Maciek's review
The Basic Eight
by Daniel Handler
Maciek's review
The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler
Maciek's review
rating:
A fun read. Handler manages to get away from Lemony Snicket's prose but still remain entertaining and able to spin a decent plot. Ten years out of high school, it's hard to find high schoolers compelling, but the book has a very slightly surreal style that keeps things fresh. The last section of the plot, actually, is probably the weakest part of the book, but I've read worse, and it's worth soldiering through. If nothing else, read it for the vocabulary sections and study questions (e.g., "Most postal laws state that after one has given one's letters to the post office to mail one cannot retrieve them. Do you think this is a fair law? Think before answering").
