Reviews round-up
Communion
by J. D. Vance
0 of 10 critics positive
12 reviews: 5 mixed, 5 pans; 2 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“criticises the hypocrisy of the old religious right”
Can Vance square his Catholicism with Trump’s Republican Party?
“a strange, poignant book about faith and the modern world”
Communion by JD Vance review – a strange, poignant book about faith and the modern world
“has the same fiery quality as his first but without the raw impact”
JD Vance still has a mean Appalachian streak. His new book proves it
“JD Vance’s memoir is part rant, part sermon”
God, guns and ‘Mamaw’ — JD Vance’s memoir is part rant, part sermon
“J. D. Vance’s New Book Wasn’t Meant to Be Read”
J. D. Vance’s New Book Wasn’t Meant to Be Read
“it’s strangely disdainful of the faith he has joined”
J. D. Vance’s Contemptuous Conversion Memoir
“this self-serving exercise exposes the gulf between his faith and the heartlessness of his political project”
JD Vance’s test of faith
“JD Vance’s convenient Catholicism”
JD Vance’s convenient Catholicism The VP’s memoir is unmistakably Millennial
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