MixedNew City LitAn intriguing, frustrating book ... there is too much of everything—too many characters, too many relationships, too many ideas. At almost 600 pages, it felt overstuffed and often confusing ... Contains some lovely writing ... Life Out of Order is a wild ride, and some of it is interesting. But it doesn’t have the emotional pull of Niffenegger’s first book.
Evan Friss
RaveNew City LitDelightfully similar to actually being in a favorite bookstore ... Peculiar and wonderful things are learned along the way ... Friss assembles all these terrific details and anecdotes like a Georges Seurat of history—little drops of fact come together to create a solid portrait of the bookstore business in America and its decline.
