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When You Find Out the World is Against You is Kelly at her honest and most disarmingly funny best. Filled with biting, wise, and laugh-out-loud insights, this vastly entertaining collection of vignettes will make you think as much as it will make you laugh.
NPR
One of the funniest voices ever to hit the Internet.
Jason Segel
Kelly Oxford is one of the funniest writers I have read in a long time.
The Star
[Oxford’s] 12 essays—about growing up, marriage and parenting, etc. etc.—are clever and unfailingly amusing. The girl can turn a phrase.
Global News
Fantastically funny.
James Franco
“Kelly is part geek, part freak. When You Find Out the World Is Against You shows us ourselves: our sensitivities, our awkward moments, our strange desires. She takes us through summer camp, dating, rape culture, Trump, death. . . . Kelly Oxford c’est moi.
In Style
Darkly hilarious essays.
Fashion
Oxford’s new book, When You Find Out the World is Against You, is an extension of her social media brand (clever, insightful, self-deprecating). . . . She once again bares it all in a series of nostalgia-inducing personal essays, some LOL funny. . .and others poignant.
Rolling Stone
[One of] the funniest people on Twitter.
Cosmopolitan
With her signature wit…[Oxford] delves into the ups and downs of this thing we call life.
Globe and Mail
Funny, sharp and unique.
Cameron Crowe
Kelly Oxford is the friend we all deserve-the one who tells us the best secrets, takes us on all the finest adventures, and remembers every hilariously embarrassing detail. Everything Is Perfect is sharply funny, and truly great.
Justin Halpern
Kelly Oxford has this unbelievable ability to tell stories in a way that makes you laugh without ever shoving jokes in your face.
The Walrus
While both books rest on the sarcastic character developed over social media, When You Find Out the World is Against You finds [Oxford] experimenting with sincere introspection.
Los Angeles Times
Oxford’s writing is marked with the same wry voice that’s made her a social media sensation.
Lena Dunham
Kelly Oxford is like your cool babysitter who teaches you about sex and sarcasm in an un-creepy way. Hanging out with her book makes you wish your parents were always out to dinner.
Patton Oswalt
Two things I’m grateful for: how imperfect Kelly Oxford is at life and decision-making, and how terrific she is at writing about what a goddamn mess she is.
Gia Coppola
Kelly Oxford is a beautiful writer. She finds beauty in the mundane and humor in everyday eccentricities. She is our present-day, funny Joan Didion.
Hello! Canada
Kelly Oxford has the winning voice of a straight-talking, hilarious best friend.
Chatelaine
The essays in When You Find Out the World is Against You pack a straight-up emotional punch.
National Post
A funny, fantastic writer.
Glamour
Bitingly funny.
Chatelaine
The essays in When You Find Out the World is Against You pack a straight-up emotional punch.
|Los Angeles Times
Oxford’s writing is marked with the same wry voice that’s made her a social media sensation.
