A review by emilyinherhead
Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King

3.0

This was the December pick for The Stacks book club, and I went into it knowing nothing about the author or her work. From the title and cover I expected relatively low-stakes essays about aspects of pop culture, and that’s partially what I got—one of my favorite chapters was about Rax’s genuine love of the band Creed, and her description of the cover art for their Weathered album made me laugh out loud. But there is also a lot of memoir woven throughout, and toward the end it gets a little heavier and sadder than I was prepared for. I did enjoy the collection overall, I just don’t think the packaging gives the full picture of what’s inside. If you’re interested in reading this one, I’d recommend looking up the content warnings first.