PositiveThe Los Angeles Review of Books BlogThe journalistic memoir documents Lin’s radical lifestyle change following the depression and pharmaceutical drug addiction fictionalized in his previous novel, Taipei ... As evidenced in all of his books, Lin is skilled at documenting the unique discomforts of social interaction ... Lin weaves the history of psychedelics and their criminality with his own personal experience serving on a federal grand jury. Here, Lin matter-of-factly pinpoints, without sensationalizing, the criminal justice system’s problematic underpinnings ... For 189 pages, Lin has painstakingly measured everything from historical eras to his drug intake to his exercise routine ... Lin is nothing if not meticulous, but that’s not to say this book is devoid of feeling. Fellow author and Lin’s friend Sam Pink wrote in his Goodreads review that he believes Trip \'will help shift our gloomy tides,\' and I hope he’s right.
