Kristin Todd

I thought that "The Book of Sand" was really interesting.  It was really easy to follow and provided a mystery and something to think about for the reader.  It was intriguing how the book was a labyrinth to the reader- always changing.  It definitely reminded me of the labyrinth from House of Leaves because it was always changing depending on who was inside or trying to go inside.  I found that the man who bought the book wasn't that skeptical of the man selling it.  If it were me, I would have thought about buying the book longer and even trusting the man a little less.  But, then again, it probably wouldn't make a good short story.  The hyperlink was also pretty interesting.  It provided a different outlook on the story because it said that it didn't really matter what order the story was in.  The fact that the hypertext was interactive was also good because it was a puzzle that you had to figure out based on the plot.  But, like the book in the story, the pages kept changing so it made it harder to figure out the puzzle.