PositiveThe New York Times Book Review...a warm and charismatic book ... Most of us (most women anyway) have at some point in our lives had our own version of a Polly, a friend gifted with a generous ear as well as an uncanny ability to somehow see our troubles more clearly than ourselves. What makes Havrilesky’s book so entertaining to read is that she possesses both of these qualities alongside a genuinely humorous and compelling voice ... If I were to volunteer one quibble with How to Be a Person in the World, it would be that the Persons whose problems make up this book at times start to sound a little similar.