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House of Holes
House of Holes | Nicholson Baker
4 posts | 7 read | 3 to read
Presents an explicit new tale of carnal improprieties and comic raunchiness set in a surreal but familiar world of fantasy sex.
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bourne.shell
House of Holes | Nicholson Baker
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Mehso-so

Corky and fun. No real point to the book but it's an interesting read with lots of crazy situation that shows you how weird the inside of Bakers head is. The vocabulary alone is something to marvel and enjoy. If foul language offends you, you should pass. It's per non-sense and satire.

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DoonTheGoon
House of Holes | Nicholson Baker
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Bailedbailed

Well... I gave it 100 pages and then I bailed.
The terms/word choices were just too bizarre and distracting for me - and took away from the few stimulating moments.
A bizarre erotic book that was just too "out there" even for me, the non-monogamist! Talk about a plot twist!

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DoonTheGoon
House of Holes | Nicholson Baker
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This book is super polarizing for me so far. I'm into it one moment, and lost the next. Let's add wine and see what happens!

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Jokila
House of Holes | Nicholson Baker
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Mehso-so

Disappointed by the redundancy of these stories and characters. There's virtually no variation in tone between chapters and the humorous aspects of its nonsense euphemisms and magical-realism absurdity ran out fairly quickly without breaks or variation.

LauraBrook Bummer. Have had this one on my shelves for a few years now. Maybe I should give it a skim-read and get rid of it. 8y
Marchpane I didn't finish this one. Just got bored with it at some point, set it aside and never went back to it. 8y
Jokila @Marchpane not a bad call. It gets kind of torturously stupid 8y
Jokila @LauraBrook I'd read the first few chapters (they're short) and if you're like "nope!" then don't fight through lol. 8y
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