Some reviewers scoffed at the book, claiming she had merely turned her diaries into a novel, but others recognised that it was a trailblazing piece of what is now called autofiction, the transmuting of personal experience into stories.

一些书评人对这本书嗤之以鼻，认为她只不过是把日记写成了一本小说，但也有人认为，这部作品开创了一种文体，这种文体如今被称为自传小说，即将个人经历转化为故事。