RaveThe A.V ClubWhat starts as an imposition turns flat-out hostile, the entitled younger woman acting like a predator whose chief prey is pushovers. The relationship turns physical in unexpected ways: not sexual or abusive, exactly, but also a little bit of both. And though that might sound like a dark turn for one of July’s stories—which tend to read like skewed but ultimately sweet fairy tales—it isn’t, not really. Instead, it’s another way for July’s damaged but ultimately redeemable characters to relate to each other and the world, and the beginning of a small story that she spins into something just a little bit larger than life. It’s quirky, yes, but also beautifully worded, emotionally complex, impressively but quietly insightful, and, in the right light, so, so funny.
Danny Goldberg
PositiveThe AV Club\"Goldberg’s version, though it lacks much in the way of new information, at least approaches its subject from a more earth-bound place ... The prose is mostly simple and conversational in Serving The Servant (and the less said about that dumb title, including its explanation, the better), but that’s mitigated by the fact that Goldberg brings some new perspective to Cobain’s story ... He knew Cobain intimately, but admits, too, that \'Sometimes I felt as close to him as a brother and other times he seemed a galaxy removed, barely perceptible.\' Goldberg conveys that split nicely—and, perhaps more importantly, humanely—in his telling of the Cobain story.\
