Is "House of Leaves" really that scary?

Question

"House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski is described, on the cover of my copy, by Brett Easton Ellis as "distressingly scary", amongst other things. Can I expect the terror or am I going to be a bit disappointed? Please no spoilers! Please no fools! I pity the fool ...

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Thank you very much, m'dears!

Answer 1

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not as scary as House of Wax.

Answer 2

"In the 17th century, England's greatest topographer of worlds satanic and divine warned that hell was nothing less than "Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace/ And rest can never dwell, hope never comes/ That comes to all" thus echoing the words copied down by hell's most famous tourist: "Dinanzi a me non fuor cose create/ Se non etterne, e io etterna duro./ Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate." "

Source(s):

The Guardian Review