Read House of Leaves this week, found an used copy purely by chance in a bookstore, with (as far as I can tell) the proper colorings.

I found it pretty interesting, wasn't expecting much in the way of explanations but it was satisfying enough, obviously I probably missed a ton of stuff but I won't reread it anytime soon, if I ever do. The Navidson record was the most consistently interesting part obviously, but the Johnny plot was good on its own right, it absolutely did not need so much description of rancid druggie sex even if it's for setting "the mood". I was perfectly okay with just "and then we fucked" before moving on. I found the panic attacks some of the most interesting part of the book, as well as the idea of the Minotaur himself as something that may or may not exist.
By the end of it I was losing a lot of steam though, I've read the letters but didn't give them much thought. The weird formatting was... a bit less and a bit more than what I expected. Less, because it doesn't play around nearly as much as it could've (mostly only when they're in the house), and more, because it did do stuff I never expected it to. Ultimately it adds to the experience and on reread I'll probably skip the most egregious examples and rants.

The last three books I've read where big'n meaty with dark themes : Babel (it was shit), Imaginary Friend (good for the first half, then meh) and House of Leaves (decent and weird). I think for my next read I will try something a bit lighter