PositiveThe Philadelphia InquirerThe inside cover should include an advisory warning: This book will break your heart, form lumps in your gut, and trigger uncontrollable sobs ... Powerful as the story is, sometimes the edits are clunky. Some jokes in unnecessary places fall flat ... With this book, she shares her story with an open heart broken and rebuilt several times over. This raw retelling, far removed from her stand-up persona, brings us closer to it.
Nancy Jo Sales
PositiveThe Philadelphis InquirerThe subtext of this book is that porn-cult and the Kardashian clan form a feedback loop that perpetuates rape culture, selfie culture, and every other social-media problem of the last few years. Sales writes that 'the biggest, darkest cloud in the perfect storm that brought Kim Kardashian rising out of the ocean of wannabe celebrities like Venus on a flip phone was the widespread consumption and normalization of online porn' ... Let's hope this book is a stepping-stone to a brighter online future.
Gloria Steinem
MixedThe Philadelphia InquirerFor a book that celebrates movement, journey, and an open highway, Life gets into a number of traffic jams. Many stories drift and land at rest stops where she lets political or cultural byroads lead her far from a relatable personal tale. Instead, there's a lecture, important to hear, but often that lecture loses sight of the narrative.
