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GQ placed the book on their 17 Best Books of 2018 list, lauding Rubin's choice to arrange short stories by theme rather than chronological time. In 2024, The Atlantic featured it in an article recommending short story collections. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie included it in her profile in The New York Times.
The Japan Times called the book's structure "a recipe for success" with categories that "best showcase ... unique tastes." The Japan Society observed Rubin's "necessarily selective" and thematically organized collection, writing that "A reader prepared for the new and unexpected will not be disappointed." The Asian Review of Books wrote that "the collection has a unique, often edgy, surprising quality" due to its thematic organization, as well as its inclusion of stories from lesser-known and typically underrepresented writers.
