Swaggering ... A welcome and relatable piece of slang ...
In an era so glutted with first person that the I-word can make eyes cross, King somehow writes in the first persona ... Refreshing irreverence ... I love that she takes such obvious pleasure in and sustenance from being an author with a capital A, even as she mocks how the profession might be perceived at her physical therapist’s office ... She is absolutely, as they used to say, happening.
Incisive ... No-holds-barred ... Refreshingly self-aware ... King shines best when she frames her self-reflection with larger cultural topics ... King shines best when she frames her self-reflection with larger cultural topics.
Brash, darkly funny ... [King's] razor wit ensures the tone never veers into self-pity. Instead, she provides a bracing, brutally honest account of living outside the bounds of respectability. This will resonate with fans of gallows humor and readers who feel stifled by restrictive definitions of normality.
