Danielewski expands on this point in an interview: "I had one woman come up to me in a bookstore and say, 'You know, everyone told me it was a horror book, but when I finished it, I realized that it was a love story.' And she's absolutely right.
No thanks.

i read the whole thing.. and it's still extremely hard to see it as a love story.
trust me. i don't read cheap, awful romance novels.
hahah
i just ask that everyone read it if they get a chance.
it's fairly enlightening.