A review by teressac
The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler

1.0

Very rarely do I give up on a book. I usually push through, hate reading just so I can say I finished it. But I’m starting to realize life is too short to read books you don’t enjoy. This book wasn’t for me- almost 50% done and not engaged by any of the dozens of characters, the main characters desperate attempts at elitist wittiness, just boring. I know I would never be friends with a group like this when I was a teenager and I don’t enjoy reading about them either, fictional as they may be.