As someone who has a low opinion of House of Leaves,

and was e.g. entirely immune to the charms of Twin Peaks,

I believe you're right.

But even then... once this devolved into what felt like a teeth-clenching march to the Final Battle, on the basis AFAI can tell that this is what the author understood Novels Must Do,

it wasn't even providing the pleasures you get from just floating along.

It was just a grind.

I can't take Adrian Tchaikovsky either...