Other locations in the book are the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Marin Headlands; themes additionally include isolation and loneliness, such as in the poem "The Winter Forecast".

[7][8] In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called the book "incandescent" and lauded its celebration of queer and Asian American identity; it concluded: "This vivid collection sizzles with remarkable nimbleness and energy.

[10] The Poetry Foundation stated "Clear-eyed about her otherness as a queer Asian American woman and about the ways in which love ironically illuminates the creative person’s need for solitude, Wong remains open to the possibility of bliss amid the world’s ongoing catastrophes.

"[11] Poetry School called the book a "deeply self-aware, courageous, and lyrical collection" and appreciated Wong's blend "history, humour, and ecological metaphor" to describe the speaker's relationship to her identity and experiences.

"[12] Preposition analyzed the book's natural backdrops and stated "Such austere landscapes, lonely even at their most congested, serve Wong well as images for the precariousness of queer love.