Clare's review
The Basic Eight
by Daniel Handler
Okay, that totally inspired a reread. Problem is that I keep buying copies and then lending them to people because I feel it's my duty to make all my loved ones read it, so I never actually have one on hand.
Well, it IS your duty. Thank God you respect it as such.
Clare's review
The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler
Clare's review
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How do I love "The Basic Eight"? Let me count the ways. I love the delicious untrustworthiness of the narrator. I love the cheerfully horrifying violence. I love the snarky questions for the reader at the end of each chapter, textbook-style, that don't just remake the points but cleverly further the plot. I love the dizzying revelations at the end and I love the physical descriptions of the clothes, the disastrous party, the drunkenness. I think I'll go read it again right now.
Okay, that totally inspired a reread. Problem is that I keep buying copies and then lending them to people because I feel it's my duty to make all my loved ones read it, so I never actually have one on hand.
Well, it IS your duty. Thank God you respect it as such.