe Letters
Book Review: Interesting Read
Summary: 3 Stars
I found this book to be very enlightening. I would have preferred to read this book along the same time as HOUSE of Leaves. I think that it complemented the other book so well. It is a very short read though.Book Review: The Whalestoe Letters
Summary: 2 Stars
The Whalestoe Letters by Mark Z. Danielewski is an extension of his premier novel, House of Leaves. Initially appearing as an appendix to the novel, The Whalestoe Letters (which includes ten additional letters) are those written by Johnny Truant's mother Pelafina H. Lievre during her residence at the insane asylum. Like House of Leaves as a whole, The Whalestoe Letters is to fiction and literature what thought experiments are to physics; Danielewski seems to write and publish to push boundaries and test waters for no other reasons than curiosity. While I would argue that the experiment of House of Leaves is very interesting, his subsequent publications are less successful. The (limited) success of The Whalestoe Letters is that it makes me want to go back and read House of Leaves once again.Book Review: New with old
Summary: 1 Stars
How to make new jewels with old gold. Mark Danielewski is a very talented writer, but he should kbnow better than recycling his best-seller intot less-than best-seller. We are all following him, but not to the point of being blind-folded; To be read, but not too hurriedly.