House of Leaves

Is this book worth it's praise?

Bret Easton Ellis at least is big on superlatives:

"A great novel. A phenomenal debut. Thrillingly alive, sublimely creepy, distressingly scary, breathtakingly intelligent — it renders most other fiction meaningless. One can imagine Thomas Pynchon, J. G. Ballard, Stephen King, and David Foster Wallace bowing at Danielewski's feet, choking with astonishment, surprise, laughter, awe."

There's a nice little interview with Danielewski here.

And Bookslut offers great advice for people who want to brag about this book but don't want to read it!