House of Leaves

House of Leaves wasn't really a horror story like I expected. One person dies throughout the entire book and not much emphasis was really put on it. More than anything, relationships are explored. Karen and Navdison are in a long term relationship with two kids, but are not married. Johnny loves a woman named Thumper who doesn't feel the same way about him. Karen & Navy have a falling out when she moves the kids to New York to escape the house, but she faces her fears and returns to the house where Navy is lost within the hallway. Days go by and Karen even ventures into the hallway in hopes of finding him, with no luck. Near the end of the book, after all the haunting and adventures, all relationships are resolved. Because of this emphasis, I really think House of Leaves is more of a love story than a horror novel. Another reason I don't think it was really horrific was because all of the bad parts were broken up throughout the novel by smaller stories of Johnny and Lude's relationships.