A review by silee
The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler

2.0

I'm a little disappointed by this book, it kept falling from my hands and I wasn't able to finish it. After reading a little on what would have followed, I guess I missed the big twist, and there seems to be some interesting ideas in the book, but the character and her way of storytelling didn't do it for me. I read this after re reading the Secret History, and while the parallel is easy to draw, in the Basic Eight the big difference for me is that I couldn't like the characters through their flaws.