"COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IS A MESMERIZING WONDER. DEVASTATING AND HILARIOUS [...] WITH HIS TALENT, WORDINESS AND EMO TENDENCIES, LIN RESEMBLES A LITERARY CONOR OBERST CIRCA 1999 -- PRODIGAL, UNPREDICTABLE AND A LITTLE ANNOYING, BUT ALWAYS ON THE VERGE OF ARTICULATING SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR, IN A VOICE THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. " - PASTE

"TAO LIN DOES STRANGE THINGS." - COLDFRONT MAGAZINE

"I DON'T THINK ANY POET HAS EVER WRITTEN SO POIGNANTLY AND UN-SELF CONSCIOUSLY ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL UTILITY OF HIS BLOG [...] WEIRD AND SAD..." - CONSTANT CRITIC

"COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IS WORTH SEVERAL READINGS BY ANYONE CURRENTLY LIVING IN NEW YORK--ESPECIALLY YOUNG VEGANS WHO SHOP AT WHOLE FOODS AND USE GMAIL." - THE BROOKLYN RAIL

"[IT MENTIONS THE BOOK EXISTS, I DON'T HAVE THE MAGAZINE BY ME RIGHT NOW, IT JUST SAYS IT EXISTS AND HAS THE BOOK COVER]" - FLAUNT

"...THE INTERNET, OBSESSION, VEGAN FOOD..." - BLAKE BUTLER

"THE CHAPTERS BEING IN SOME FUCKED UP MANNER, THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE POEM, CALLING A LONG POEM "GIANT POEM." DRAWING ALL THOSE PICTURES. WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THAT? WHY WOULD SOMEONE MAKE SURE THEIR ENTIRE POETRY BOOK EXCLUDED ALL GUTTURAL SOUNDS, OR MAYBE THE WHOLE GERMANIC INFLUENCE UPON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE." - NOAH CICERO

"YOU CAN RIP NEARLY ANY SINGLE PAGE OUT OF THE BOOK [...] SCHOLARS AND WRITERS FIGHT..." - GENE MORGAN