PanSlateFor its first 177 pages, J.D. Vance’s new book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, is a thoughtful read ... And then you hit the moment where he stops thinking as a writer ... From that point on, Communion, which came out on Tuesday, is a stiff and unimaginative political memoir. It deploys an eye-roll-worthy staff of straw men as it defends Trump’s policies ... Offers a window into just how much the thoughtful boy in Hillbilly Elegy allowed himself to be corrupted by politics.
