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I recently received this book as a gift and know I will love it. I am having a hard time starting it. Without spoilers, obviously, does anyone have tips on how to go about reading it?

Should I read the chapters through, then go back on their notes or read the notes as I go along in the chapter. Not to mention when I get to parts that have inserts. (I'm terrified of them falling out of place!)

I tend to lose focus and get distracted jumping around, so I'm trying to find out the best way to stay focused, yet get the most out of the book.

My daughter loved the book. I couldn't get through the first 4-5 pages. Struck me as too phoney. (Okay, I know it's a book! It's fiction!) But the idea that a book could be put on a shelf, and back and forth two people write to each other? Like every comment? So they must have hung around the library and put the book back onto the shelf...

And off the shelf to write in it...

Then back on the shelf...

And so on. Like how many times a day? 12? 20?

My daughter said I was wrong to view the book from that perspective and 'just go with it.'

I love odd literature. I am a fan of House of Leaves, which is also an eccentric sort of book, but I just could not read this one.

With discipline! LOL
I was frustrated at first trying to also figure out how to "go about it". After reading the first chapter a few times, I decided I only had a couple options. Read every page completely, read one chapter's "chapter" and then go back and reread the chapter in order to read all the "notes", or to focus solely on the main story and go back and read the entire book to review scientific evidence. What attracts you more? The story inside or the story going on around the story. It was a fun one though! Good to challenge ourselves once in awhile. I chose my third option. When I was done, I was tired, and did not want to go back to the task of having to reread, but the rereading part went quicker than expected.


With <3 BJ

There is a thread on her that tells what order to read the Jenn & Eric's notes by the ink color. I read a page at a time & the first set of notes. after I finished the book I went back & read the second set of notes through the entire book again, then the third set, etc.

Cindy, do you think reading the book this way makes it easier? Or a better read? I'm willing to try again. It was the underlying plausibility that got to me, which maybe I ought to put aside and 'just go' with the author. Thanks for your opinion.

I think I'd be more intrigued by the readers' notes, since that's what makes the book unique and J.J. Abrams idea. I've never read a Doug Dorst book, but I'm sure I'll enjoy the main story as well.

I like the idea of reading the main story, then going back and reading the notes. Perhaps that'd be a way of getting into the readers' heads. I'll have to check out the color coded thread.

It's a difficult book to read, but I understood the characters better going back & forth like that. It's important to follow the right timeline of the notes. Do an internet search. There are a # of websites discussing how to read the book to get the most out of it