I really enjoyed House of Leaves, probably one of my favorite reading experiences ever. However, I do think he continued with the style of bizarre formatting solely due to its success in House of Leaves. And while that's not necessarily a bad thing, it does become gimmicky in my opinion. For example, the same story told on the same page by 2 different people? Neat concept I suppose, but largely inconvenient just as far as reading goes. With House of Leaves there was a purpose behind the formatting. Our narrator was going insane and the house itself was physically changing along w the formatting too. For Danielweski's other work, I find it hard to believe the formatting has a legitimate reason to be included if not for the fact that it is MZD's "style." Sacrificing a lot for style