A review by kaileycool
The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler

3.0

I almost didn’t keep reading this because of how offensively the narrator discussed race and sexuality. Then I read some reviews that talked about how unreliable the narrator is, so I pressed on. After finishing, I liked it, but I don’t think the unreliability of the narrator is an excuse for the racism and homophobia sprinkled in her narration in a manner it seems the white author is trying to play for laughs. I enjoyed the book in other ways, but I don’t recommend.