"Brisk, honest and soaring with élan. Oyler persuasively advocates clear thinking through doing it herself with such poise. Her critical approach isn't currently common sense, but it should be, and soon enough maybe it will." – Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times and The Happy Couple
"Like stumbling into the best archival New Yorker essays–smart and unafraid and (thank God) funny. This is exactly what I want to read." – Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually
"Absorbing and funny . . . [Oyler] has plenty of interesting things to say about autofiction, spoilers, and life as an expatriate. . . . A challenging and often eye-opening nonfiction debut." – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Oyler's commentary is incisive, and her prose is lucid and playful. . . . This is as intellectually stimulating as it is fun to read." – Publishers Weekly
"Oyler is one of our sharpest and most fearless cultural critics....Opining on gossip and anxiety, autofiction and vulnerability, and much, much more, [her] caustic wit and penetrating voice shine through every essay." – Sophia Stewart, The Millions
"[Oyler's] takes would be dizzying if she were not so skilled in constructing solid arguments that deepen our understanding of cultural criticism. No Judgment is deeply funny and wise." – BookPage
"These peppery inquiries are rigorously informed, deftly composed, and deeply conceptualized interpretations of human foibles and endeavors in a world feverish with social media and hooked to the 'attention economy' . . . Oyler is frank, fierce, funny, and brilliant; her brainy, passionate criticism exhilarating." – Booklist (starred review)
"Here, Oyler writes about her profession, her own anxiety, and topics from gossip to vulnerability–giving all a close, honest look that leaves the reader with a kind of clarity that didn't exist before." – Town & Country
"Whether she's writing a personal essay, jour-nalism or criticism, Oyler brings to the task evidence of wide reading, thoughtful engage-ment and vigorous prose. . . . Her jour-nalistic explorations of gossip and of online reviews, especially those on Goodreads, are both enlightening and provocative. Oyler is a writer who will have readers nod-ding in agreement on one page and shaking their heads vigorously on the next. Whatever the reaction at a given moment, one can rest assured that her writing is never dull." – Harvey Freedenberg, BookPage
"Witty, agile essays from the novelist and New Yorker writer with a talent for cutting through the hype...stimulating company on the page." – The Guardian