PanThe New Statesman (UK)We need a new voice for women ... Sadly, Girls® has no answer for our problems – old or new ... India has been led to \'adopt a stance that looks very much like quietism and retreat\' ... India fell victim to what she has criticised. Her book has been sucked into the commodification vortex through massive PR campaigns. Without social media, it’s unlikely that she would have blown up in the same way as Naomi Wolf had over three decades ago ... It is a shame that Girls® falls to this irony.
RaveNew Statesman (UK)Exciting ... Guo’s narrative style is full of energy and Call Me Ishmaelle deftly incorporates philosophical questions about our relationship with nature and gender-dysphoria into the plot, constantly tugging at the heartstrings.