PositiveThe Washington PostMost writers are boring people. King, though, seems different: Bettie Page meets Carrie Bradshaw, if Bradshaw supported Bernie Sanders for president and sometimes wore an Old Bay-patterned bikini ... her writing about girlhood and coming of age at the turn of the millennium captures that epoch better than any movie ... The personal and critical elements of the book don’t always line up. And despite its title, Tacky, does not seem all that interested in exploring the implications of tackiness ... This essay collection is not for readers who have no interest in hearing about an author’s sexuality. But those readers will be missing out, because it’s in her writing about sex and sexuality where King’s voice really shines ... Tacky ultimately has less to say about the \'worst culture we have to offer\' than it does about the way we make it through the worst of our own lives. There’s much to admire about that—and, for a kind of pop-culture-loving millennial, it will hit all the right notes.
