This book is something new and wonderful - honest, funny, positive, completely original and inspiring in the very best way: it made me remember I was alive -- George Saunders
Indescribable, but eminently readable, the actor-comedian's book consists of a carnival of observations, ideas and events that may or may not make up a memoir. Basically, Little Weirds is performance art in high-calibre prose * Washington Post *
[An] exuberant essay collection . . . Jenny Slate is a writer of tender prose -- Hephzibah Anderson * Guardian *
A delight to read. It's a collection of beautiful, hilarious, genuine essays and really is meant for times when you feel heavy . . . I couldn't help but feel that it was written by a friend for me * Vanity Fair *
Luminous, emotional, lovely and a little mysterious, this book is something you will savour like a half-remembered, gorgeous dream. You'll finish it feeling like Jenny Slate is your new best friend -- Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book and The Orchid Thief
This book is like a stovetop goulash, delicious and varied ingredients, prepared perfectly and excellent with bread . . . I'm sorry, I lost track of the simile -- Amy Sedaris
Slate's voice never loses its capacity for strangeness . . . And it's this mix of sweet and sadness, real stakes and dreamy prose, that gives this book its soft, sharp and altogether overwhelming power. Like Rene Magritte crossed with Lana Del Rey, with strong notes of Patricia Lockwood * Teen Vogue *
Completely unlike anything you've ever read -- San Francisco Book Review
Slate invites us for a glorious swim inside her imagination as she explores romance, heartbreak and self-love in this poetry-memoir-fiction mash-up. It's a work that breaks the mould * People *
At once warm, heart-breaking and erotic . . . a strange, witty, sad journey into the depths of the author's imagination * Entertainment Weekly *
Slate's voice remains an eccentric and powerful central force as she comments on politics, patriarchy and her personal life * Time *
A man on the 2 Express Train read some of Jenny Slate's Little Weirds over my shoulder. What kind of book is this? he asked. The best kind, I replied -- John Mulaney
A singularly hilarious and horny, but also poignant and tender, collection of writing that beautifully captures Slate's inimitable voice, which is one that, once you've heard it, you want to listen to forever * Nylon *
A dreamy dessert for the eyeballs that uses playful language to express deep sentiments about heartbreak, anger, wonder and friendship * USA Today *
Jenny's writing is wide open, tuneful, tender. She sees the world (and feels the world) like a bug might, two antennae poking out from her head like sensory wands. Reading Little Weirds made me feel tipsy -- Durga Chew-Bose, author of Too Much and Not in the Mood
The rare work of art that's somehow both delightfully bizarre and totally universal -- Lydia Wang * Bust *
Little Weirds is a fairy tale, one where the prince is never all charming, where your home is never quite safe, and where you probably won't live happily ever after. But you will live, and it's pretty incredible just to do that -- John Mulaney
This book is something new and wonderful - honest, funny, positive, completely original, and inspiring in the very best way: it made me remember I was alive -- George Saunders
Jenny's writing is magical and stylish, just like her. Each essay in Little Weirds feels like a vivid, cinematic experience, full of original observations and unexpected laughs -- Mindy Kaling
This book is like a stovetop goulash, delicious and varied ingredients, prepared perfectly and excellent with bread . . . I'm sorry, I lost track of the simile -- Amy Sedaris
A man on the 2 Express Train read some of Jenny Slate's Little Weirds over my shoulder. 'What kind of book is this?' he asked. 'The best kind,' I replied -- John Mulaney
Luminous, emotional, lovely, and a little mysterious, this book is something you will savor like a half-remembered, gorgeous dream. You'll finish it feeling like Jenny Slate is your new best friend -- Susan Orlean